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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JD
Received 18 Jul 2022Gartmore Riding School Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JT
Received 18 Jul 2022154 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JZ
Received 18 Jul 2022The Spinney Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 19 Jul 202225 The Malt House Cairns Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9TP
Received 18 Jul 2022Liberty Park (Phase 2) Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Jul 20222A Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 Jul 202212 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 19 Jul 20223 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NU
Received 19 Jul 2022Leewood House Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AN
Received 19 Jul 202218 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 19 Jul 20221 Rosewood Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UZ
Received 19 Jul 2022Land North-East Of Laburnum Lodge Rough Park Lane Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3SH
Received 19 Jul 20223 Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 20 Jul 202226 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 20 Jul 2022Garages 15 - 21 Collins Hill Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Jul 2022Garages 22 - 30 Collins Hill Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Jul 2022117 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 4 Jul 2022Lichfield District Council Car Park And Picnic Area The Butts Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AW
Received 21 Jul 202295 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 21 Jul 2022Eton Court Buckingham Gardens Spencer Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 22 Jul 2022Somersby The Old Stables Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 22 Jul 2022Tamarin Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AB
Received 22 Jul 202214 Cheshire Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QX
Received 22 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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