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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Corn Exchange, Heritage Bar & Grill Conduit Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JU
Received 10 Mar 202516 Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TZ
Received 10 Mar 2025Land At Cricket Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 10 Mar 2025Go Local 46-48 Wheel Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EA
Received 10 Mar 2025Go Local 46-48 Wheel Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EA
Received 10 Mar 202556 Netherbridge Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UF
Received 6 Mar 20252 Buxton Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RP
Received 11 Mar 20256 Alesmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FD
Received 12 Mar 2025Spindle Tree Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 11 Mar 2025Spindle Tree Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 12 Mar 2025Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Received 28 Feb 202512 Minors Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DJ
Received 13 Mar 2025Long Field Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AP
Received 13 Mar 2025Abacus Day Nursery Park Cottage 162 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XG
Received 13 Mar 2025The Barn Padbury Lane Creswell Green Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HG
Received 13 Mar 202512 Auchinleck Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TL
Received 13 Mar 2025Highfield House Manor Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JS
Received 13 Mar 202511 Wallheath Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HP
Received 13 Mar 2025Sandfields Pumping Station Chesterfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AA
Received 13 Mar 202534 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NG
Received 13 Mar 202573 New Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BH
Received 14 Mar 2025Barn Farm Cranebrook Lane Hilton Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EZ
Received 14 Mar 202517 Harrier Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8WG
Received 14 Mar 2025Porch Cottage Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 14 Mar 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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