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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chase Terrace Community Centre Princess Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JH
Received 8 Oct 2024Morrisons Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 8 Oct 2024Shute Hill Farm Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BZ
Received 8 Oct 2024Shute Hill Farmhouse Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BZ
Received 9 Oct 2024Land At Streethay (phase 2) Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 9 Oct 202417 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BY
Received 9 Oct 2024Morrisons Petrol Station Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BG
Received 10 Oct 2024Long Barn Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 10 Oct 2024Common Barn Farm Tamworth Road Packington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PX
Received 10 Oct 202414 Oaklands Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RU
Received 10 Oct 2024Haunton Manor Farm Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HN
Received 14 Oct 202473 Yoxall Way Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FT
Received 14 Oct 2024Mill Acres House Daisy Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EW
Received 14 Oct 202465 Manor Court Drive Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TF
Received 15 Oct 202437 Lebanon Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BE
Received 15 Oct 2024Land At Navigation Wharf Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 15 Oct 20246 Siddons Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EH
Received 15 Oct 202413 Water Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AW
Received 15 Oct 2024Tabley Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AT
Received 16 Oct 20248 Blackthorne Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4YJ
Received 16 Oct 202414 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 16 Oct 2024Spode Cottage Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AT
Received 16 Oct 2024Spode Cottage Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AT
Received 16 Oct 202433 Southwark Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SH
Received 17 Oct 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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