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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
213 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XN
Received 27 Mar 2025Brockhurst Park Farm Brockhurst Lane Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SR
Received 27 Mar 20254A Ash Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TG
Received 27 Mar 20254B Ash Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TG
Received 27 Mar 20257 Allsopp Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0FH
Received 27 Mar 2025Cartersfield Lane Farm Cartersfield Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EQ
Received 28 Mar 2025Moat Bank Farm Moat Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AY
Received 28 Mar 2025Montrose Hospital Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EJ
Received 28 Mar 202535 Sandfield Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NH
Received 28 Mar 2025Duke Of York Greenhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DY
Received 28 Mar 2025Land South Off Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 28 Mar 20253 Bracken Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RU
Received 28 Mar 2025Sittles Farm Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QR
Received 28 Mar 2025118 St Thomas Way Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1RA
Received 28 Mar 202515 Croft Close Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BU
Received 31 Mar 202521 Tame View Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9EB
Received 31 Mar 202536 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 31 Mar 20251 Freeford Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RJ
Received 31 Mar 202511 Bulldog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LN
Received 31 Mar 20251 Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AB
Received 31 Mar 20251 Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AB
Received 31 Mar 202510 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EB
Received 31 Mar 2025Oak Farm Green Barns Lane Little Hay Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QN
Received 31 Mar 20252 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JU
Received 1 Apr 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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