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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 19 Aug 2020The Old Wall Tamhorn Park Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JJ
Received 20 Aug 202024 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HB
Received 21 Aug 2020Lichfield District Council Car Park Shaw Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DB
Received 24 Aug 2020St John's Churchyard (closed) Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 19 Aug 202042 Larkspur Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SS
Received 18 Aug 20204 Crawley Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JF
Received 25 Aug 20201 Sturgeons Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AW
Received 25 Aug 202050 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 19 Aug 202023 Ashmole Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RS
Received 25 Aug 2020Birch House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 24 Aug 2020Hanch Farm Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HH
Received 25 Aug 2020341 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 25 Aug 202025 Farewell Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DW
Received 26 Aug 2020Wingletang Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AQ
Received 26 Aug 2020Little Aston Hall Aldridge Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 17 Aug 2020Jalna 20 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 27 Aug 202029 Lincoln Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0ND
Received 27 Aug 2020Land Off Horner Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Aug 2020Homestead 8 The Beck Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BP
Received 28 Aug 20206 Holding Pessall Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JL
Received 28 Aug 2020Peel Farm Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LJ
Received 28 Aug 202012 Greenways Park Drive Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DP
Received 19 Aug 202065 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JD
Received 1 Sept 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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