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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 Cannock Chase District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 2023 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14, Hill Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DJ
Received 24 Apr 202424 Poplar Lane, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1NQ
Received 10 Jun 202517, Chester Road, Rugeley, WS15 1GD
Received 16 Apr 2025Towers Business Park, Power Station Road, Rugeley, WS15 1LX
Received 29 Jan 202536, Coalpit Lane, Brereton, Rugeley, WS15 1EN
Received 19 Dec 2025832 Pye Green Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 4LW
Received 20 Nov 202463 Sycamore Green, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 4PN
Received 27 Dec 2023Taylors Lane, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2AA
Received 29 Aug 2025McArthurGlen Designer Outlet West Midlands, Eastern Way, Lichfield Road, Cannock, WS11 7JZ
Received 21 Nov 202328 Mill Crescent, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 7ZF
Received 29 Feb 202463, Ansty Drive, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3TZ
Received 3 Jun 202498, Main Road, Brereton, Rugeley, WS15 1DY
Received 11 May 2026217, Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EP
Received 23 Dec 20255, Sherbourne Avenue, Littleworth, Cannnock, Staffordshire, WS12 2LR
Received 8 Apr 2024147, Longford Road, Cannock, WS11 0LG
Received 16 May 2024Land West of Pye Green Road
Received 11 Aug 2025Hagley Field, with access from Rugeley Leisure Centre
Received 27 Nov 2025Former Rugeley Power Station Road, Former Rugeley Power Station Road
Received 14 Jul 2025Existing distribution warehouse, Towers Business Park, Power Station Road, Rugeley, WS15 1LZ
Received 20 Jun 2025106, Wellington Drive, Cannock, WS11 1PX
Received 17 Sept 2024500, Pye Green Road, Cannock, WS12 4LP
Received 13 Oct 20251, Carlton Close, Heath Hayes, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS12 3TF
Received 31 Oct 2025Tower Garage, Brindley Road, Pye Green, Cannock, WS12 4LL
Received 3 Feb 2025Cannock Chase Technical Training Centre, Birches Valley, Brindley Heath, Cannock Chase, Slitting Mill, WS15 2UQ
Received 13 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cannock Chase 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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