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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Jerrys Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QD
Received 30 Sept 2025Bluebell Lodge Hungry Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PR
Received 30 Sept 20259 Dyott Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NE
Received 30 Sept 2025Barns At Old Hall Farm Old Hall Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Oct 202511 Newlyn Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SH
Received 1 Oct 2025Unit 3 To 4 Tuppenhurst Lane Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EH
Received 1 Oct 2025Unit 3 To 4 Tuppenhurst Lane Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EH
Received 1 Oct 2025Land North Bucks Head Farm (A5 Trunk Road) Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Oct 2025Pipehill Farm Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JT
Received 1 Oct 20255 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 1 Oct 2025Land Adj Hawkesyard Estate Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 2 Oct 2025Land At Hamstall Hall Farm Blithbury Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RS
Received 2 Oct 2025Unit B100 Lancaster Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RY
Received 3 Oct 2025Chorley Hall Farm And Stables Summer House Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DN
Received 3 Oct 2025Stowe House, Suite 3 Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TJ
Received 3 Oct 202525 Masefield Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DD
Received 3 Oct 202514 Denyer Court Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TQ
Received 3 Oct 20255 Goodwin Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9GU
Received 6 Oct 202515 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LZ
Received 6 Oct 202566 Reindeer Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SW
Received 6 Oct 2025Land North Woodhouses Lane Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 6 Oct 2025Ridgeway Primary School Grange Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TU
Received 7 Oct 202517 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AT
Received 8 Oct 202552 Parnell Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NX
Received 8 Oct 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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