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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Farm House Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS15 4PZ
Received 1 Sept 2022Twelve Acres Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 1 Sept 2022The Woodfields Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DN
Received 2 Sept 20224 Pass Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NJ
Received 2 Sept 2022Foxgloves Burton Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NT
Received 2 Sept 2022Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 1 Sept 20223 Lillington Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AL
Received 2 Sept 202260 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JP
Received 2 Sept 202234 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 2 Sept 2022Blythe Cottage Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JA
Received 2 Sept 20226 Christchurch Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BB
Received 2 Sept 202250 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JX
Received 5 Sept 20225 Beeches Croft Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RX
Received 5 Sept 2022Overley House Overley Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DF
Received 6 Sept 2022Half Acre 47A Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LQ
Received 6 Sept 202229 Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JP
Received 7 Sept 202226 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BT
Received 7 Sept 2022Tamhorn Park Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JJ
Received 7 Sept 2022Former Fulfen Practice Burntwood Health Centre Hudson Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EN
Received 7 Sept 2022The Old Crown 120 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DW
Received 7 Sept 2022Little Aston Hall Aldridge Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 8 Sept 2022Land Adjacent To Long Barn Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 8 Sept 2022Friary Grange High School Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EW
Received 8 Sept 202220 Royston Chase Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DS
Received 8 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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