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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Alesmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FD
Received 9 May 20223 Hill Top View Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DG
Received 4 May 202216 Oakhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AJ
Received 10 May 202252 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 10 May 2022The Old Rectory Church Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JS
Received 10 May 2022Cobwebs Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AE
Received 10 May 2022Cherry Coppice Hints Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DB
Received 11 May 202216 Gainsborough Drive Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PJ
Received 11 May 2022Old Well Cottage Shaw Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NE
Received 11 May 202214 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 10 May 202234 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 12 May 2022Land South Of Bethany Cottage Barracks Lane Walsall Wood Walsall Staffordshire
Received 12 May 202245 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 16 May 202255 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 16 May 2022Windmill Bank Cottage Windmill Bank Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NH
Received 16 May 2022River View Barn 131A Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AX
Received 16 May 2022H P Westwood Limited Abattoir Eastgate Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JJ
Received 16 May 202245 The Leasowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HA
Received 16 May 20228 New Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NQ
Received 16 May 2022242 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 16 May 2022132 Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HT
Received 16 May 2022Tree At Land To The Rear Of Unit 11 Britannia Enterprise Park Prospect Drive Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 16 May 202255 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 16 May 2022St Andrews Church Church Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AR
Received 16 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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