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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Schofield Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JB
Received 27 May 202410 Blackthorne Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4YJ
Received 28 May 2024Land And Buildings Off Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 May 202415 Brook End Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PB
Received 28 May 2024Wade Lane Farm Wade Lane Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RE
Received 28 May 2024Stables Barn Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 28 May 2024Tumbledown Cottage Footherley Lane Lower Stonnall Lichfield Staffordshire WS9 9HW
Received 28 May 20244, 97, 99 And 121 Cedar Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RU
Received 28 May 202452 Thornhill Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3EH
Received 28 May 202411A Leslie Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3BS
Received 29 May 2024Brookhouse Farm Raddle Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JP
Received 28 May 20244 Beeches Croft Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RX
Received 29 May 20242 Eights Croft Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1FG
Received 8 May 202430 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 30 May 2024132 And 134 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DW
Received 30 May 20248 Royston Chase Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DS
Received 31 May 20241 Chester Road Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HH
Received 31 May 20243 Loxton Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HY
Received 3 Jun 20249 Lanes Close Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JS
Received 30 May 20245 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BD
Received 3 Jun 2024Boswell Cottage 6 The Old Stoneyard Cross Keys Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AD
Received 3 Jun 2024Lichfield Cricket And Hockey Club Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SQ
Received 3 Jun 20247 The Croft Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HU
Received 4 Jun 2024Primrose Cottage 84 Bangley Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EA
Received 4 Jun 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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