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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 29 Mar 2022Land North Of Camp Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 29 Mar 20221 The Headlands Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AB
Received 30 Mar 2022The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 30 Mar 202214 Barn Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TA
Received 31 Mar 202237 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UA
Received 28 Mar 2022Parkwood Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Off Wellington Crescent Fradley Park Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Off Wellington Crescent Fradley Park Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 31 Mar 202212 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BN
Received 1 Apr 2022Brook House Cottage Church Hill Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PY
Received 1 Apr 20224 Paget Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1HP
Received 1 Apr 202297 Rugeley Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AB
Received 1 Apr 2022Shenstone Business Park Lynn Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0SB
Received 1 Apr 20221 Dama Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SU
Received 1 Apr 202232 Chestnut Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JH
Received 1 Apr 202210 Nursery Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DY
Received 1 Apr 2022Waitrose Stonneyland Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RX
Received 1 Apr 202245 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BW
Received 1 Apr 2022The Glade Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BP
Received 1 Apr 202237 Chapel Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JT
Received 4 Apr 20227 Henderson Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YN
Received 4 Apr 2022Alrewas House Hotel 111 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 4 Apr 2022Land Off Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 4 Apr 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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