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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brookhouse Lodge Raddle Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JP
Received 20 May 20243 Sturgeons Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AW
Received 20 May 2024Former The Olde Corner House Hotel Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 20 May 2024Land At Manor Farm Wall Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AH
Received 20 May 2024Hawkesyard Hall Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PU
Received 20 May 2024Land Adjacent To Haselour Hall Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 20 May 2024Land Adjacent Haselour Hall Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 21 May 2024St Leonards Church Of England Primary School Syerscote Lane Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DX
Received 21 May 202435A Borrowcop Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DG
Received 22 May 202422 Hawkesmoor Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YH
Received 22 May 202443 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 22 May 202443 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 22 May 202443 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 22 May 2024Rose Bower Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HZ
Received 22 May 202469 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HH
Received 22 May 2024Pipehill Farm Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JT
Received 22 May 2024Selwyn House, Flat 5 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 22 May 2024First Floor 25 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NA
Received 23 May 20243 Brownsfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BT
Received 24 May 202463 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 24 May 202420 Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JJ
Received 24 May 202416 Furnivall Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DD
Received 27 May 2024Angels House Church Hill Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PW
Received 27 May 2024101 Agincourt Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0GH
Received 27 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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