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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
147 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HP
Received 16 Aug 202339 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Aug 2023Little Meadows St Chads Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LZ
Received 16 Aug 20239 New Street Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1BT
Received 16 Aug 202312A Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 16 Aug 202323 Swallow Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HE
Received 17 Aug 202345B Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NB
Received 17 Aug 2023Units X And Y Riverside Industrial Estate Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RW
Received 18 Aug 202358 Park Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EE
Received 18 Aug 2023Bell Bridge Garage Rykneld Street Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RE
Received 21 Aug 2023Land At Cranebrook Lane Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Aug 2023Sittles Farm Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QR
Received 21 Aug 202325 Brookside Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3NR
Received 18 Aug 202319 Queen Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QD
Received 22 Aug 202313 To 19 Cedar Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 22 Aug 202314 And 16 Cedar Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 22 Aug 2023Garage Blocks Adj 61 Cedar Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 22 Aug 202370 George Avenue Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PW
Received 23 Aug 202397 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DW
Received 23 Aug 2023Lyalvale Express Ltd Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PS
Received 24 Aug 2023Kings Bromley Wharf Marina Lichfield Road Riley Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HT
Received 24 Aug 2023David Lloyd Clubs Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 25 Aug 20235 Darwin Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ET
Received 25 Aug 2023Fairfields Farm Raikes Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EL
Received 25 Aug 2023Records 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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