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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New House Farm Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HY
Received 28 Aug 2026Land North Of Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 28 Aug 2026Richard Crosse Church Of England Primary School Lichfield Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JE
Received 28 Aug 2026Richard Crosse Church Of England Primary School Lichfield Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JE
Received 28 Aug 2026Land South East Of Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Aug 202643 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 1 Sept 202619 Blackthorne Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YJ
Received 2 Sept 2026Bracken House The Green Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LU
Received 3 Sept 2026The Old Vicarage Church Road Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HL
Received 3 Sept 202612 Trenance Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SJ
Received 3 Sept 2026Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Received 4 Sept 2026Maple Cottage Ash Tree Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ND
Received 4 Sept 20261 Yorksand Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TA
Received 4 Sept 2026Sandborough House Farmhouse Yoxall Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3SA
Received 7 Sept 2026Bridge House Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 7 Sept 2026Meadow Cottage Cowhill Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FX
Received 8 Sept 202612 Oaklands Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RU
Received 8 Sept 20268 Marshall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6UP
Received 8 Sept 2026Gandria Endwood Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AJ
Received 8 Sept 2026Nationwide Building Society 8-10 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 9 Sept 2026Land At Lichfield South Business Park Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 9 Sept 202678 Burntwood Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JW
Received 10 Sept 2026349 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 11 Sept 202669 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 14 Sept 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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