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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunningdale Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 31 Jan 2025The Old Post Office Church Hill Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PW
Received 31 Jan 2025Fradley Link Wellington Crescent Fradley Park Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Jan 202525 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 31 Jan 2025Wade Street United Reformed Baptist Church Wade Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HT
Received 31 Jan 2025Wade Street United Reformed Baptist Church Wade Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HT
Received 31 Jan 2025Ridgeway Primary School Grange Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TU
Received 3 Feb 202559 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 4 Feb 2025Operations Centre (Salt Barn) Lichfield District M6 Toll Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PQ
Received 5 Feb 20256 Watling Street Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BD
Received 5 Feb 2025Bangley House Farm Plantation Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AU
Received 6 Feb 202510 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 7 Feb 2025Wade Street United Reformed Baptist Church Wade Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HT
Received 7 Feb 202568 Harrington Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7UY
Received 10 Feb 202539 The Green Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DT
Received 10 Feb 202510 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EB
Received 10 Feb 202535 Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EY
Received 10 Feb 2025Fairfield Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 7 Feb 2025Land Off Gravelly Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire
Received 10 Feb 202515 Poplar Rise Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HT
Received 11 Feb 2025New Buildings Farm Croxall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QY
Received 11 Feb 20256A Union Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XX
Received 11 Feb 2025M6 Toll Weeford Park Toll Station London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 11 Feb 202533 Rake End Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RG
Received 12 Feb 2025Records 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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