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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888 approved · 106 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19, St Peters Road, Littleworth, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1BL
Received 24 Jul 2025Land at Premier Inn, Watling Street, Hatherton, WS11 1SF
Received 10 Apr 2025Staffordshire County Council, No.1 Staffordshire Place (3rd Floor), Stafford, ST162LP
Received 20 Feb 2025Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley
Received 21 Aug 2025MCDONALD'S, McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, The Chase Centre, Church Street, Cannock, WS11 1DH
Received 22 May 2025Land at Cley Road, Cannock
Received 22 Apr 2026374, Cemetery Road, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 4AY
Received 16 May 202481, Chapel Street, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9NX
Received 28 Jan 2026Former Rugeley Power Station
Received 20 Aug 2025Cannock Industrial Centre, Walkmill Lane, Cannock, WS11 0LN
Received 5 Apr 2024Finning Limited, Watling Street, Staffordshire, Cannock, WS11 1SL
Received 23 Sept 2024Golds Garages Ltd, Cannock Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3HQ
Received 3 Feb 202678, Market Street, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1AG
Received 20 May 2024Unit 2A and Unit 2B, The Graduation Centre, Cannock, WS11 0JF
Received 6 Feb 202442 Brisbane Way, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 2GR
Received 6 May 2026240 Stafford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 4AP
Received 17 Mar 202645 Princess Street, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 5JT
Received 19 Jun 2024135, Moss Road, Blackfords, WS11 6DF
Received 12 Mar 202689 Wood Lane, Littleworth, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 1BW
Received 1 Aug 202482, Hatherton Road, Cannock, WS11 1HH
Received 17 Jan 202588, Hatherton Road, Cannock, WS11 1HH
Received 9 Oct 202315 Upton Place, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2PS
Received 4 Jun 20242A, Hagley Road, Staffordshire, Rugeley, WS15 2AL
Received 10 Nov 2025Land to the rear of 49 Etchinghill Road, Rugeley
Received 15 Aug 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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