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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 11 May 2023Sandyhill Farm Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DW
Received 11 May 202310 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 11 May 202324 Furnivall Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DD
Received 11 May 2023246 Main Street Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EE
Received 11 May 20239 Cathedral Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LP
Received 12 May 2023St Marys House The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 12 May 2023The Bungalow Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JL
Received 12 May 2023Oak Farm Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 15 May 202319 The Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1ZW
Received 15 May 2023New Buildings Farm Tamworth Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire WS13 8QY
Received 15 May 2023Churchfield Cottage Smithy Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QH
Received 15 May 202384 Bridgeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BF
Received 15 May 2023Portway Farm Portway Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LA
Received 15 May 20233 Market Street / 12-14 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JX
Received 15 May 20233 Market Street / 12-14 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JX
Received 15 May 2023Catmint Lodge Bardy Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LJ
Received 15 May 202330 Dimbles Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NH
Received 16 May 2023Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 16 May 2023Beech Croft Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 17 May 202372 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LR
Received 16 May 202315 Minors Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DJ
Received 17 May 2023Bassetts Pole Inn London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SA
Received 17 May 202362 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU
Received 17 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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