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Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley, WS15 1PR

CH/24/311Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 January 2025

Council decision: Full - Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

installation of a 132kV cable sealing end compound adjacent to existing transmission pylon and ancillary works at SK 06087 17119, within the grounds of the Former Rugeley Power Station.

Received
15 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley, WS15 1PR. Cannock Chase has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Cannock Chase's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 514 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Cannock Chase District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WS15 1PR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2024
Consultation expiry
11 December 2024
Consultation end
11 December 2024
Target decision date
9 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
20 November 2024

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000121187
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Jul

    Non material amendment of planning consent CH/19/201

    PendingNon-material amendmentCH/26/225

Source: Cannock Chase

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