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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Tree Barn Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 31 May 202230 Hillside Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DH
Received 31 May 20226 Birch Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HH
Received 31 May 202211 Coppy Nook Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LL
Received 31 May 2022Reighton House Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 1 Jun 2022182 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LA
Received 1 Jun 20225 Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JG
Received 1 Jun 2022Lysways Hall Farm Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QB
Received 1 Jun 2022Chasetown Football Club Church Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QL
Received 1 Jun 202267 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BJ
Received 6 Jun 202232 Church Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NP
Received 6 Jun 20222 The Headlands Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AB
Received 6 Jun 2022Midland Expressway Ltd Maintenance Centre Lichfield District M6 Toll Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PQ
Received 6 Jun 2022All Saints Church Church Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JL
Received 6 Jun 2022Ty Bedwen Birch Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EP
Received 26 May 2022Stowe View Stores 95 Stowe Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AF
Received 1 Jun 2022Rosewood Grange Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QH
Received 26 May 2022Beechwood Lawns 7 Beechwood Croft Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UU
Received 6 Jun 20221 Broome Close Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JR
Received 7 Jun 20222 Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 7 Jun 202221 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 7 Jun 2022White House Farm Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 7 Jun 2022White House Farm Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 7 Jun 2022Green Barns Farm Green Barns Lane Little Hay Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QN
Received 7 Jun 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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