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Lichfield District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,698Searchable applications
150Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 5,377 approved or refused records
699Refused applications
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning General planning enquiry - £90Local plan Planning policy and the local planPre-application advice Get planning adviceConservation areas Local conservation areasArticle 4 directions Local conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas21 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/00761/FUL
Installation of 2 no automatic vehicle barriers and 2.4m high palisade pedestrian access swing gate and associated works
Tesco Distribution Centre Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NF
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00763/SCREE
Screening Opinion: Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site for use class B8 floorspace, along with ancillary offices, car parking, servicing and landscaping.
Lichfield Auction Centre Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NF
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00764/SCREE
Screening Opinion: The erection of up to 130 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), including the creation of new vehicular and ped / cycle access off Rugeley Road, together with associated infrastructure and public open space.
Land Adj Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00770/FUH
Erection of a single storey side, rear garage, utility and kitchen/dining room extension
18 Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JG
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00772/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Erection of a single storey rear extension and single storey side extension and full width rear dormer
Dolly Cottage Dollymakers Hill Cross Ash Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LT
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00773/ADV
Erection of a mixture of illuminated and non-illuminated exterior signs including 1no. nameboard, 1no. lettering sign, 1no. double sided pictoral sign, 2no. amenity signs, 9no. led floodlights, 2no. portland lanterns, 2no. A1 poster cases and 2no. transom signs.
Royal Oak Manor Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00774/FUH
Replacement of all timber double glazed windows and doors with equivalent Residence 9 UPVC windows and doors and re-align 2no. rooflights
The Cart Hovel Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00775/FUL
Section 73 application to permission of 15/01284/FUL to vary conditions 2 (Accordance with plans), 9 (Permitted development removed for forms of enclosure) and remove condition 11 (Restrictions on occupancy) to vary plans and allow the unrestricted occupancy of the dwellinghouse
28 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00776/FUH
Erection of a single storey rear and side extensions
34 Cromwells Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EW
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00777/FUH
Erection of a single storey rear extension
4 Taylor Grove Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DU
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00778/LBC
Works to Listed Building to allow the refurbishment of existing double gates and replacement of the existing automated opening mechanism for the double gates, accessories and lock
Gate Pillars Beech Gate Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00779/FUH
Erection of first floor extension above garage (Re-submission of 20/01314/FUH)
23 Lambert Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2DR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00780/FUH
Section 73 application to permission of 26/00358/FUH to amend the wording of condition 3 (Natural England Great Crested Newt License) to 'No development hereby permitted shall take place except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Council's Organisational Licence (WML-OR148, or a Further Licence) and with the proposals detailed on plan Fairfield House: Impact plan for great crested newt District Licensing (Version 1)'.
Fairfield House Borough Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QN
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00781/FUL
Erection of a industrial unit B8 (Storage and Distribution) and associated works
Shenstone Business Park Lynn Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0SB
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00782/CLP
Certificate of Lawfullness (Proposed): Internal and external alterations to rear of existing property including raised flat roof.
38 Holly Grove Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1QA
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00783/FUL
Erection of a detached single storey timber cabin in the rear garden and increase the occupancy by 11 to 100 (max) children
Footsteps Day Nurseries The Hawthorns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00784/FULM
Extension of the existing production and storage building and yard, new HGV exit road and associated external works
Fradley Airfield, Hanger 5 Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EL
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00787/FUH
Extension of front driveway through purchasing area of neighbours land at no.10
9 Tame View Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9EB
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00788/FUH
Erection of single storey front extension to existing garage and porch to form enlarged kitchen and downstairs WC and driveway enlargement
35 Grange Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EE
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00789/FUH
Erection of a single storey extension, loft conversion and internal alterations
91 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UE
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00790/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Erection of a side roof dormer extension
10 Cathedral Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LP
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00791/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Erection of a single story rear flat-roof extension
11 Admiral Parker Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NS
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00792/LBC
Works to listed building including the installation of a single external gas meter box to provide a new main gas supply
Post Office 1 Lichfield Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JE
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00793/FUL
Section 73 application to permission of 25/01077/FUL to vary condition 2 to allow the substitution of the originally approved house-type designs with revised house-type elevation designs.
Land Rear And West Of 41-43 Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AS
Received 29 Jun 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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