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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Silver Korner Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 17 Sept 2024Travis Perkins Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 18 Sept 202430 Footherley Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NJ
Received 18 Sept 202463 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 18 Sept 2024Shepherds Corner Stockings Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QF
Received 19 Sept 2024Green Man Inn Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AX
Received 20 Sept 2024Chareen Darnford Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LD
Received 23 Sept 20242 Patrick Mews Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7UZ
Received 23 Sept 20242 Patrick Mews Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7UZ
Received 23 Sept 2024Barns Farm Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 23 Sept 20244 Beeches Croft Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RX
Received 23 Sept 2024Barn At Home Farm Thorpe Lane Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0LH
Received 24 Sept 2024Barn At Home Farm Thorpe Lane Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0LH
Received 24 Sept 20244 Rectory Close Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UH
Received 24 Sept 202421 Oaklands Close Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RJ
Received 16 Sept 202443 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 19 Sept 202425 Duke Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1PY
Received 24 Sept 2024Old School House Restaurant Church Hill Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PW
Received 24 Sept 2024Shenstone Playing Fields Barnes Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 20 Sept 202417 Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HQ
Received 25 Sept 2024Green Lane Farm Green Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DH
Received 25 Sept 2024Longmoor Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AQ
Received 25 Sept 202415 Sheriffs Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RZ
Received 26 Sept 2024St Marys House The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 26 Sept 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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