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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2017 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
67 Falkland Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0GE
Received 3 May 2022Land Adjacent To 18 Summerfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 3 May 20222 Turner Croft Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SA
Received 3 May 2022The Boathouse Care Home Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QN
Received 3 May 20222 Beechwood Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PQ
Received 4 May 20227 Furlong Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EE
Received 4 May 2022The Bungalow Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JW
Received 4 May 20221 Overhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SU
Received 5 May 20221 Overhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SU
Received 5 May 2022The Cottage 9 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 5 May 2022The Glade Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BP
Received 5 May 202212 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 5 May 202232 Spearhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UD
Received 5 May 2022Barns At Old Hall Farm Old Hall Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 5 May 202216 Bramley Way Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SB
Received 3 May 202212 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 5 May 20223 Alandale Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EL
Received 6 May 2022Crave 59 Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JW
Received 9 May 2022Crave 59 Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JW
Received 9 May 2022Waitrose Stonneyland Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RX
Received 9 May 202223 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 9 May 202221 Flats Lane Whittington Heath Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QG
Received 9 May 2022Forge Cottage Broomy Fields Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 9 May 2022Forge Cottage Broomy Fields Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 9 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lichfield District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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