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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willows Primary School Anglesey Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NU
Received 1 Apr 2025Burntwood Dragons And Phoenix Football Club Coppy Nook Playing Fields Hospital Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HE
Received 28 Mar 202545 Lime Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ER
Received 2 Apr 2025Drey House The Square Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DB
Received 3 Apr 2025Horsley Brook Farm Tamworth Road Packington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PT
Received 3 Apr 2025Fradley Arms Rykneld Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RD
Received 4 Apr 2025165 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HS
Received 7 Apr 202511 Hartslade Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RH
Received 7 Apr 2025Sandyhill Farm Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DW
Received 7 Apr 202512 Alderhithe Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BN
Received 8 Apr 202557 Rogerson Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PE
Received 8 Apr 20256 Birch Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HH
Received 27 Mar 2025170 Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HT
Received 26 Mar 2025Land Off Wellington Crescent Fradley Park Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RZ
Received 8 Apr 2025G E Collis & Sons Queens Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QF
Received 28 Mar 2025Longwood Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 8 Apr 2025Brook Farm, Maple Court Brook Farm Access Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DQ
Received 9 Apr 202512 Sedgemoor Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EF
Received 9 Apr 2025Keepers Cottage Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RA
Received 10 Apr 202514 Tame View Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9EB
Received 10 Apr 2025138 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DW
Received 11 Apr 202596 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 11 Apr 2025Shute Hill Farmhouse Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BZ
Received 11 Apr 202542 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DL
Received 14 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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