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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Bexmore Drive Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LB
Received 1 Feb 2023103 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AX
Received 2 Feb 202325 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BY
Received 2 Feb 2023Shire House Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BW
Received 3 Feb 202339 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LE
Received 6 Feb 202375 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 7 Feb 2023Drayton Manor Business Park Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 2 Feb 202319 Hazel Drive Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TZ
Received 7 Feb 202364 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JU
Received 8 Feb 2023Arden House 26 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 8 Feb 20231A Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 8 Feb 202322 Dove Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JL
Received 8 Feb 2023Land Adj Owl Glade Farm Lions Den Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 8 Feb 2023Garages At Sullivan Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AS
Received 8 Feb 202322 Dove Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JL
Received 8 Feb 2023The Croft Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AQ
Received 9 Feb 202378 Burntwood Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JW
Received 9 Feb 20232 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 13 Feb 202331 Sandown Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2YU
Received 13 Feb 20239 The Grange Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HT
Received 8 Feb 2023Land Lying South Of Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 13 Feb 20234 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 14 Feb 202367 Weeford Square Dog Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PH
Received 14 Feb 20231 Oatfield Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4YF
Received 14 Feb 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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