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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Mere Pits Cottages Elford Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BE
Received 13 Mar 2023Land Off Yoxall Way And Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 13 Mar 2023Deanslade Farm Claypit Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 13 Mar 2023Horsley Brook Farm Tamworth Road Packington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PT
Received 10 Mar 2023Land Rear Of 22 London Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 14 Mar 2023The Old Orchard Lewis's Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JY
Received 15 Mar 202321 The Crescent Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2PA
Received 15 Mar 2023112 Burton Old Road East Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HU
Received 15 Mar 2023The Little Aston Village Hall Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 16 Mar 20233 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PA
Received 17 Mar 2023Rocklands School Purcell Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PH
Received 17 Mar 2023347 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 17 Mar 2023Land East Of Railway Line Harlaston Fields Equestrian Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 17 Mar 20236 Williscroft Place Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN
Received 20 Mar 2023The Lodge Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HB
Received 20 Mar 202327 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 20 Mar 202329 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BE
Received 21 Mar 202319 Oaklands Close Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RJ
Received 21 Mar 2023Royal Oak Manor Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 21 Mar 2023Jacme Oral Care Ltd 80 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DX
Received 22 Mar 2023Little Pipe House Little Pipe Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BS
Received 22 Mar 2023The Limes The Shrubbery Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BX
Received 23 Mar 2023Chestnut Cottage Churchside Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HE
Received 23 Mar 20231 Hawthorne Crescent Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RZ
Received 23 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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