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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
150 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BW
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Adj High Ash Grange Meerash Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 8 Jun 2023School House Market Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AU
Received 8 Jun 20237 Boley Park Community Hall Boley Park Pre School Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XU
Received 8 Jun 20233 Boxer Close Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TD
Received 9 Jun 2023Barns Farm Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 12 Jun 2023Land South Of Bethany Cottage Barracks Lane Walsall Wood Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DL
Received 12 Jun 202315 Foxleigh Meadows Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TG
Received 12 Jun 202312 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 12 Jun 20238 New Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NQ
Received 12 Jun 2023Bourne Brook Farm Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DX
Received 12 Jun 2023Land At Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BX
Received 12 Jun 202380 Boney Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AL
Received 13 Jun 2023The Hay Barn Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 13 Jun 202321 Two Oaks Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1FP
Received 13 Jun 202353 Burntwood Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JQ
Received 13 Jun 2023152 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PF
Received 13 Jun 2023Broadacre House Winterdyne Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LB
Received 13 Jun 2023Land At Harrier Centre And North Off Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NG
Received 13 Jun 20235 Blakeways Close Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LL
Received 14 Jun 202319 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6FA
Received 14 Jun 202332 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 5 Jun 2023Unit 1 Elford Lowe Farm Elford Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BJ
Received 15 Jun 2023St Chads Rectory The Windings Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EX
Received 15 Jun 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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