Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Cannock Chase
54 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Cannock Chase took 54 days from submission to decision — 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 291 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Cannock Chase compares
Year to December 2026
Cannock Chase decides faster than the country as a whole: 3 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 71%.
The average here is 69 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 114 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 208 71%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 36 12%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 47 16%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Lawful development 29 decided 50 days
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Full applications 177 decided 54 days
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Advertising 16 decided 55 days
What Cannock Chase decides
Year to December 2026
Cannock Chase issued 291 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 253 granted against 27 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Cannock Chase?
The median planning application decided by Cannock Chase in the year to December 2026 took 54 days from submission to decision, 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 291 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Cannock Chase meet the eight week target?
71% of the 291 decisions Cannock Chase made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 84% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 114 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Cannock Chase faster or slower than average?
Cannock Chase is faster than average: its median of 54 days is 3 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Cannock Chase approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Cannock Chase issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 253 granted against 27 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Cannock Chase planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 54 days from application to decision (2 days inside the eight week target), across 291 decisions with both dates published. 71% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 84% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 114 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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