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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the rear of No.6 Mill Street, Cannock, WS11 0DL
Received 7 Jan 202527, Old Penkridge Road, Cannock, WS11 1HX
Received 16 Jan 2024245 Station Road, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 4DP
Received 8 Jun 2026Land Adjacent to Amazon and Premier Inn, Towers Business Park, Rugeley, WS15 1LX
Received 11 Oct 2024Land to the rear of the Bungalow, Lime Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 5AL
Received 17 Jul 2025Hednesford Hills Raceway, Reservoir Road, Hednesford, WS12 1BF
Received 22 Aug 2025Land to the rear of no. 6 Mill Street, Cannock, WS11 0DL
Received 7 Mar 202582, Peakes Road, Etchinghill, Rugeley, WS15 2LX
Received 14 Aug 202557, Hatherton Road, Cannock, WS11 1HQ
Received 4 Mar 2025Park Lodge, Holly Hill Road, Cannock Wood, Cannock, WS15 4SD
Received 19 Dec 2024The Hart School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE
Received 13 Sept 20243 Willows Croft, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 1DR
Received 7 Oct 202536 Yew Tree Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 1AL
Received 2 May 202523 New Penkridge Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1HW
Received 22 Jan 20242, Shop 2, Albion Street, Rugeley, WS15 2BY
Received 23 Sept 2025Three Bridges, Rumer Hill Road, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS11 0HA
Received 11 Nov 2025Land at the Former ATOS Origin Site, Walsall Road, Cannock
Received 17 Sept 20256, Sandmartin Drive, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9AQ
Received 22 May 202439 Attlee Crescent, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 1BP
Received 1 Feb 2024Land at Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Rugeley
Received 17 Aug 20263, Hatherton Hollow, Cannock, WS11 1GU
Received 18 Dec 202547, CORAL, St Johns Road, Cannock, WS11 0AL
Received 16 Jul 20252 The Pingle, Slitting Mill, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2UR
Received 25 Mar 2025133, Dartmouth Avenue, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1EJ
Received 9 Jul 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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