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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wyevern Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN
Received 25 Aug 2022Coton House Farm Events Wedding Venue Coton House Farm Vicarage Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LQ
Received 25 Aug 202260 Nightingale Walk Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QH
Received 25 Aug 2022Cloisters Lodge 11 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 25 Aug 202283 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DL
Received 26 Aug 2022128 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PF
Received 26 Aug 2022Roundabout Cottage Lichfield Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS13 8HQ
Received 26 Aug 2022The Hideaway Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LQ
Received 26 Aug 202219 Field Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RU
Received 26 Aug 2022Lyburn Darnford Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LB
Received 26 Aug 2022The Holt 23 Two Trees Close Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3BG
Received 26 Aug 2022Land Adj 121 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Aug 2022Elford Mill Tamworth Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BL
Received 30 Aug 2022Market Square Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LG
Received 30 Aug 202210 Bulldog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LN
Received 30 Aug 202210 Bulldog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LN
Received 30 Aug 20223 Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NH
Received 30 Aug 2022Stowe House Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TJ
Received 30 Aug 2022Stowe House Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TJ
Received 30 Aug 2022Woodingway Farm Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JY
Received 31 Aug 2022Amenity Land Rear Of Maryvale Court Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HZ
Received 31 Aug 2022Al Andalvs Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 31 Aug 202212 Huntsmans Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LL
Received 1 Sept 2022Tan 57 Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JW
Received 1 Sept 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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