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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 St James Close Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QP
Received 15 Feb 2023Ha Penny Hatch Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 15 Feb 202321 Greencroft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7JF
Received 13 Feb 2023165 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AE
Received 15 Feb 20233 Cathedral Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LP
Received 13 Feb 2023Syerscote Lane Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HB
Received 15 Feb 2023Brookhay Cottage Brookhay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RQ
Received 15 Feb 2023Fairfield Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 15 Feb 202312 Holm View Close Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NR
Received 15 Feb 2023Keepers Cottage Startley Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QL
Received 15 Feb 20237 The Green Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DP
Received 16 Feb 202335 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 16 Feb 2023Dunroamin (Weeford Workshops) Hungry Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PR
Received 16 Feb 202320 Colling Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FJ
Received 17 Feb 20231 Overhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SU
Received 20 Feb 20238 Old Wood Farm Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HW
Received 21 Feb 202325 The Malt House Cairns Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9TP
Received 21 Feb 2023Land North Of A5 Lions Den Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 20 Feb 2023Churchfield Cottage Smithy Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QH
Received 22 Feb 2023Index Fund Advisors Ltd 35 Little Aston Hall Aldridge Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BH
Received 22 Feb 2023Highfield House Pool Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS8 7QW
Received 22 Feb 2023Corner Shop 150 Rugeley Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1NT
Received 22 Feb 202321 The Green Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HW
Received 22 Feb 2023The Tudors 17 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 22 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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