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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
130, New Penkridge Road, Cannock, WS11 1HN
Received 23 Jun 202621, CANNOCK ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Stafford Road, Cannock, WS11 4AF
Received 8 Jun 202610, Meriden Close, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS11 1QG
Received 3 Nov 202557, Sankey Road, Blackfords, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 6DT
Received 22 Jan 20247, Holly Hill Road, Cannock Wood, Cannock, WS15 4RE
Received 29 Feb 2024Oaklands, Buds Road, Cannock Wood, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS15 4NB
Received 28 May 202613, Hayfield Hill, Cannock Wood, Rugeley, WS15 4RP
Received 23 Oct 2023274A, Hednesford Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3DS
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Adj 128, Old Penkridge Road, Cannock, WS11 1HY
Received 21 Jan 2025Tesco Stores Limited, Power Station Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2HS
Received 2 Jan 202645, Hayfield Hill, Cannock Wood, Cannock, WS15 4RP
Received 11 Oct 2024The Hart School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UE
Received 20 Oct 2025203 Chaseley Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2LN
Received 30 Sept 2025The Timber Yard, Power Station Road, Staffordshire, Rugeley, WS15 2HS
Received 24 Jun 20246, Progress Drive, Cannock, WS11 0JE
Received 1 Jun 20265 Raven Close, Littleworth, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 2LS
Received 9 May 202568, Armitage Road, Staffordshire, Rugeley, WS15 1BZ
Received 7 Jan 2025522, Littleworth Road, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS12 1JD
Received 10 Nov 20254, Bilberry Close, Etchinghill, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2SH
Received 12 Jun 202527, ICELAND FROZEN FOODS PLC, Market Square, Rugeley, WS15 2BS
Received 17 Sept 202465-67, Lodge Road, Brereton, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 1HR
Received 10 Oct 2025Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy, Avon Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1LH
Received 10 Jul 2025The Hart School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE
Received Not published151 Unit 2, Walsall Road, Norton Canes, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS11 9QX
Received 12 Jan 2024Records 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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