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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Deanery 16 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 7 Mar 20229 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 7 Mar 202224 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 7 Mar 202223 The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 7 Mar 202260 Hunslet Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LF
Received 7 Mar 20221 Whittington Old Hall Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 7 Mar 2022Hall Farm Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QL
Received 7 Mar 20221 Cherrywood Way Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HZ
Received 7 Mar 2022Paragon Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 7 Mar 202257A Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 8 Mar 2022Oak House Woodside Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BB
Received 8 Mar 2022Land Rear Of 7 Maryvale Court Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HZ
Received 8 Mar 202277 Lower Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RB
Received 7 Mar 2022The Yews Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HJ
Received 8 Mar 202221 Cross Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AP
Received 9 Mar 202242 Bridge Cross Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BY
Received 8 Mar 2022New House Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JU
Received 8 Mar 202243 Booth Hurst Road Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1RP
Received 9 Mar 2022The Swan With Two Necks 40 Brook End Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PN
Received 9 Mar 202214 Anker Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JW
Received 8 Mar 202234 Spearhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UD
Received 9 Mar 202287-89 Main Street Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DY
Received 7 Mar 202222B Grange Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EE
Received 9 Mar 202233 Schoolfields Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LL
Received 9 Mar 2022Records 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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