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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holt Farm Bangley Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3ED
Received 27 Oct 202543 Sandfield Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NH
Received 27 Oct 2025Footsteps Day Nurseries Ltd Unit 1 Bonehill Mews Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QS
Received 28 Oct 202554 St Pauls Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0DG
Received 28 Oct 202513 Brook End Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PB
Received 28 Oct 202513 Brook End Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PB
Received 28 Oct 202587 Cherry Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AF
Received 29 Oct 20256 The Croft Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PR
Received 29 Oct 202515 Nether Beacon Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AT
Received 30 Oct 2025Bandland Farm No Mans Heath Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BE
Received 30 Oct 2025Wellsmead London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SE
Received 30 Oct 2025Access Bookings Ltd 20 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 31 Oct 2025Shell Service Station London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EQ
Received 31 Oct 202533 Boney Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AL
Received 3 Nov 202539 The Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UD
Received 3 Nov 20258 Millmoor Avenue Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BL
Received 3 Nov 2025Ponderosa Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BX
Received 4 Nov 2025The Old Haybarn Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ER
Received 4 Nov 2025Old Library The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 Nov 2025Junction House Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 4 Nov 2025Rosewood House 19 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 5 Nov 202523 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 5 Nov 2025Acorn Kia Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JS
Received 5 Nov 202547 Hunslet Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LA
Received 6 Nov 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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