Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Cannock Chase › Neighbourhood Cannock South › Postcode WS11 1AT What's changing near WS11 1AT Within 2 km, around Cannock South in Cannock Chase. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
12 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
108 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.6% like-for-like prices in Cannock South, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.4%)
-9% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – May 2026
May 2026 School closed School closed: Chase Grammar School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Sept 2025 School closed School closed: Chase Grammar School International Study Centre Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Sept 2025 Planning permission Permission for 70 homes Land bound by Ringway, Church Street and Market Hall Street, Cannock Town Centre, WS11 1EB. (outline planning permission) Jul 2024 Planning permission May 2024 Planning permission Apr 2023 Planning permission Dec 2022 Planning permission 7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 50 m²
18 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in WS11 1AT itself
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km 4 storm overflows within 2 km
190 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
31 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Littlewood Sewage Pumping Station into Wyrley Brook 15 spills, 118 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Severn Trent Water Cannock Sewage Treatement Works into Saredon Brook, Ridings Brook 9 spills, 68 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Wellington Drive Sps into Staffordshire Worcester Canal 7 spills, 4 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Devon Road/Surrey Close Cso into Ridings Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 27 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (47 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Finning Limited, Watling Street - Solar Farm Planning application in
Jul 2023 Battery storage Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Oct 2024 Battery storage Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Pillaton Foods, Cannock Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Apr 2024 Battery storage Energyst Rental Solutions, Station Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Gestamp West Midlands, Four Ashes Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
May 2026 Battery storage Oaklands Farm, New Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 70 MW
Aug 2024 Solar farm Four Ashes, Deepmore Lane - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 23 MW
Jul 2024 Battery storage Four Ashes, Deepmore Lane - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Jul 2024 Battery storage Latherford Close, Four Ashes - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Wellington Drive, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Church Street, Cannock Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Church Street, Cannock Disconnection or alteration of supply · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided M54 to M6 Link Road Highways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022 Decided decided May 2020 Decided decided Mar 2014 Decided decided Jun 2025 Decided Meaford Energy Centre Generating Stations · Former Meaford Power Station site, east of Meaford Road, to the north of the town of Stone decided Jul 2016 Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Poplars Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 1.7 km); Four Ashes EfW (energy from waste, 5.6 km); Rodbaston (wind farm, 5.8 km); Barr Farm (solar farm, 6.4 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 8.7 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.