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Hednesford Hills Raceway, Reservoir Road, Hednesford, WS12 1BF

CH/25/0265Telecom Prior Notification APPRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 15 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of a new 22.5m-high telecommunications lattice tower with headframe, supporting antennas and transmission dishes; plus ground-based equipment cabinets within a secure, fenced compound and ancillary

Received
22 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Hednesford Hills Raceway, Reservoir Road, Hednesford, WS12 1BF. Cannock Chase has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 156 applications in total for the WS12 postcode area.

92% of all 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
WS12 1BF
Application type
Telecom Prior Notification APP
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hednesford CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2025
Consultation expiry
16 September 2025
Consultation end
16 September 2025
Target decision date
20 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
26 August 2025
Site notice start
26 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14271644
UPRN
MAN000000000122983
Documents
24

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.

Source: Cannock Chase

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