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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Molineux Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 2 May 202329 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 3 May 202329 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 3 May 2023Orgreave Farm Orgreave Hall Lane Orgreave Alrewas Staffordshire DE13 7DG
Received 3 May 2023The Old Vicarage St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 3 May 2023Land At Huddlesford Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 May 2023Bank Top View Hollow Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LQ
Received 4 May 202343 Booth Hurst Road Hawksyard Rugeley WS15 1RP
Received 4 May 202374 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 4 May 2023Land East Of Streethay Farm Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 May 2023Western Side Of A38 Rykneld Street Lichfield
Received 5 May 202388B Springhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UJ
Received 9 May 202347 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LR
Received 9 May 2023Land Behind 8 - 12 Holly Grove Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LU
Received 9 May 202324 Jones Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DS
Received 10 May 202348 Baker Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RD
Received 10 May 2023Fradley 437 Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SS
Received 10 May 2023Land At Lupin Farm Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 10 May 202362 School Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LD
Received 10 May 2023Broadlands Dumore Hay Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PL
Received 10 May 2023Manor Croft Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 10 May 20234 Watling Street Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PL
Received 10 May 202317 Woodfields Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HH
Received 10 May 2023Land At Lichfield South Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 5 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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