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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 View Street, Pye Green, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 4JE
Received 16 Feb 2026186 Allport Street, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1JZ
Received 7 Apr 202516A, Tudor Road, Pye Green, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS12 4JU
Received 3 Jan 202424, Silver Fir Close, Pye Green, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS12 4SU
Received 27 Nov 202526, Market Hall Street, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1EB
Received 25 Oct 2024148, Hednesford Road, Cannock, WS11 5BS
Received 13 Apr 20263, Church Street, Bridgtown, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0DB
Received 20 Jan 202554, Hagley Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2AW
Received 31 Mar 2025Natiional Grid Gentleshaw Radio, Chestall Road, Cannock Wood, Rugeley, WS15 2LS
Received 17 Jun 202425, Hednesford Street, Cannock, WS11 1DJ
Received 6 May 2025Site of Proposed lidl Foodstore, Bound B, Land at Power Station Road, Rugeley
Received 25 Jun 2026155, Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EW
Received 30 Oct 2023The Cattery, Batesway, Brereton, WS15 1PX
Received 29 Jan 2025Rear Car Park behind properties on Market, High Green Court
Received 4 Mar 2024Land off Cornhill, Former garages site, land off Cornhill, Cannock
Received 11 Feb 202514, Cheviot Rose, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1AX
Received 30 Apr 2025856A, Pye Green Road, Cannock, WS12 4LW
Received 29 Sept 202625, Coppice Road, Rugeley, WS15 1LT
Received 20 Jan 202547 Ironstone Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 0QB
Received 11 Jul 20249, Dursley Drive, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1TN
Received 16 Apr 2025Land East of Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EW
Received 12 Sept 2024160-162, Parkin House, Hednesford Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3DZ
Received 3 Mar 2025CHURCH OF SS JOSEPH AND ETHELDREDA, Lichfield Street, Rugeley, WS15 2EH
Received 10 Aug 2026Unit 4a - 4b, Linkway Retail Park, Watling Street, Cannock, WS11 1TD
Received 3 Aug 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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