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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Havefield Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XS
Received 1 Oct 20214 Loxton Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HY
Received 1 Oct 2021Former GKN Premises Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EU
Received 1 Oct 2021Aston Court Nursing Home Little Aston Hall Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BF
Received 30 Sept 2021Cleat Hill Farm Stafford Road Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QD
Received 1 Oct 2021Pinewood Abnalls Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BN
Received 1 Oct 202123 Ashcroft Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EF
Received 4 Oct 2021The Lawns Lichfield Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JY
Received 4 Oct 2021157 Woodhouses Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EJ
Received 4 Oct 202123 Eastridge Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LN
Received 4 Oct 2021The Broom House Keepers Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AX
Received 5 Oct 2021Festival Gardens Friary Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QD
Received 5 Oct 2021Bayards Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 5 Oct 2021Richmond House Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 5 Oct 2021101 Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RL
Received 6 Oct 2021Trees Adj To Lillington Close Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 6 Oct 202120 Gable Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RY
Received 7 Oct 2021Department Of Transport Weighbridge A5 Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QH
Received 8 Oct 20217 Nightingale Walk Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QH
Received 11 Oct 202174 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DL
Received 11 Oct 20218 The Hollies Coulter Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EY
Received 11 Oct 2021Roselyn Lower Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QG
Received 11 Oct 202161 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 11 Oct 2021Flat B Vicars Hall Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AD
Received 11 Oct 2021Records 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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