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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Access Bookings Limited 20 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 15 Jun 2023Access Bookings Limited 20 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 15 Jun 2023Brookhay Farm Brookhay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RH
Received 15 Jun 202318 Eastridge Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LN
Received 15 Jun 202310 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 15 Jun 2023St Johns Business Centre 69 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 16 Jun 202340 The Crescent Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2PA
Received 16 Jun 2023Williford Farm Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QP
Received 16 Jun 202319 Rectory Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AN
Received 16 Jun 20237 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 16 Jun 2023Fradley 437 Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SS
Received 19 Jun 202328-30 Land Rear Off Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RF
Received 19 Jun 2023207 Queen Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TJ
Received 20 Jun 20236 Beech Gate Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 20 Jun 202356 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JP
Received 20 Jun 2023Church Gate Cottage Church Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 20 Jun 202310 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PR
Received 20 Jun 20235 Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 21 Jun 2023177 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EB
Received 21 Jun 2023Meerash House Farmhouse Meerash Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LG
Received 21 Jun 2023Uxbridge Court High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3YZ
Received 22 Jun 2023New Barn Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HN
Received 26 Jun 2023Linterieur Ltd 4A Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 26 Jun 202311A Leslie Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3BS
Received 27 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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