Birches Valley Forest Centre, Birches Valley, Etchinghill, Rugeley, WS15 2UQ
Proposal
Installation of a temporary, time limited light trail for the winter of 2026/202
- Received
- 7 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2026
- Ward
- Etching HIll & the Heath
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation5 Oct
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application at Birches Valley Forest Centre, Birches Valley, Etchinghill, Rugeley, WS15 2UQ. Cannock Chase has handled 666 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 7 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Etching HIll & the Heath. We hold 495 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Cannock Chase
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Cannock Chase
- National Landscape (AONB): Cannock Chase
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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