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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Holywell Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SW
Received 10 Mar 2026Roman Court Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 10 Mar 2026Lothlorien 6 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BA
Received 10 Mar 2026The Cottage The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QT
Received 10 Mar 202632 Church Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BA
Received 10 Mar 2026Rear Of 71 To 73 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 10 Mar 2026Lakeside Bistro (cafe) Beacon Park Swan Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QZ
Received 11 Mar 202614 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 11 Mar 20266 Lillington Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AL
Received 11 Mar 20267 Post Office Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BS
Received 11 Mar 2026Vicars Coppice Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EU
Received 11 Mar 202615 Lycett Lane Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 8UN
Received 11 Mar 20265 Falcon Drive Whittington Staffordshire WS14 9PF
Received 12 Mar 202666 Burton Old Road West Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EN
Received 13 Mar 2026The Old Forge 1 Manor Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 12 Mar 2026Duke Of York Greenhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DY
Received 13 Mar 2026Stonewood Manor Manor Walk Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JB
Received 13 Mar 202647 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LR
Received 16 Mar 202636 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 16 Mar 2026Land West Of Farm Fields Hints Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 16 Mar 20262 Black And White Cottages School Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AD
Received 14 Mar 202646 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QA
Received 16 Mar 202636 Fox Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EQ
Received 16 Mar 202689 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 17 Mar 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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