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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ingle House Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BZ
Received 12 Jan 2026145 Hunslet Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LA
Received 12 Jan 202674 Woodhouses Road Woodhouses Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EJ
Received 13 Jan 2026Piglets Barn Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JN
Received 13 Jan 2026Land At Cricket Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 14 Jan 202635A High Street Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LR
Received 14 Jan 2026Lichfield City Football Club Sports Ground, Enots Sports And Social Club Brownsfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BX
Received 14 Jan 2026Gayley Lodge Raikes Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EL
Received 14 Jan 202645 Sandfield Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NH
Received 15 Jan 2026Froggatt South Drive Staffordshire
Received 12 Jan 20264 Walnut Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UU
Received 16 Jan 202635 Mason Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0FL
Received 16 Jan 2026Dunnimere Farm Portway Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LA
Received 16 Jan 2026Longdon Green House Church Hill Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QE
Received 19 Jan 202634 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BT
Received 19 Jan 2026161 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XL
Received 19 Jan 2026Land Adj Unit 14 Britannia Way Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 Jan 202650A Furlong Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EE
Received 19 Jan 2026Chapel House Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HL
Received 20 Jan 2026Former Bodycare 22 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 20 Jan 2026Latchford House Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 20 Jan 2026City Point, Unit 3B To 3C Swan Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QZ
Received 21 Jan 20266 Siddons Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EH
Received 22 Jan 20263 Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 22 Jan 2026Records 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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