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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Oak Way Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8GH
Received 6 Nov 202575 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 6 Nov 2025Brooklands Nurseries 144 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PF
Received 7 Nov 2025Land North Of Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 7 Nov 202519 Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AE
Received 7 Nov 20252 Old Barnhouse Mews Hill Top Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QA
Received 10 Nov 20252 Old Barnhouse Mews Hill Top Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QA
Received 10 Nov 202567 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 10 Nov 202567 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 10 Nov 2025Land East Of Elford Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 10 Nov 202523 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DP
Received 11 Nov 2025Land Opposite To 138 - 188 Chorley Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 11 Nov 2025Ambulance Station Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SY
Received 12 Nov 2025The Model Farm Peggs Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DR
Received 13 Nov 2025Farewell Mill Cross In Hand Lane Farewell Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DX
Received 13 Nov 202512 Brooklyn Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SJ
Received 13 Nov 2025The Cottage 9 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent DE13 7HW
Received 13 Nov 2025The Cottage 9 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent DE13 7HW
Received 13 Nov 2025Burntwood Business Park Zone 1, Unit 9 Attwood Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GJ
Received 13 Nov 2025Shereston House Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 17 Nov 2025Home Farm School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 17 Nov 202520 Grosvenor Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SR
Received 18 Nov 202560, 62 & 66 Church Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NN
Received 18 Nov 202513 Paviors Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QP
Received 18 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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