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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Church Hollow Main Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AJ
Received 15 May 2026Shandon Hints Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PQ
Received 18 May 2026Land North Of Rake Hill Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 18 May 202635 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 18 May 202621 Deykin Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PS
Received 18 May 2026Land Adjacent 14 Alandale Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EL
Received 19 May 202653 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JS
Received 19 May 2026Clifton Park, Stoneybridge House Netherseal Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BE
Received 19 May 2026Lichfield Golf And Country Club Tewnalls Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HE
Received 20 May 2026The Granary Church Farm Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NL
Received 21 May 2026Woodfield Close Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QE
Received 21 May 2026Maple Cottage Ash Tree Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ND
Received 21 May 2026Land At Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 22 May 2026Land At Lichfield South Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 22 May 20262 Ash Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ET
Received 25 May 2026Junction Manor Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 26 May 2026Junction Manor Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 26 May 202653 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JS
Received 27 May 2026Tufton Cottage Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 27 May 202621 Maddocke Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LT
Received 28 May 2026Land At Fradley Park Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 May 202623 Lawrence Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RD
Received 28 May 20269 Terry Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EJ
Received 28 May 2026Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 May 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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