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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adcocks Solicitors Limited Chancery House 27 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DP
Received 3 Dec 2021The National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Received 3 Dec 20218 Chadswell Heights Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BH
Received 3 Dec 202170 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 6 Dec 20212 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 6 Dec 2021Clock Tower The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 6 Dec 2021Brewhouse And Kitchen 1 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PW
Received 6 Dec 2021Tufton Cottage Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 6 Dec 202140 Chatterton Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EF
Received 6 Dec 202143 Water Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AW
Received 6 Dec 2021Willow End Salts Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UD
Received 6 Dec 2021O2 Telecommunications Mast CTIL Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B79 3RE
Received 6 Dec 20214 Stockings Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LQ
Received 6 Dec 202184 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 7 Dec 2021Spondsfield House Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RG
Received 7 Dec 20219 Osprey Close Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HT
Received 7 Dec 2021Morrisons Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 7 Dec 2021Morrisons Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 7 Dec 20216 Newick Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DA
Received 7 Dec 202150 Hazel Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AS
Received 7 Dec 2021Former M And S 16 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 7 Dec 2021Land At Streethay H1 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 7 Dec 2021Charter Automotive Unit 9 Burntwood Business Park Zone 1 Attwood Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GJ
Received 7 Dec 2021Former M And S 16 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 7 Dec 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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