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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Harrington Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7UY
Received 19 Jun 2024Land Between Hole 8 And 9 Whittington Heath Golf Club Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Jun 20247 Cathedral Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LP
Received 20 Jun 202434 Thompson Way Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8GD
Received 21 Jun 202424 Church Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BA
Received 21 Jun 2024Former Central England Co Op Business Support Centre Central House Hermes Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RH
Received 21 Jun 2024Land At Kings Bromley Wharf Lichfield Road Riley Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HS
Received 21 Jun 2024Glanford House 3 Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 21 Jun 2024116 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PF
Received 24 Jun 2024Old Barn Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JG
Received 24 Jun 202439 Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AB
Received 24 Jun 2024Land Rear 156 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 24 Jun 2024108 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 25 Jun 2024Home Farm Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DE
Received 25 Jun 2024Land To The South Of Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 25 Jun 2024Malthurst Petrol Station Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SA
Received 25 Jun 202421 Wolsey Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7QH
Received 27 Jun 2024Dunnimere Farm Portway Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LA
Received 28 Jun 202412 Newick Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DA
Received 28 Jun 202423 Follows End Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QZ
Received 1 Jul 2024155 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HA
Received 1 Jul 202410 The Parchments Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NA
Received 1 Jul 202416 Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DN
Received 1 Jul 2024Land North Of Darnford Lane Darnford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 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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