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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wigginton Fields Farm Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LH
Received 8 Sept 202219 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 9 Sept 20226 Scholars Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EE
Received 9 Sept 2022Cranfield House Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 9 Sept 2022Former Guardian House Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 9 Sept 2022Brackendale Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN
Received 12 Sept 202225 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 12 Sept 2022174 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BS
Received 12 Sept 2022Beechcroft Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AG
Received 12 Sept 202232 Coltman Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YS
Received 13 Sept 202234 Hazel Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AS
Received 13 Sept 202221 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 13 Sept 2022United Reform Church Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AZ
Received 13 Sept 2022United Reform Church Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AZ
Received 13 Sept 2022Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PW
Received 13 Sept 202262 Reindeer Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SW
Received 14 Sept 2022The Old Vicarage Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 14 Sept 2022Broad Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SU
Received 14 Sept 2022The Brambles Keepers Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AX
Received 14 Sept 2022Lea Grange Grange Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HU
Received 14 Sept 2022Lea Grange Grange Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HU
Received 14 Sept 20229 Foxton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7FE
Received 15 Sept 2022Land NE Of Woodhouses Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 15 Sept 202241 Burntwood Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JQ
Received 15 Sept 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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