Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 1 Stour Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JY
Received 10 Jun 2020Parchfield House Farm Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HG
Received 11 Jun 2020Parchfield House Farm Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HG
Received 11 Jun 202019 Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AS
Received 15 Jun 2020204 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XH
Received 15 Jun 2020Hill Crest Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BX
Received 15 Jun 2020Land Adjacent Church Farm Church Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NN
Received 17 Jun 2020Park House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 18 Jun 2020Land Off Little Hay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 Jun 2020Hawkesyard Estate Armitage Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1ED
Received 23 Jun 2020Overwoods Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 23 Jun 20207 Barns Croft Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BW
Received 25 Jun 2020Cartersfield Lane Farm Cartersfield Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EQ
Received 26 Jun 2020Dormers Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 26 Jun 20205 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AA
Received 26 Jun 2020Land Off Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Jun 202032 Mease Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JP
Received 29 Jun 202037 Darnford Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RW
Received 29 Jun 20204 Leafenden Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UY
Received 29 Jun 2020107 Worthington Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PG
Received 29 Jun 20204 York Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ST
Received 30 Jun 20202 St Peters Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EN
Received 30 Jun 2020Coogee Nursery 17 Burnett Road Streetly Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3EL
Received 30 Jun 2020Joint Medical Command Defence Tamworth Road Whittington Heath Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PY
Received 30 Jun 2020Records 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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