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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White House Farm Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 14 Mar 202551 Wallheath Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HR
Received 17 Mar 2025167 Lower Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RB
Received 17 Mar 2025Ashleigh Station Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HZ
Received 17 Mar 202555 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 17 Mar 202528 Chapel Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BA
Received 18 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Maple Hayes School Abnalls Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Mar 2025Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 12 Mar 20258 Conduit Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JR
Received 18 Mar 2025Land At Wharfside Allotments Whitehorse Road Walsall Staffordshire WS8 7PE
Received 14 Mar 202544 Walnut Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FA
Received 19 Mar 202510 Fern Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DQ
Received 19 Mar 202528 Cornfield Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UG
Received 19 Mar 2025243 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PD
Received 19 Mar 2025Moorfield Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 19 Mar 20259 Dyott Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NE
Received 19 Mar 20253 Garnet Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EL
Received 20 Mar 20254 Hunslet Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LF
Received 20 Mar 20259 Holywell Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SW
Received 21 Mar 202547 Forge Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BE
Received 21 Mar 2025121 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 21 Mar 2025Dunroamin Hungry Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PR
Received 21 Mar 2025137 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 21 Mar 2025Land Adjacent 36 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BN
Received 24 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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