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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Malvern House 12 Pingle Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JJ
Received 27 Aug 2025First And Second Floors 1 Breadmarket Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LG
Received 27 Aug 2025Keelys Solicitors LLP 28 Dam Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AA
Received 27 Aug 2025Land West Of Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 28 Aug 202525 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 28 Aug 202513 Paviors Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QP
Received 29 Aug 2025Land Rear And West Of 41-43 Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AS
Received 29 Aug 2025Foxglove House Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DB
Received 1 Sept 202518 Bailye Close Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LD
Received 1 Sept 202523 Churchill Crescent Alrewas Staffordshire DE13 7EH
Received 1 Sept 2025Poachers Rest Syerscote Lane Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HL
Received 1 Sept 2025Cruckwood Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 1 Sept 2025Land At Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 2 Sept 2025Bells Bridge Storage Hints Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AT
Received 2 Sept 2025One Sheriffs Ride Brownsfield Farm Netherstowe Lane Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EQ
Received 3 Sept 2025One Sheriffs Ride Brownsfield Farm Netherstowe Lane Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Windmill Farm Stockings Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QF
Received 4 Sept 202566 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 4 Sept 20251 The Tanyard Ashmall Farm Mill Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JR
Received 5 Sept 202573 Burton Old Road East Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HU
Received 5 Sept 202523 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 8 Sept 2025495 Chester Road Aldridge Walsall WS9 0PY
Received 8 Sept 2025177 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EB
Received 8 Sept 2025School Cottage Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LL
Received 8 Sept 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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