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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 21 Nov 202310 Greenways Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DP
Received 21 Nov 20234 Godfrey Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6GD
Received 22 Nov 202333A Trinity House, Suite 4 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 22 Nov 202333A Trinity House, Suite 4 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 22 Nov 202345 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BU
Received 22 Nov 2023Batemans 4 Roman Park Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 22 Nov 20234 The Spinney Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3BL
Received 22 Nov 202318 Birchwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UW
Received 23 Nov 2023Woods Farm Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ET
Received 23 Nov 2023Woods Farm Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ET
Received 23 Nov 20235 Lillington Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AL
Received 24 Nov 202334 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 27 Nov 2023Vicars Coppice Farm Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EU
Received 27 Nov 2023Land At Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Nov 2023The Grange 21 Church Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QL
Received 28 Nov 2023The Grange Ashmore Brook Dairy Farm Cross In Hand Lane Farewell Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DY
Received 27 Nov 2023Land South Of Falkland Road (Deanslade Farm) Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG
Received 28 Nov 2023Rowan House Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 28 Nov 2023Aldi Stores Ltd Church Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EB
Received 29 Nov 2023The National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Received 29 Nov 2023Land At Huddlesford Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 29 Nov 2023Hill Top Farm Hill Top Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QA
Received 29 Nov 2023Oak Meadow Cowhill Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FX
Received 30 Nov 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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