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Cannock Chase

In the last 12 months, 89.4% of full planning applications were approved in Cannock Chase (180 decided). A typical decision takes about eight weeks (median 55 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-09–2026-07-03): 90.1% of 1,207 decisions approved.

1,487Total applications
1,088Approved
119Refused
38Withdrawn
121Pending
90.1%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
1,070Delegated
50Full Planning Committee
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 743 659 84
88.7%
Discharge of Conditions 130 129 1
99.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 110 104 6
94.5%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 43 34 9
79.1%
Outline Planning 42 38 4
90.5%
Uncategorised 41 39 2
95.1%
Advertisement Consent 41 36 5
87.8%
Tree Works (TPO) 14 14 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 13 7 6
53.8%
County/Minerals/Waste 10 10 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 8 7 1
87.5%
Reserved Matters 4 4 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 2 2 0
100.0%
Heritage 1 0 1
0.0%
Lawful Use/Development Cert App 1 1 0
100.0%
CCDC-Reg 3. Application 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 79 72
91.1%
2023-Q4 83 77
92.8%
2024-Q1 87 75
86.2%
2024-Q2 83 79
95.2%
2024-Q3 96 84
87.5%
2024-Q4 87 72
82.8%
2025-Q1 91 84
92.3%
2025-Q2 104 96
92.3%
2025-Q3 103 93
90.3%
2025-Q4 103 88
85.4%
2026-Q1 88 86
97.7%
2026-Q2 43 40
93.0%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Western Springs 144 130 14
90.3%
Cannock Longford & Bridgtown 93 82 11
88.2%
Cannock Park & Old Fallow 91 79 12
86.8%
Norton Canes 91 86 5
94.5%
Hednesford Green Heath 66 62 4
93.9%
Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley 64 51 13
79.7%
Etching HIll & the Heath 64 60 4
93.8%
Cannock West 61 54 7
88.5%
Heath Hayes & Wimblebury 47 45 2
95.7%
Chadsmoor 46 43 3
93.5%
Hednesford Pye Green 44 40 4
90.9%
Brereton & Ravenhill 39 39 0
100.0%
Planning guides

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