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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Hatherton Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1HQ
Received 11 Apr 202526, Rugeley Road, Hazelslade, Cannock, WS12 0PQ
Received 1 Oct 2025Tower Garage, Brindley Road, Pye Green, Cannock, WS12 4LL
Received 5 May 202638, Cemetery Road, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 5QH
Received 26 Mar 2024Former Rugeley Power Station
Received 31 Jul 202511, Old Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 6LD
Received 10 Feb 2025190, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9RL
Received 11 Aug 2025Land South of, Lichfield Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock
Received 23 Jun 2025PPM INDUSTRIES, Unit 2, Waterside Business Centre, Wolverhampton Road, Cannock, WS11 1SN
Received 27 Mar 2025Power Station Road, Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, WS15 2YR
Received 11 Mar 2024Railway Tavern, Norton Green Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9PR
Received 9 Jun 2026156, Bevan Lee Road, West Chadsmoor, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS11 4PT
Received 6 Mar 20254, Gowland Drive, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1TG
Received 20 Mar 202637, Hampton Green, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0HH
Received 27 Apr 2026205 Chaseley Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2LN
Received 13 Mar 2025Towers Business Park, Ultra Electronics Pmes, Wheelhouse Road, Rugeley, WS15 1UZ
Received 9 Apr 202522 Pinfold Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 9PH
Received 4 Nov 202438, Badgers Way, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3XQ
Received 2 Feb 2026The location of the Multi-Storey Car Park, McArthurGlen Designer Outlet West Midlands, Eastern Way, Lichfield Road, Cannock, WS11 7JZ
Received 5 Feb 202577, JK'S, High Green, Cannock, WS11 1BN
Received 15 May 2026Land at Former Rugeley Power Station
Received 12 Dec 2025Western Spring Road, Rugeley, WS15 2AS
Received 17 Sept 2024Stonehouse Barn, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE
Received 1 Mar 202429 Jerome Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 9TL
Received 24 Sept 2024Records 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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