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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Birchwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UW
Received 22 Sept 202557 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 22 Sept 202557 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 22 Sept 2025First Floor 21 - 23 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 22 Sept 2025First Floor 21 - 23 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 22 Sept 202585 Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HG
Received 23 Sept 202531 Cherry Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AN
Received 23 Sept 202515 Beecroft Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EZ
Received 24 Sept 2025The Barn Padbury Lane Creswell Green Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HG
Received 24 Sept 202521 Berryfields Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EJ
Received 24 Sept 202547 Borrowcop Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DG
Received 25 Sept 2025Roman Court Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 25 Sept 2025The Cart Hovel Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 25 Sept 2025100 Brockhurst Lane Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SP
Received 25 Sept 2025Morrisons Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BG
Received 26 Sept 202547 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LR
Received 29 Sept 202570 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 29 Sept 2025Oak Meadow Farm Borough Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 29 Sept 202511 Victoria Meadows Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HL
Received 29 Sept 2025Sandfields House Fosseway Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AE
Received 29 Sept 2025Sandfields House Fosseway Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AE
Received 29 Sept 202521 Hillside Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DQ
Received 29 Sept 202588 Brook End Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RT
Received 29 Sept 20251 Darwin Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ET
Received 30 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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