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17, Lower Brook Street, Rugeley, WS15 2BZ

CH/25/0197Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Full- RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the building from retail (Use Class E) to a mixed use which comprises commercial (Use Class E) on the ground floor and, 9-bedroom HMO (Sui generis) on part ground, first and second floor

Received
1 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Western Springs
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 365 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17, Lower Brook Street, Rugeley, WS15 2BZ. Cannock Chase has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 479 days, 60 weeks longer than Cannock Chase's typical decision time. The site is in the Rugeley Town Centre conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Western Springs. 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 2BZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rugeley CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation end
26 May 2026
Target decision date
18 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
4 July 2025
Site notice start
7 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14131383
UPRN
100032226778
Documents
79

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Rugeley Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17 Lower Brook StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Clinton Cards, 17 Lower Brook Street, RugeleyRegister site at or near this address

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Cannock Chase

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