Evidence Base

National Planning Practice Guidance and National Planning Policy Framework (CLG)

SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment) containing the housing trajectory and five year land supply is on the Monitoring webpage.

GBSLEP & Black Country Authorities Strategic Housing Needs Study Stage 3 report

GBBCHMA housing supply and need position statement 2021 .pdf (385.22 KB) 

Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA_Strategic Growth Study_Methodology Statement .pdf (564.51 KB) 

Greater Birmingham HMA Strategic Growth Study (Part 1) .pdf (3.62 MB)

Greater Birmingham HMA Strategic Growth Study (Part 2) .pdf (9.91 MB)

Greater Birmingham HMA Strategic Growth Study Appendices .pdf (4.27 MB) 

Gypsy, Traveller & Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment (CCC, March 2019) .pdf (2.06 MB)

Gypsy Traveller and Showpeople Background Paper

Housing Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-33 26.01.23

Housing Needs Assessment (CCC, 05.04.19) .pdf (1.31 MB) 

Housing Needs Assessment_14.01.24.pdf

Development Capacity Study 09.23

ELAA (Employment Land Availability Assessment) containing the employment land supply is on the Monitoring webpage.

West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study (West Midlands Local Authority Chief Executives, September 2015) .pdf (1.46 MB) 

West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study 16.05.21

Economic Development Needs Assessment (CCC, 10.04.19) .pdf (2.89 MB) 

Economic Development Needs Assessment Update (CCDC, December 2020) .pdf (2.72 MB)

Economic Development Needs Assessment Update 08.01.24.pdf

Cannock Chase Market Intelligence Note 30.08.19 .pdf (1.52 MB)

Existing Employment Areas Study 2019  (Update 08-10-19) .pdf (1.32 MB)

Local Plan Viability Report - Part 1 (CCDC, August 2022) .pdf (9.66 MB)

Local Plan Viability Report - Part 2 (CCDC, August 2022) .pdf (4.67 MB)

Employment Topic Paper 12.23

Cannock Chase Retail and Town Centre Uses Study Executive Summary (CCDC January 2021) .pdf (456.3 KB)

Cannock Chase Retail and Town Centre Uses Study Main Report (CCDC January 2021) .pdf (1.06 MB) 

Cannock Chase Retail and Town Centre Uses Study Appendices (CCDC, Jan 2021) .pdf (4.98 MB) 

Cannock Chase Retail & Town Centre Uses Study - 2022 Retail Capacity Update (August 2022) .pdf (1 MB)

Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Integrated Care System 

Staffordshire County Council Extra Care

Staffordshire Learning Infrastructure Framework (Staffordshire County Council)

www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Education/Access-to-learning/Access-to-learning.aspx 

Midlands Connect

A5 Partnership

Cannock Chase District Transport Strategy

Staffordshire's Bus Service Improvement Plan 2021 (BSIP)

Staffordshire's Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan 2021 (LCWIP)

Staffordshire Freight Strategy Plan 2019

Highway Infrastructure Asset Management Plan (HIAMP) 2022

Staffordshire Rail Strategy 2016

Former Rugeley Power Station site Outline Planning Permission Traffic Assessment  11.18

Air Quality Assessment Five Ways Island Local Plan Modelling 02.23

Revised Five Ways Modelling Analysis - Lower Housing Numbers

Minerals and Waste Local Plans (SCC)

SFRA Note:  To view the interactive layers on the flood maps you will need to download the files and save them to your computer, before opening them to enable use of the tick boxes.  Without saving the files you will not be able to view all the flood data within the documents.

Southern Staffordshire Water Cycle Study (Feb 2020) .pdf (7.27 MB)

Southern Staffordshire SFRA Final Report (Oct 2019) .pdf (10.35 MB)

Southern Staffordshire SFRA Final Report (Oct 2019) Appendices B-G .pdf (5.21 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - R1 - North Rugeley .pdf (3.65 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - R2 - South Rugeley .pdf (3.15 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - N2 Hednesford & Chadsmoor .pdf (3.18 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - N3 Hednesford & Rawnsley .pdf (3.45 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - N4 Heath Hayes .pdf (3.69 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - D3 Cannock & Cannock Chase .pdf (6.27 MB)

SFRA Appendix A Map - D4 Rugeley & Heath Hayes .pdf (6.52 MB) 

SFRA Appendix A Map - E3 Cannock & Norton Canes .pdf (7.68 MB)

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Baseline Report (SCC October, 2020) .pdf (3.22 MB)

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Final Report (SCC, October 2020) .pdf (6.03 MB)

Tourism Strategies & Monitoring

Indoor Built Facilities Study (CCC, May 2019) .pdf (694.72 KB) 

Sport & Leisure Facilities Needs Assessment (August 2018) .pdf (3.56 MB)

Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report (August 2018) .pdf (2.04 MB)

Playing Pitch Strategy & Action Plan (May 2019) .pdf (1.42 MB) 

