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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Langdale Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LE
Received 21 Oct 2021Land Off Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Oct 20216 Mulberry Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DU
Received 21 Oct 202121 Stowecroft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TW
Received 22 Oct 2021Hunters Ride Quarry Hills Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HL
Received 22 Oct 2021Sundown Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JT
Received 25 Oct 2021Pool Barn Shirrall Drive Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EG
Received 25 Oct 2021Ahmer Church Walk Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JG
Received 25 Oct 202115 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 25 Oct 2021Oak House Daisy Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EW
Received 25 Oct 2021Beechcroft Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DF
Received 25 Oct 202110 Lazy Hill Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DT
Received 26 Oct 2021Dexters Barn Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 20 Oct 2021250 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 26 Oct 202116 Paskin Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NZ
Received 26 Oct 2021The Shenstone And District Car Club Limited Racetrack Curborough Sprint Course Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EJ
Received 27 Oct 2021Blossom Field Cottage Dark Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QL
Received 27 Oct 202140 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JD
Received 27 Oct 202110 Furnivall Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DD
Received 27 Oct 2021South View Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AQ
Received 27 Oct 202129 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UA
Received 27 Oct 2021St Johns Hospital St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 28 Oct 2021Land At Beatrice Court Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Oct 2021Endwood Lodge Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AP
Received 28 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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