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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Aston Golf Club Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AN
Received 5 Jan 202414 Rocklands Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DH
Received 5 Jan 2024Ha Penny Hatch Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 5 Jan 2024209 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XN
Received 8 Jan 2024Ridgeway Primary School Grange Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TU
Received 8 Jan 202426 Wolsey Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7QH
Received 5 Jan 202410 Kestrel Close Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PE
Received 8 Jan 20241 Wightman Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RR
Received 9 Jan 20245 The Brambles Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SE
Received 9 Jan 20242 Anglesey Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NU
Received 9 Jan 20246 Vercourt Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3XE
Received 9 Jan 2024Harbeth Glen 7 Coppy Nook Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LL
Received 11 Jan 2024The Old Forge 129 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LJ
Received 11 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To 1 Giles Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7JU
Received 11 Jan 202458 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JE
Received 11 Jan 202418 Osprey Close Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HT
Received 12 Jan 2024Tithe Barn Church Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 15 Jan 2024Land Adj Car Park Shaw Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 15 Jan 2024Beech Croft Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 15 Jan 202466 Springhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UJ
Received 15 Jan 2024St Marys House The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 16 Jan 202461 Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JB
Received 16 Jan 202424 Footherley Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NJ
Received 16 Jan 2024New Buildings Farm Croxall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QY
Received 17 Jan 2024Records 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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