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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Cannock Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0BS
Received 23 Jul 2024Sheepwash Nursery Sheepwash Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JN
Received 24 Jul 2024The Nursery Bungalow Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LQ
Received 24 Jul 20248 Gettings Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QE
Received 25 Jul 202415 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 25 Jul 202414 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 26 Jul 202418 Chestnut Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JH
Received 29 Jul 202422 Wordsworth Close Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4UR
Received 29 Jul 20248 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 29 Jul 2024Benvenuto Bardy Lane Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LD
Received 29 Jul 2024Chasewater Activity Centre Pool Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QY
Received 29 Jul 2024Southview Farm Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 29 Jul 2024Balburn House Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BL
Received 29 Jul 202414 Denyer Court Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TQ
Received 29 Jul 2024Huddlesford House Farm Huddlesford Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PY
Received 30 Jul 2024Land Off Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 30 Jul 202416 Lanthorn Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RY
Received 31 Jul 2024Stowe House Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TJ
Received 31 Jul 20244 Fecknam Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BY
Received 31 Jul 2024Land Intersecting Bangley Lane Northwest Of A453 Sutton Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 17 Jul 2024Stable Buildings Raikes Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EJ
Received 2 Aug 202430 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BT
Received 2 Aug 20249 Paget Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1HP
Received 2 Aug 2024Nether Barrow Keepers Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AX
Received 2 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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