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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
500B Littleworth Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 1JB
Received 23 Feb 2026265, Longford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1NE
Received 11 Oct 2024PHOENIX PAINTBALL, Unit 3, Ash Park, Hyssop Close, Cannock, WS11 7XA
Received 5 Jul 20242, Willow Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9UG
Received 16 Jul 202411 Bishops Grange, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 3JY
Received 18 Jul 202514, Hill Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DJ
Received 27 Mar 202610, Buckingham Place, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3XT
Received 2 Dec 2024172, Hednesford Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3DZ
Received 2 Jul 202424, Landor Crescent, Rugeley, WS15 1LP
Received 22 May 202415, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9RE
Received 16 Jun 2026Land Adjacent to 1 Uxbridge Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DB
Received 8 May 20241 Park Gate Road, Cannock Wood, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 4RL
Received 24 Jan 2024Birches Valley Forest Centre, Birches Valley, Etchinghill, Rugeley, WS15 2UQ
Received 27 Jul 2026Poppyfield Academy, Noble Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS12 4RY
Received 30 Oct 2025Tesco Stores Limited, Power Station Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2HS
Received 2 Jan 2026Cannock Chase Hospital, Brunswick Road, Cannock, WS11 5XY
Received 25 Oct 2023Moorhill Primary School, Pye Green Road, Cannock, WS11 5RN
Received 12 Jun 202422, NATWEST, Market Place, CANNOCK, WS11 1BU
Received 21 Feb 202514 Church Street, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2AB
Received 15 Jan 2025129 Rugeley Road, Hazelslade, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 0PG
Received 1 Mar 202419 Moss Road, Blackfords, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 6DP
Received 5 Mar 202427, Market Square, Staffordshire, Rugeley, WS15 2BS
Received 9 Jan 2025Former Norton Aluminium Site, Norton Green Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9PS
Received 20 Jun 2025Land Adjacent to Amazon and Premier Inn, Towers Business Park, Rugeley, WS15 1LX
Received 6 Oct 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 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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