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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PF
Received 28 Jul 202340 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JD
Received 28 Jul 2023Willow Lodge Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JY
Received 28 Jul 2023169 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ED
Received 31 Jul 2023Old Barn Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JG
Received 31 Jul 2023Rosewood Grange Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QH
Received 31 Jul 20237 Cathedral Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LP
Received 31 Jul 2023The Leys Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 1 Aug 2023Land Off London Road (between Cricket Lane And A38 (Ashbrook House) Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Aug 202315 Cloister Walk Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LN
Received 25 Jul 20231 High Street Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LG
Received 1 Aug 2023The Lupin Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 2 Aug 2023Clematis Cottage 9 Exchange Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AS
Received 2 Aug 2023Land At Quonians Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 3 Aug 202370 Fecknam Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AN
Received 3 Aug 2023The Drey Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 4 Aug 2023114 Valley Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ST
Received 4 Aug 202327 Gable Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RY
Received 4 Aug 2023Lupin Farm Alrewas Road Orgreave Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 4 Aug 202340 Post Office Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BS
Received 4 Aug 2023Burntwood Business Park, Unit 7A Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XD
Received 8 Aug 2023347 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 8 Aug 20234 Watling Street Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PL
Received 8 Aug 202359 Rogerson Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PE
Received 9 Aug 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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