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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Chameleon 4 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 9 Aug 2023Former Chameleon 4 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 9 Aug 20235 Fotherley Brook Road Little Aston Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PD
Received 5 Aug 202329 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 9 Aug 20237 Elunda Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GA
Received 9 Aug 20238 Stonehouse Drive Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3AL
Received 9 Aug 202365 Norton Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HW
Received 10 Aug 2023Orgreave Farmhouse Orgreave Hall Lane Orgreave Alrewas Staffordshire DE13 7DG
Received 10 Aug 2023Haddon House St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 11 Aug 2023The Cottage School Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LX
Received 11 Aug 2023Pegasus Lichfield Bonds (Former Quonians Yard) Quonians Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 11 Aug 2023Madingley Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 11 Aug 2023Pipehill House Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JU
Received 11 Aug 2023Fairfield Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 11 Aug 2023David Lloyd Clubs Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 11 Aug 2023Motus Commercials Rykneld Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Lichfield Staffordshire DE13 7AB
Received 14 Aug 20231A Hill Top View Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DG
Received 14 Aug 2023Barn House Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 14 Aug 20231 Bulldog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LN
Received 14 Aug 2023Moorfield Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 14 Aug 2023Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 15 Aug 2023Keepers Cottage Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QD
Received 15 Aug 202317 Holm View Close Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NR
Received 15 Aug 2023115 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AY
Received 16 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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