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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Staffordshire Energy Recovery Facility, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes, Staffordshire, WV10 7DF
Received 19 Aug 202550 Old Penkridge Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1HX
Received 9 Jul 2026Power Station Road, Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, WS15 2YR
Received 18 May 2026186 Allport Street, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1JZ
Received 10 Feb 2026167, Belt Road, Cannock, WS12 4JB
Received 25 Jul 2025CANNOCK CHASE DISTRICT COUNCIL, Civic Centre, Beecroft Road, Cannock, WS11 1BG
Received 21 Jul 202537, Ironstone Road, Cannock, WS12 0QB
Received 8 Jan 202423, Cooke Way, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4FU
Received 8 Sept 2026The Hart School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE
Received 6 Dec 202312, Callaghan Grove, Cannock, WS11 7GX
Received 3 Dec 202416, Shelley Road, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5JX
Received 14 Mar 20251, Seven Springs, Marquis Drive, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS15 1QP
Received 4 Jun 202457, Sandy Lane, Cannock, WS11 1RN
Received 20 Oct 20257 , Tomkinson Heights, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4XD
Received 15 Nov 202376, Chaseley Road, Staffordshire, Rugeley, WS15 2LG
Received 16 Sept 2025167, Belt Road, Cannock, WS12 4JB
Received 18 Sept 202622 Surrey Close, Rumer Hill, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 8UF
Received 19 Nov 202411 Bishops Grange, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 3JY
Received 20 Jul 2026106 Church Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 9PF
Received 11 Nov 2024Land at, Rawnley Road, Cannock
Received 15 Dec 202313, Bromley Close, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4QY
Received 6 Nov 202546 Stafford Lane, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 1LE
Received 19 Feb 2026242, Cannock Road, Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 5DB
Received 10 Jul 2025Site of Proposed Lidl Foodstore, Land at Power Station Road, Rugeley
Received 8 May 2025Records 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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