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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.
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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 The Sycamores Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ES
Received 23 Sept 2022Knight Farm Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HW
Received 26 Sept 202224 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JR
Received 26 Sept 202210 Lynfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BS
Received 26 Sept 20223 Canterbury Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JX
Received 26 Sept 202222 London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EJ
Received 26 Sept 2022Lichfield Register Office The Old Library Building Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PN
Received 26 Sept 2022The Tame Otter Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AF
Received 27 Sept 2022Willow Lodge 8B The Beck Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BP
Received 27 Sept 20226 Gaiafields Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LT
Received 23 Sept 2022Clarence House Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 27 Sept 2022St Chads House Cross Keys Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Sept 20225 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JU
Received 28 Sept 202215 Gloucester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SS
Received 28 Sept 2022150 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JZ
Received 28 Sept 2022160 Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LH
Received 28 Sept 2022Maltings Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 28 Sept 20221 Bramble Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AU
Received 28 Sept 20223 Cherrywood Way Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HZ
Received 28 Sept 2022Dunroamin Hungry Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PR
Received 29 Sept 2022Unit 1 Fosseway Gate Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 29 Sept 2022LSH Auto Uk Limited Mile Oak Business Centre Hints Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PQ
Received 29 Sept 2022Cranfield House Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 29 Sept 202212 Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DB
Received 29 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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