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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
87 Brereton Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 1DP
Received 11 Jun 202464, Etching Hill Road, Etchinghill, Rugeley, WS15 2LW
Received 27 Jan 202537, Hampton Green, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0HH
Received 27 Sept 2024Land at Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Rugeley
Received 17 Aug 202622, NATWEST, Market Place, CANNOCK, WS11 1BU
Received 22 May 2026194 Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 9RL
Received 23 Dec 2024Land bound by Power Station Road to the , Land at Power Station Road, Rugeley
Received 19 Mar 202657, Sankey Road, Blackfords, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 6DT
Received 17 Mar 202585, BAR SPORT, High Green, Cannock, WS11 1BJ
Received Not publishedTowers Business Park, Wheelhouse Road, RUGELEY, WS15 1UZ
Received 30 Apr 2025187, Norton East Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9RW
Received 11 Aug 202621, Rochester Way, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3YH
Received 4 Sept 2025Compound C, Cannock Wood Industrial Estate, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 0PL
Received 6 Dec 2024294, Huntington Terrace Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5HX
Received 25 Apr 2025Taylors Lane, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2AA
Received 26 Nov 2024Former Industrial Coating Service Site, Power Station Road, Rugeley, WS15 2HS
Received 17 Oct 2024167 Belt Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 4JB
Received 27 Feb 202575, Beech Tree Lane, Cannock, WS11 1AY
Received 17 Apr 20243, Brook Square, RUGELEY, WS15 2DT
Received 10 Jan 2024Tower Garage, Brindley Road, Pye Green, Cannock, WS12 4LL
Received 20 May 202621, Hatherton Road, Cannock, WS11 1HG
Received 10 Jul 202459, Horse Fair, Rugeley, WS15 2EJ
Received 20 Nov 202598, Green Heath Road, Green Heath, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4AU
Received 13 Jan 2025Land at Victoria Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1BT
Received 11 Jun 2026Records 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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