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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill Stone Barn Mill Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0LZ
Received 31 Mar 2023Realine Estates Ltd Hawkesyard Hall Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PU
Received 31 Mar 20233 School Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LB
Received 31 Mar 2023Roman Croft Longacres Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 3 Apr 202363 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 3 Apr 2023Woodhouse Farm Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JL
Received 3 Apr 2023Bucks Head Farm Watling Street Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PJ
Received 3 Apr 20237 Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 3 Apr 20232 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 3 Apr 20232 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 3 Apr 2023ASOS Fradley 437 Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SS
Received 3 Apr 2023Beechcroft Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AG
Received 3 Apr 202311 Mayama Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SX
Received 30 Mar 2023110 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 4 Apr 2023110 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 4 Apr 2023Mile Oak Farm Plantation Lane Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DQ
Received 4 Apr 202354 Abbotsford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XL
Received 4 Apr 2023Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 4 Apr 2023Alderhithe Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Mar 202359 Severn Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JF
Received 4 Apr 2023Woodside Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 4 Apr 2023G E Collis & Sons Queens Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QF
Received 4 Apr 202321 Freeford Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RJ
Received 5 Apr 2023Chasetown Football Club Church Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QL
Received 4 Apr 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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