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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133 Weston Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EQ
Received 21 Dec 2022Fallowfields 17 Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AE
Received 21 Dec 202234 Cotton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BF
Received 21 Dec 2022Smithy Hay Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QG
Received 22 Dec 2022Former Argos Retail Store 4 - 6 Gresley Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JF
Received 23 Dec 2022Ravenna 25 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AA
Received 23 Dec 202273 Rugeley Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AG
Received 23 Dec 2022The National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Received 28 Dec 202215 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 28 Dec 202225 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JN
Received 28 Dec 202263 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RG
Received 30 Dec 202262A Cricket Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ER
Received 3 Jan 202348 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 22 Dec 202223 Arkall Avenue Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0GA
Received 4 Jan 20233 Wyrley Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DA
Received 4 Jan 2023Fisherwick Hall Farm Fisherwick Park Fisherwick Wood Lane Fisherwick Wood Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QQ
Received 4 Jan 2023Fisherwick Hall Farm Fisherwick Park Fisherwick Wood Lane Fisherwick Wood Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QQ
Received 4 Jan 2023Sandfields Lodge Fosseway Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AE
Received 4 Jan 202321 Schoolfields Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LW
Received 5 Jan 2023Land Adjacent Rose Cottage Whitacre Lane Stonnall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BZ
Received 6 Jan 2023Little Aston Barn Mill Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0NB
Received 6 Jan 202318 Brookside Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3NR
Received 9 Jan 202336 Cromwells Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EW
Received 23 Dec 202240A Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BY
Received 9 Jan 2023Records 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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