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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA
Received 18 Aug 2022Talbot House And The Dower House Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DB
Received 18 Aug 2022Barn Farm Cranebrook Lane Hilton Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EZ
Received 19 Aug 202272 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LR
Received 19 Aug 202236 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NL
Received 19 Aug 20226 Broadlands Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SF
Received 22 Aug 202219 Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DW
Received 22 Aug 202221 Quarry Hills Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HL
Received 22 Aug 20224 The Tanyard Mill Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JR
Received 22 Aug 20226 Williscroft Place Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN
Received 22 Aug 20222 The Coach House Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 22 Aug 202219 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JN
Received 22 Aug 202217 Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BA
Received 23 Aug 202214 Tudor Rise Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AZ
Received 23 Aug 2022Vine Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 23 Aug 20222 Boney Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AB
Received 23 Aug 2022Owl Glade Farm Lions Den Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LE
Received 23 Aug 2022Moat Bank Barn Moat Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AY
Received 23 Aug 2022Smithy House Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TX
Received 24 Aug 2022New Fulfen Cottage Cappers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JP
Received 24 Aug 202219 Tolson Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RU
Received 24 Aug 2022Morrisons Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 24 Aug 2022Morrisons Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 24 Aug 2022Roselyn Lower Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QG
Received 25 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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