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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mary Slater Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6FG
Received 9 Nov 2022Littleshoot Cockshut Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HN
Received 9 Nov 2022Chestnut House Daisy Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EW
Received 9 Nov 20227 Darby Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NG
Received 31 Oct 2022Brookhay Cottage Brookhay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RQ
Received 10 Nov 2022Fort Joe Croxall Road Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JF
Received 10 Nov 2022Blithbury Farm House Godwins Lane Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JE
Received 10 Nov 202243 Water Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AW
Received 11 Nov 2022Bell Bridge Garage Rykneld Street Fradley Lichfield Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire WS13 8RE
Received 11 Nov 202221 Coppice Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PR
Received 11 Nov 2022Country House 78 Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HT
Received 14 Nov 2022Edial Farm Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HZ
Received 15 Nov 202212 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 16 Nov 2022Lea Hall Farm Lea Lane Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3NN
Received 16 Nov 2022Nags Hill Farm 223 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HF
Received 16 Nov 2022259 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PD
Received 17 Nov 2022Land To The South And West Of Kings Bromley Lichfield (Area 2 River Trent Viaduct)
Received 17 Nov 202215 Rochester Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2EN
Received 17 Nov 202210 Sandringham Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1PR
Received 17 Nov 2022Keepers Corner Stowe Hill Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BW
Received 18 Nov 20223 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 18 Nov 2022Garages At Peters Walk Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Nov 2022The National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Received 18 Nov 2022Garages Rear Off 10 - 12 Hewitt Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7JH
Received 18 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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