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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mavesyn Ridware Residential Home Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 11 Aug 2022Whittington Bowling Club Bit End Field Vicarage Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LQ
Received 11 Aug 20222 Beech Gate Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 11 Aug 2022Draytonlane End Farm 82 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DZ
Received 11 Aug 2022Crossfield Fort Crossfield Industrial Estate Crossfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RJ
Received 11 Aug 2022Paragon Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 12 Aug 202277 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 12 Aug 2022Shepherds Farm Lynn Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0ER
Received 8 Aug 202253 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 15 Aug 2022212 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 15 Aug 202219 Lanes Close Kings Bromley Staffordshire DE13 7JS
Received 15 Aug 2022Land North Of Dark Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 15 Aug 202234 Leam Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JG
Received 16 Aug 2022Fox Lodge 132 Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HT
Received 16 Aug 2022Glebefields Mill Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HQ
Received 16 Aug 2022Land To The West Of Cannock Road And North Of Robin Road Burntwood Business Park Zone 3 Cannel Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3FU
Received 16 Aug 2022Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Aug 202216 London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EJ
Received 17 Aug 2022Shenstone Court Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 17 Aug 2022Cobwebs Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AE
Received 17 Aug 2022104 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 17 Aug 202211 Oaklands Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RU
Received 17 Aug 20222 Spinney Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2GW
Received 17 Aug 2022The Beeches 1 Beechwood Croft Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UU
Received 17 Aug 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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