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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Arkall Avenue Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0GA
Received 24 Apr 20231 Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AB
Received 24 Apr 20239 Galway Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2DT
Received 24 Apr 2023Tithe Barn Church Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 24 Apr 20231 Inge Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AZ
Received 25 Apr 2023Middle Cottage Bellamour Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JR
Received 25 Apr 2023Land At Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 26 Apr 202335 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LE
Received 26 Apr 202330 Mayfair Drive Fazeley Staffordshire B78 3TG
Received 26 Apr 202319 Borrowcop Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DF
Received 27 Apr 20237 Rumbold Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SJ
Received 27 Apr 2023The Cottage Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HE
Received 27 Apr 202314 London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EJ
Received 27 Apr 20231 Farm Court Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LJ
Received 27 Apr 202321 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0DS
Received 28 Apr 202329 Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AY
Received 28 Apr 2023The Old Post Office 15 Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JP
Received 1 May 20233 Wyrley Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DA
Received 1 May 202322 Abnalls Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BP
Received 1 May 202318 Irving Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EN
Received 1 May 2023Land To The North And West Of Rake End Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 2 May 2023Fradley 437 Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SS
Received 2 May 20237 Elm Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AH
Received 2 May 2023The Old Mission Hall 178 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NX
Received 2 May 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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