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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Received 14 May 2025Land At North Lichfield Netherstowe Lane Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 14 May 2025Land West Of Watery Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 14 May 202518 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 15 May 202518 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 15 May 2025Unit 6 Brook End Farm Portleys Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 2AD
Received 15 May 2025252 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0DY
Received 16 May 20252 Abraham Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9FW
Received 16 May 2025Piglets Barn Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JN
Received 16 May 2025The Little Ripley Day Nursery 17 Burnett Road Streetly Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3EL
Received 16 May 202512 Alderhithe Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BN
Received 19 May 2025The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 19 May 2025Haselour House Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 20 May 2025Haselour House Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 20 May 2025Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 20 May 2025Trinity House 33A Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 21 May 2025Trinity House 33A Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 21 May 2025Roxane UK Limited Hangers 3, 4 And 5 Fradley Airfield Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EL
Received 21 May 202512 Osborne Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EE
Received 21 May 2025Haddon House St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 21 May 202532 Dama Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SU
Received 22 May 2025Holt Farm Bangley Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3ED
Received 22 May 2025Old Wood Farm 6 Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HW
Received 22 May 202513 The Grange Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HT
Received 23 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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