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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between Birmingham Road And Frog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 25 Mar 20263 Turton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HA
Received 26 Mar 20268 Old Wood Farm Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HW
Received 24 Mar 2026Barns Farm Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 26 Mar 2026Land North Of Browns Lane Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 27 Mar 2026Brookhay Cottage Broad Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QH
Received 27 Mar 202617 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 27 Mar 202693 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 30 Mar 20266 Friary Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QU
Received 30 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Milestone Way Robins Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 30 Mar 2026Whitehouse Farm 91 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BW
Received 30 Mar 2026Poplars Farm Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BY
Received 31 Mar 202612 Sedgemoor Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EF
Received 31 Mar 2026Black Horse Inn Main Road Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HY
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Off Wellington Crescent (unit 3) Fradley Park Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Mar 2026Land West Of Roman Lane And Little Aston Park Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Mar 2026Manor House Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SA
Received 1 Apr 2026Land Rear Of 67 - 105 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 1 Apr 202642 Memorial Drive Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 8UP
Received 1 Apr 20264 Ormonds Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EG
Received 2 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Churchside Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HE
Received 2 Apr 2026Wellsmead London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SE
Received 2 Apr 202667 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 2 Apr 2026176 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EF
Received 2 Apr 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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