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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southwood Barn Canwell Drive Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SG
Received 24 Oct 2022The Plough Inn Huddlesford Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PY
Received 24 Oct 202279 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 25 Oct 2022Deanslade Farm Claypit Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 25 Oct 202223 Oaken Hurst Avenue Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1RG
Received 26 Oct 20224 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA
Received 27 Oct 2022Lodge Farm Heathley Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TU
Received 27 Oct 202240 Birchwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UW
Received 27 Oct 20221 Bullocks End Cottages Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TR
Received 26 Oct 2022Land Rear 107 Springhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UH
Received 31 Oct 2022First And Second Floors 33A Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Oct 2022Land Adjacent Roadside Cottage Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QR
Received 31 Oct 2022Brackendale Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN
Received 1 Nov 202221 Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UA
Received 2 Nov 20228 Rake End Court Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RW
Received 2 Nov 202229A Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LJ
Received 3 Nov 2022109 Cannock Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0BB
Received 3 Nov 2022Little Meadows St Chads Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LZ
Received 4 Nov 2022Tall Timbers Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 7 Nov 2022Acorn Kia Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JS
Received 7 Nov 20225 Warren Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XN
Received 8 Nov 2022Ivy Cottage 6 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JU
Received 8 Nov 2022Giddies Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 8 Nov 2022214A High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XH
Received 8 Nov 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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