Cannock Chase Council is asking local people to get involved with future development decisions and have their say in the local plan consultation.

The consultation runs from 31 January until 27 March and asks residents, employers, local organisations and others for input into two important documents which will set out future development and investment in the District in the future. 

Work is progressing on the renovation of the signal box located in Hednesford Park, which is set to become a community classroom.

The progress was seen this weekend when the carpenter temporarily removed the boards to reveal the work that has been going on over the last few months.

Cannock Chase Council has been successful in prosecuting a Cannock man for fly tipping.

On 16 January 2017, Carl Munn, aged 44 of Rigby Road, Chadsmoor pleaded guilty to two waste offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, after a large amount of waste was found fly tipped on Trinity Church car park on Station Road in Hednesford on 8 October 2015.

Cannock Chase Council's Cabinet recommended the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme at its meeting last night for consideration by full Council.

Cannock Chase Council is calling all park users – past and present, to help create a community book that depicts the history of Hednesford Park and War Memorial.

The Council is aware that there has been media coverage about the presence of three tigers and two lions on non-domestic premises in the District.

Cannock Chase Council is offering a free Christmas tree chipping service this January in a bid to help residents recycle their Christmas trees.

Areas will be fenced off and clearly marked in the following locations from Friday 6 January until Monday 16 January:

• Car Park at Cannock Chase Leisure Centre
• Car Park at Hednesford Park
• Car Park at Ravenhill Park

Residents are asked to ensure that all decorations are removed from the live trees. 

The trees will be chipped and the chippings used around the District.

Official press release issued by the Home Office on 21 December 2016

Students and young people are being urged to leave their passports at home when socialising on nights out in a new drive to prevent identity fraud.

Those who use the highly valuable travel document as a form of age identification at bars and clubs are at risk of it being lost or stolen and potentially falling into the hands of criminals.

The successful Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project has highlighted the true value of volunteering at Hednesford Park.

In 2012 Cannock Chase Council were successful in a HLF bid for £2.2m, together with funding from the Council, Staffordshire Environmental Fund and St Modwen this has enabled a number of developments to be achieved at the park and war memorial.

Residents of park homes in the District are set to benefit from £700,000 worth of energy bill rebates, as part of a government Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme, available to residents across the country, on a first come first served basis.

The scheme is funded by eight UK energy suppliers (British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, npower, Scottish Power, SSE, Utilita and Extra Energy) and is independently administered by Charis Grants Limited.