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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EZ
Received 1 Dec 202598 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AZ
Received 2 Dec 2025Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Received 2 Dec 2025Military Firing Range Land Common Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 2 Dec 2025Land Opposite Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah's Witnesses Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 2 Dec 202566 Burton Old Road West Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EN
Received 3 Dec 202520 Westwick Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EA
Received 3 Dec 202520 Westwick Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EA
Received 3 Dec 2025Admirals Cottage 17 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 2 Dec 20258 Seedymill Cottages Lichfield Road Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HQ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land At Kings Bromley Wharf Lichfield Road Riley Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HS
Received 4 Dec 2025Midland Pig Producers Ltd Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NW
Received 4 Dec 2025The Old House Out Buildings Deanslade Farm Claypit Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG
Received 4 Dec 2025173 Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HX
Received 4 Dec 2025Model Farm Peggs Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DR
Received 5 Dec 2025Model Farm Peggs Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DR
Received 5 Dec 2025Roseries Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EE
Received 5 Dec 202521 Lakin Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SW
Received 8 Dec 202582 Hospital Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EQ
Received 8 Dec 2025The Haven 8 School Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AD
Received 8 Dec 2025Proposed HS2 Line Lichfield Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 Dec 20255B Vicars Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LE
Received 8 Dec 2025Museum Of The Staffordshire Regiment Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PY
Received 9 Dec 2025New Farm Park Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EX
Received 9 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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