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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Stores Limited Church Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DZ
Received 13 Nov 202037 Stockhay Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JE
Received 13 Nov 2020Land South Of Falkland Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG
Received 13 Nov 202025 St Margarets Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RA
Received 16 Nov 202029 Bridge Cross Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BU
Received 16 Nov 2020Wingletang Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AQ
Received 16 Nov 2020127 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BG
Received 16 Nov 2020Cranfield House Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 17 Nov 2020Birch Lodge Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 17 Nov 20209 Manor Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 18 Nov 202036 Gainsborough Drive Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PJ
Received 18 Nov 202020 Ivanhoe Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AY
Received 18 Nov 2020Ross Holme Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 18 Nov 2020Open Space Statfold Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Nov 2020Land At Roseries Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Nov 2020Comberford Lodge Farm Manor Lane Comberford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BQ
Received 18 Nov 20204 Gaiafields Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LT
Received 19 Nov 2020Pipe Lane Farm Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JN
Received 19 Nov 202056 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JE
Received 19 Nov 2020126A Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 19 Nov 2020Lichfield Health And Fitness Limited Lorne House Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JB
Received 19 Nov 2020Oak Tree Manor 34 Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AS
Received 19 Nov 2020Tamworth Lodge Carroway Head Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5RY
Received 20 Nov 202026 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JS
Received 23 Nov 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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