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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Horner Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 10 Dec 202518 Agincourt Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0GH
Received 10 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Milestone Way And Robins Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 10 Dec 2025159 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EB
Received 8 Dec 202535 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 11 Dec 2025Marsh Barn Farm The Wagon House Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EA
Received 12 Dec 202515 Cotton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BF
Received 12 Dec 2025Commercial Unit At Land South Of Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 12 Dec 202518 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 15 Dec 20255 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 15 Dec 202514 Denyer Court Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TQ
Received 16 Dec 2025Lichfield South Dimension Data Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 17 Dec 20255 Darnford Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RW
Received 17 Dec 2025Jayvid House Blithbury Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JF
Received 17 Dec 2025Brook House Farm Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QB
Received 17 Dec 2025Land Rear Of Weeford Park Cottages London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Little Aston Hospital Little Aston Hall Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UP
Received 17 Dec 202512 Hawcroft Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QT
Received 17 Dec 20257 Oakwood Close Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Pacific Nurseries Little Hay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QB
Received 18 Dec 2025Springfields Day Nursery Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BJ
Received 18 Dec 202546 The Beck Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BP
Received 19 Dec 2025Lichfield Cathedral School Church Hill Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PT
Received 19 Dec 2025The Smithy Lower Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QG
Received 19 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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