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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak House Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 29 Jun 2022Cherry Coppice Hints Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DB
Received 29 Jun 2022Lamb Farm London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 27 Jun 202261 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UA
Received 29 Jun 2022Wharf Farmhouse Lichfield Road Riley Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HS
Received 29 Jun 2022Garages At Stevenson Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BG
Received 29 Jun 202217 Church Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DZ
Received 29 Jun 2022Edial Farm Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HZ
Received 30 Jun 2022Former Library The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QG
Received 30 Jun 2022Former Library The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QG
Received 30 Jun 20226 Worcester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SP
Received 1 Jul 202214 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 1 Jul 2022Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 1 Jul 2022Land North Of Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Jul 2022The Chequers Stowe Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 Jul 2022Mulroy House Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DA
Received 4 Jul 2022Land At Cherry Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AF
Received 4 Jul 2022Lichfield Cathedral School The Palace The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LH
Received 4 Jul 202213 Huntsmans Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LL
Received 4 Jul 202243 Doctors Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NT
Received 4 Jul 20221 Greenwood Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AG
Received 4 Jul 202229 Wheel Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DH
Received 4 Jul 202220 Colling Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FJ
Received 4 Jul 20225 Vale Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LJ
Received 4 Jul 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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