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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Croft Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 14 Aug 2025Land At Highfields Farm Clifton Lane Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AQ
Received 14 Aug 20254 Elunda Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GA
Received 14 Aug 2025Hollywell House Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DF
Received 15 Aug 202522 New Street Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1BS
Received 15 Aug 202525 Garnet Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EL
Received 15 Aug 20251 Morlings Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2ED
Received 15 Aug 20258 The Osiers Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DG
Received 18 Aug 202512 Lightwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FG
Received 18 Aug 202545 Spinney Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HA
Received 19 Aug 2025Starter Unit L13 Burntwood Business Park Zone 2 Ring Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3JQ
Received 20 Aug 202515 Newick Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DA
Received 20 Aug 2025Elway Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 20 Aug 2025Unit 6 Brook End Farm Portleys Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 2AD
Received 20 Aug 2025Land At Windmill Farm Coton Lane Coton Green Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 20 Aug 2025Sparrow Barn Whitacre Lane Stonnall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BZ
Received 20 Aug 2025150 Norton Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HE
Received 21 Aug 2025Raddle Farm Burton Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BN
Received 21 Aug 2025The Farm House Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS15 4PZ
Received 22 Aug 2025Land Off Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 22 Aug 2025Land At Cricket Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 26 Aug 202527 Swallow Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HE
Received 26 Aug 202510 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BN
Received 26 Aug 202536 Slade Avenue Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2EL
Received 26 Aug 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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