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Lichfield District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,698Searchable applications
150Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 5,377 approved or refused records
699Refused applications
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning General planning enquiry - £90Local plan Planning policy and the local planPre-application advice Get planning adviceConservation areas Local conservation areasArticle 4 directions Local conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas21 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided24/00156/FUH
Erection of single storey front and side extensions, dormer roof side extensions, single storey rear extension and 1.8m perimeter fence and gate to side and front aspects
3 Chaucer Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HT
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00159/FUH
Erection of replacement porch
4 Byron Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BX
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00161/FUL
Retrospective Section 73 application to vary condition 3 of permission 22/00836/FUL relating to materials
6 Birch Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HH
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00162/FUL
Extension to the existing workshop and the erection of a freestanding workshop (re-submission of application 17/01185/FUL)
Orica Building Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PR
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00171/FUH
Erection of single storey front porch and rendering to all elevations (A porch has been partly constructed but not in accordance with planning approval reference 23/00789/FUH)
23 Trent Avenue Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BN
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00172/DEM
Prior Notification: Demolition of 5no brick built garages with flat roofs
Garage Court Ogley Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00173/FUH
Installation of 1no front dormer roof extension and relocation of an existing dormer, rear porch extension with first floor balcony with french window access
Fairways Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00175/FUH
Erection of first floor extension above garage
32 Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XP
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00177/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Erection of single storey rear extension, (internal works) to allow side window in lieu of side garage door
43 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00179/FUH
Erection of a two storey rear extension
34 Chadwick Crescent Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QW
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00180/LBC
Works to listed building for retrospective work to 4No oak beams along with the proposed installation of feature wall panelling
24 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LH
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00182/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Installation of advertisement signage
17 Burnett Road Streetly Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3EL
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00183/CLP
Erection of a single storey rear extension
74 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00184/FUL
Proposed erection of 1no. private dwelling house, detached garage and ancillary works (Resubmission of Planning Application ref: 23/01022/FUL)
11 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BW
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00185/FUL
Erection of a detached dwelling and ancillary works.
Land Rear 15 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BW
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00186/LBC
Listed Building works to include replacement of external windows, alterations to existing verandah and installation of log burning appliances and extension of driveway
Barleycorn Cottage 13 Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00187/FUH
Erection of first floor extension over existing garage
43 Lincoln Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0ND
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00188/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed): erection of side extension to provide utility and shower room
3 Irving Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EN
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00190/FUL
Change of use from existing garage (used as temporary sales centre) into ancillary residential use with the retention of glazed doors to front elevation.
7 Arkall Avenue Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0GA
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00191/OUT
Erection of a 3 bedroom detached dwelling (Outline with All Matters Reserved)
47 Norwich Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SJ
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00192/COU
Change of use of detached garage and store above and part of the ground and first floor of Home Farm Cottage (C3) to form commercial Business and service use E (a-g(i) (ii) ) ) at the Heart of the Country Shopping Village
Home Farm Cottage London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QR
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00193/FUH
Single storey side extension to form kitchen and increase height of boundary wall by 600mm
7 The Charters Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LX
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00194/FUH
Two storey front and side extension and single storey rear extension
36 Longbridge Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EN
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00195/FUL
Proposed internal alterations and external visual & access alterations
The Lichfield Garrick Theatre Castle Dyke Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HR
Received 14 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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