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Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley

CH/25/0130Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2025

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

Proposal

Creation of a temporary access road, footway/cycleway, road crossing, drainage, landscaping and associated development

Received
17 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Western Springs
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley. Cannock Chase has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Cannock Chase's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Western Springs.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brereton and Ravenhill CP, Armitage with Handsacre CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Consultation expiry
22 May 2025
Consultation end
22 May 2025
Target decision date
11 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
1 May 2025
Site notice start
1 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13926296
UPRN
MAN000000000122058
Documents
36

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Apr

    Creation of a temporary access road, footway/cycleway, road crossing, drainage, landscaping and associated…

    This applicationFull - Approval with ConditionsFullCH/25/0130
  2. 2025
    16 Apr

    Application to discharge condition 12 (Environmental Management Plan) on planning application CH/19/201

    Discharge of Conditions - Full ApprovalDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideCH/19/201/T

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    6 May

    Non-material amendment to reserved matters approvals 23/01012/REMM

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCH/25/0146

Source: Cannock Chase

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