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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Black And White Cottages School Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AD
Received 24 Mar 2025Church Farm 72 Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JX
Received 24 Mar 202529 - 33 Levetts Fields Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HY
Received 21 Mar 202529 Burton Old Road West Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EN
Received 20 Mar 2025Land North Of Streethay Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 12 Mar 2025The Cottage School Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LX
Received 24 Mar 202517 Hillside Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DQ
Received 24 Mar 2025Worthington House 6 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PR
Received 24 Mar 2025The Smithy Lower Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QG
Received 24 Mar 202589 Weston Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PA
Received 25 Mar 202593 Birch Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TQ
Received 25 Mar 202529 Bridge Cross Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BU
Received 25 Mar 202537 Giles Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7JY
Received 25 Mar 202547 Rake Hill Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DF
Received 25 Mar 202515 Newick Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DA
Received 19 Mar 20251 Malthouses Malthouse Road Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LU
Received 26 Mar 2025157 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 26 Mar 202557 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 26 Mar 20252 Taylor Grove Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DU
Received 26 Mar 2025The Cottage The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QT
Received 26 Mar 2025Mavesyn Ridware House Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 26 Mar 2025Molineux Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 26 Mar 2025Lower Newlands Farm Newlands Lane Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JD
Received 26 Mar 202570 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 27 Mar 2025Records 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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