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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Poplars Farm (Sandhawalia Farm) Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BY
Received 19 Nov 2025164 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XG
Received 19 Nov 20251 Beecroft Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EZ
Received 20 Nov 2025Kents Bridge Garage 4 Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DB
Received 18 Nov 2025111 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AX
Received 20 Nov 20251 Rosemary Nook Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HS
Received 21 Nov 2025Unit 60A Britannia Enterprise Park Britannia Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UY
Received 25 Nov 2025Junction Manor Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 21 Nov 20256 Friary Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QU
Received 25 Nov 2025Former Lichfield Business Centre Hermes Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Nov 2025Former Lichfield Business Centre Hermes Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Nov 2025Former Lichfield Business Centre Hermes Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Nov 2025Curborough Hall Farm Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ES
Received 26 Nov 2025Roman Croft Longacres Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 27 Nov 202550A Furlong Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EE
Received 27 Nov 2025Green Barns Farm Green Barns Lane Little Hay Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QN
Received 27 Nov 202545 Stowe Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AQ
Received 28 Nov 2025Land West Of Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 28 Nov 202562 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU
Received 1 Dec 202579 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HH
Received 1 Dec 2025Land At Beacon Park Greenhough Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Dec 2025Land At Coulter Lane Farm Coulter Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EU
Received 1 Dec 202515 Christ Church Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BB
Received 1 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 2 Buxton Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RP
Received 1 Dec 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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