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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elswick House Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LH
Received 23 Apr 20255 Taylor Grove Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DU
Received 23 Apr 20259 Cranleigh Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XT
Received 23 Apr 2025The Piggery Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 24 Apr 2025The Piggery Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 24 Apr 202526 Schoolfields Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LW
Received 24 Apr 202525 Beech Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EB
Received 24 Apr 202511 Wallheath Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HP
Received 24 Apr 20254 Ivanhoe Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AY
Received 25 Apr 202511 Sandford Close Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RH
Received 25 Apr 2025Land Adjacent St Chads Church Church Drive Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AL
Received 25 Apr 202519 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 28 Apr 2025Lichfield Cricket And Hockey Club Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SQ
Received 28 Apr 202518 Boney Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AL
Received 28 Apr 202515 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LE
Received 29 Apr 2025Church Farm 72 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JX
Received 29 Apr 2025104 Old Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BU
Received 30 Apr 20255 Newlyn Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SH
Received 30 Apr 2025First Floor 25 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NA
Received 30 Apr 2025Crabtree Farm Park Lane Stockwell Heath Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LX
Received 30 Apr 2025Stoneleigh Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QD
Received 1 May 2025Boley Park Shopping Centre, Unit 4 Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XU
Received 1 May 2025Bangley House Farm Plantation Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AU
Received 2 May 202533 Thorpe Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1NJ
Received 2 May 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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