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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crown Inn 24 The Green Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DT
Received 11 Dec 202438 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AG
Received 12 Dec 2024152 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 12 Dec 202414 New Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XY
Received 12 Dec 2024Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 12 Dec 202478 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JU
Received 13 Dec 2024Maple Court Brook Farm Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DQ
Received 13 Dec 202457 Chadswell Heights Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BH
Received 16 Dec 2024Land Intersecting A453 Sutton Road & Drayton Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 11 Dec 2024The Nursery Bungalow Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LQ
Received 16 Dec 202426 Rocklands Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DH
Received 16 Dec 2024Land Rear Of Canal Cottage Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BU
Received 16 Dec 202430 Scott Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DB
Received 16 Dec 202420 Beecroft Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EZ
Received 17 Dec 2024Land Rear Brookend Stables Stafford Road Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 17 Dec 202450 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JP
Received 17 Dec 2024Garages At Poplar Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 17 Dec 2024Garages 7-21 (Inc. Integral Stores) Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RL
Received 17 Dec 2024Dylan Convenience Store 17 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NU
Received 18 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To 176 Birmingham Road (Plot 2) Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Dec 2024The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 18 Dec 202493 Birch Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TQ
Received 19 Dec 202460 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LR
Received 19 Dec 2024Land East Of Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 19 Dec 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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