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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Feb 2023Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Feb 2023HSBC Bank Plc 49 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 24 Feb 2023HSBC Bank Plc 49 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 24 Feb 202349 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HJ
Received 24 Feb 2023Silver Korner Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 24 Feb 2023Lamb Farm Barns London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 24 Feb 2023Rosewood House 19 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 27 Feb 2023The Hill Farmhouse Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BU
Received 27 Feb 202332 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 27 Feb 2023Manor Farm Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DB
Received 28 Feb 20237 The Sycamores Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ES
Received 28 Feb 2023Churchfield Cottage Smithy Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QH
Received 21 Feb 202376 St Thomas Way Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1RA
Received 16 Feb 2023Erasmus Darwin Academy Pool Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QW
Received 1 Mar 202363 Valley Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ST
Received 23 Feb 202339 Sheriffs Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RZ
Received 1 Mar 202368 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 24 Feb 2023Glynwood Insurance Services 7 Bridge Cross Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BU
Received 1 Mar 2023Swinfen Hall Hotel The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RE
Received 2 Mar 2023Land Adjacent Lichfield Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 3 Mar 2023Sir Robert Peel Hospital Plantation Lane Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3NG
Received 3 Mar 2023Samuel Johnson Community Hospital Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EF
Received 3 Mar 202329 Main Street Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DX
Received 6 Mar 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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