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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Stapleford Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TZ
Received 14 Oct 2022Hanch Hall Farm Lichfield Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS13 8HQ
Received 14 Oct 2022Lamp Posts At Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JF
Received 14 Oct 2022Land Rear Of 4 Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 17 Oct 202257 Jackman Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PF
Received 17 Oct 20229 Richmond Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SZ
Received 17 Oct 2022Land West Of Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 17 Oct 202252 Wallheath Crescent Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HT
Received 17 Oct 2022Pine Tree Cottage Camp Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5QX
Received 17 Oct 202227 Simpson Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PT
Received 18 Oct 2022The Lupin Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 18 Oct 2022Cottage Pie 55 Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AB
Received 19 Oct 2022Land North Of Hay End Lane Fradley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 18 Oct 2022Barn At Church Farm Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 Oct 202269 Birchwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UN
Received 20 Oct 20225 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AG
Received 20 Oct 2022200D Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EF
Received 20 Oct 2022145 Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HA
Received 21 Oct 2022Bonehill Mill And 116, 118, 120 And 122 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QU
Received 21 Oct 2022Bonehill Mill And 116, 118, 120 And 122 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QU
Received 21 Oct 2022Waitrose Stonneyland Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RX
Received 21 Oct 2022156 Lower Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RA
Received 24 Oct 202259 Lincoln Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SW
Received 24 Oct 20229 Foden Close Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LE
Received 24 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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