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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Ivy House Farm The Great Barn Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 19 Dec 2025Ivy House Farm The Great Barn Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 19 Dec 20251 Ellsmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NJ
Received 19 Dec 2025249 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QF
Received 19 Dec 202518 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 19 Dec 2025Elford Lowe Farm Elford Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BJ
Received 22 Dec 2025Green Farm Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DD
Received 22 Dec 2025The Food Warehouse By Iceland Unit A Imperial Retail Park Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6UB
Received 22 Dec 202511 Field Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RU
Received 22 Dec 20253 Waterworks Cottages Brookhay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RQ
Received 22 Dec 2025Stables Off Jonghams Lane Hamley Heath Barn Jonghams Lane Hamley Heath Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LS
Received 22 Dec 2025Car Park Adj 9 Edwards Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 22 Dec 20254 Broome Close Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JR
Received 22 Dec 2025Midland Pig Producers Ltd Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NW
Received 22 Dec 202545 Lime Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ER
Received 22 Dec 2025Land At Newlands Lane Stockwell Heath Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Dec 20254 Union Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XX
Received 23 Dec 20254 Ivanhoe Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AY
Received 22 Dec 2025Land At Newlands Lane Malt House Farm Stockwell Heath Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 23 Dec 2025The Plant Plot Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JA
Received 23 Dec 2025Former Debenhams Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Dec 2025349 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 26 Dec 20257 Grasmere Avenue Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3DG
Received 29 Dec 202523 The Pines Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XA
Received 29 Dec 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage