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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BN
Received 20 Jul 202610 Aldin Close Bonehill Fazeley Staffordshire B78 3HT
Received 20 Jul 2026Shrubberies The Shrubbery Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BX
Received 20 Jul 202621 Dam Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AE
Received 20 Jul 2026Haselour House Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 20 Jul 2026Manoryard, The Great Barn Blithbury Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RS
Received 21 Jul 202641 The Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UD
Received 21 Jul 202642 The Leasowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HA
Received 15 Jun 2026Manoryard, The Great Barn Blithbury Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RS
Received 22 Jul 2026Sandgate Lodge Elford Road Comberford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BD
Received 22 Jul 2026Liberty Park (Phase 2) Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 22 Jul 202625 Fotherley Brook Road Little Aston Staffordshire WS9 0PD
Received 23 Jul 202625 Fotherley Brook Road Little Aston Staffordshire WS9 0PD
Received 23 Jul 2026Elford Park Farm Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DF
Received 23 Jul 2026Elford Park Farm Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DF
Received 23 Jul 2026New Buildings Farm Croxall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QY
Received 23 Jul 2026Lynn Nurseries Lynn Lane Lynn Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EP
Received 23 Jul 2026130 Chesterfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AA
Received 24 Jul 2026Land Off Park Lane Streethay Lichfield WS13 8PX
Received 21 Jul 202645 Stowe Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AQ
Received 24 Jul 202623 Churchill Crescent Alrewas Staffordshire DE13 7EH
Received 24 Jul 2026McDonalds Hermes Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RZ
Received 24 Jul 202618 Mavesyn Close Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RA
Received 27 Jul 202623 Macadam Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LJ
Received 27 Jul 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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