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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Keble Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BX
Received 29 Sept 202296 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 29 Sept 2022543 Watling Street Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3NF
Received 13 Sept 202210 Spencer Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BD
Received 29 Sept 2022Hadley Gate Farm Hadley Gate Lane Hadley Gate Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HS
Received 30 Sept 202233 Boulton Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LD
Received 30 Sept 2022170 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 3 Oct 2022Land Rear 62 School Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LD
Received 3 Oct 2022Land West Of The Mill House Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 3 Oct 2022164 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JZ
Received 3 Oct 202279 Thompson Way Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8GD
Received 3 Oct 2022Fish Face Willow Court Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HD
Received 3 Oct 202218 Woodfields Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HH
Received 4 Oct 2022Kings Bromley Wharf Marina Lichfield Road Riley Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HT
Received 4 Oct 2022Beech Croft Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 30 Sept 202216 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 4 Oct 2022Beechwood Lawns 7 Beechwood Croft Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UU
Received 4 Oct 2022Spindle Tree Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 5 Oct 202216 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 5 Oct 2022Spindle Tree Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 5 Oct 2022Sittles Farm Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QR
Received 5 Oct 2022109 Farewell Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DP
Received 5 Oct 2022Broad Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SU
Received 5 Oct 20225 Blythe Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JJ
Received 6 Oct 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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