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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QA
Received 2 Apr 2026Riverside Industrial Estate Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RW
Received 2 Apr 2026Land East Of Fradley Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 2 Apr 2026Wharf Cottage Bellamour Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JS
Received 3 Apr 2026Green Farm Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DD
Received 6 Apr 2026Fairlawns Tuppenhurst Lane Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4HJ
Received 7 Apr 2026Dunnimere Farm Portway Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LA
Received 7 Apr 2026The Stirling Centre, Unit 7B Tye Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ST
Received 7 Apr 20264 Lightwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FG
Received 7 Apr 2026Rear Of 71 To 73 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 8 Apr 2026109 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PE
Received 8 Apr 2026Land Rear 19 Sturgeons Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AW
Received 8 Apr 2026Land At Fradley Parks Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 9 Apr 2026Whittington Arms Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PS
Received 9 Apr 202618 The Charters Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LX
Received 10 Apr 202623 Admiral Parker Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NS
Received 10 Apr 2026Burntwood Business Park Zone 3, Paget 12 Cinder Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3FS
Received 10 Apr 2026Homestead Farm The Cottage Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BD
Received 13 Apr 2026Land At Railway Bridge (111) Lichfield Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 13 Apr 202659 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 8 Apr 202662 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU
Received 15 Apr 202610 Lapwing Avenue Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8WP
Received 15 Apr 2026The Old Hall Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 16 Apr 2026The Old Hall Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 16 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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