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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Bexmore Drive Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LB
Received 26 Apr 20249 Armada Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0GJ
Received 29 Apr 202425 Haymoor Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SS
Received 29 Apr 2024Oak Farm Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 29 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Plant Lane Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 29 Apr 202444 Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HZ
Received 30 Apr 2024Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum And Bookshop Breadmarket Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LG
Received 30 Apr 2024Bank Farm Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QD
Received 30 Apr 2024Rocklands School Purcell Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PH
Received 30 Apr 202423 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DP
Received 30 Apr 202423 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DP
Received 30 Apr 2024Border Collie Trust Gb Narrow Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LY
Received 1 May 20242 Darwin Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ET
Received 2 May 202435 Deer Park Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SY
Received 2 May 2024Lodge Farm Stockings Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QF
Received 2 May 2024Mavesyn House Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 2 May 202433 The Green Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LU
Received 3 May 2024Chetwynd Arms 57 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 3 May 202425 Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DW
Received 6 May 2024Holmwood 7 Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AD
Received 7 May 2024Acacia Grove Farm Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HP
Received 7 May 20241 Church Farm Cottages Green Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AS
Received 8 May 2024The Swan Inn Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 8 May 2024The Swan Inn Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 8 May 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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