Open Space Assessment (Part 1) 11.23 - Report

Open Space Assessment maps_1-5

Open Space Assessment maps_6-9

Open Space Assessment maps_10-13

Open Space Assessment maps_14-17

Open Space Assessment maps_18

Open Space Assessment maps_19

Open Space Assessment maps_20-22

Open Space Assessment maps_23-24

Open Space Assessment maps_25-26

Open Space Assessment maps_27-28

Open Space Assessment maps_29-30

Open Space Assessment maps_31

Open Space Assessment maps_32-34

Open Space Assessment maps_35-36

Open Space Assessment maps_37-38

Open Space Assessment maps_39-40

Open Space Assessment maps_41-43

Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan (Staffordshire Biodiversity Partnership)
Staffordshire Geodiversity Action Plan (Staffordshire Wildlife Trust)
Planning for Landscape Change Supplementary Planning Guidance (Staffordshire County Council, 2000-2001)

Landscape Character Assessment of Staffordshire and Planning for Landscape Change Supplementary Planning Guidance (Staffordshire County Council, 2000-2001)

Landscape Character Assessment of Cannock Chase District (Ashmead Price, 2016)
Cannock Chase AONB Management Plan (Cannock Chase National Landscape (formerly AONB) Management Plan)

Cannock Chase AONB Landscape Character Assessment (October 2017)

Cannock Chase AONB Assessment of Agricultural Landscapes (Ashmead Price, 2006) produced for the AONB Partnership

Historic Environment Character Assessment of Cannock Chase District (Staffordshire County Council, 2009) part 1

Historic Environment Character Assessment of Cannock Chase District (Staffordshire County Council, 2009) part 2

HECA Addendum (April 2017)

Evidence Base relating to the Cannock Chase SAC and the Appropriate Assessment of Local Authority Core Strategies (CCC, Stafford BC, Lichfield DC, South Staffordshire DC and Staffordshire CC, November 2010)

Impacts of Recreation to Cannock Chase SAC (CCC, Stafford BC, Lichfield DC, South Staffordshire DC and Staffordshire CC, 2012)

Cannock Chase SAC Mitigation Report (CCC, Stafford BC, Lichfield DC, South Staffordshire DC and Staffordshire CC, 2012)

Cannock Chase SAC Evidence Base Report (September 2017)

Cannock Chase Visitor Survey 2018 Part 1 (Cannock Chase SAC Partnership, 08.05.19)

Cannock Chase Visitor Survey 2018 Part 2 (Cannock Chase SAC Partnership, 08.05.19)

Cannock Chase SAC Consultation Responses Report (Mar 2020)

Cannock Chase SAC Site User Implementation Plan (Mar 2020)

Cannock Chase SAC Car Parking Implementation Plan (Mar 2020)

Cannock Chase SAC Planning Evidence Base Report 12.07.21

Cannock Extension Canal Appropriate Assessment Baseline Report (White Young Green, 2007) produced for CCC and the Black Country Authorities

Cannock Extension Canal Appropriate Assessment Screening Report (White Young Green, 2007) produced for CCC and the Black Country Authorities

Hatherton Canal Water Supply Study 09.2020

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 1- Main Report-Intro and Context

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 2a - Main Report-Methodology

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 3 - Main Report-Findings and Conclusions (Part 1)

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 4 - Main Report-Findings and Conclusions (Part 2)

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 5 - Appendix 1- Broad Areas

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 6 - Appendix 1- Parcels C1-CWIE2

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 7 - Appendix 1- Parcels CWIE3-W4

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 8 - Appendix 2- Summary of Parcel Scores

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 9 - Appendix 3- Maps of Parcel Scores- Purpose 1

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 10 - Appendix 3- Maps of Parcel Scores- Purpose 2

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 11 - Appendix 3- Maps of Parcel Scores- Purpose 3

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 12 - Appendix 3- Maps of Parcel Scores- Purpose 4

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 13 - Appendix 4- Recommended Minor Adjustments

CCDC Green Belt Study Final 2016 14 - Appendix 5- Responses to consultation comments

Cannock Chase Local Plan Review Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021) Appendix A

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Brownhills West

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Cannock & Churchbridge

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Cannock Wood

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Hednesford

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Norton Canes

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Prospect Village

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Rugeley

Green Belt Study Report (March 2021)  Appendix B Wimblebury & Heath Hayes

Green Belt Topic Paper 2023.pdf

Green Belt Topic Paper 2023 (Updated)

Strategic Green Space Network  (CCDC, 17.10.22)

Cannock Chase District Nature Recovery Network (Mar 2020)

Urban Forestry Strategy 2019-2024

Historic Environment Record (Staffordshire County Council, ongoing)
Heritage at Risk Register (Historic England, Annual)
West Midlands/Staffordshire Historic Farmsteads Survey (Historic England, 2010)

Conservation Area Appraisals & Management Plans (Cannock Chase Council)
Design Supplementary Planning Document (Cannock Chase Council, 2016)

Extensive Urban Survey for Cannock (SCC, 2009) part 1

Extensive Urban Survey for Cannock (SCC, 2009) part 2

Extensive Urban Survey for Rugeley (SCC, 2010) part 1

Extensive Urban Survey for Rugeley (SCC, 2010) part 2

Extensive Urban Survey for Rugeley (SCC, 2010) part 3

Cannock Chase Heritage Impact Assessment  (CCDC, September 2020)

ONS Sub-national population projections (ONS)

Authority Monitoring Report (CCC)

Cannock Chase Statistics (CCC)

Cannock Chase Local Plan Site Selection Methodology 07.23