Jobseekers across the district will have the opportunity to speak directly to local employers at two jobs fairs planned for October.

The jobs fairs will take place in the Ballroom at the Civic Centre in Cannock on Beecroft Road on Thursday 12 October from 10am to 1pm and Rugeley Community Centre on Burnthill Lane on Thursday 26 October from 10am to 1pm. Local employers with vacancies will be available to talk to on the day.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved plans to introduce a district-wide Smoke Control Order.  

Smoke Control Orders create Smoke Control Areas, where there’s a limit on how much smoke can be released from the chimney of any building, either domestic or commercial/industrial. A building means any structure with a roof and walls. This includes wooden domestic structures such as sheds and summerhouses.

Cannock Chase Council and Staffordshire Police are calling on residents to be extra vigilant following a spate of car thefts.



This follows a number of cars being stolen in the Cannock and Rugeley areas over recent months and follows similar thefts Staffordshire Police are dealing with elsewhere in Lichfield District, South Staffordshire District and Tamworth Borough.

The Community Safety Partnership at Cannock Chase Council have received funding from Ben Adams, Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Commissioner, to tackle crime, anti-social behaviour and community safety concerns in Cannock Chase.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has agreed to progress with plans announced in the Council’s budget last February, by the previous administration, to introduce garden waste charging. It took the decision to introduce a new subscription service at its Cabinet meeting held last Thursday (14 September).

The Environmental Health service at Cannock Chase Council has welcomed proposals from the government to bring forward a licensing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures.  

The purpose of the scheme is to ensure that consumers who choose to undergo a non-surgical cosmetic procedure can be confident that the treatment they receive is safe and of a high standard. Under the proposed scheme, practitioners will need to be licensed to perform specific procedures and the premises from which they operate will also need to be licensed.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet have approved a charging scheme for pre-planning application advice for minor and householder applications.

The Council already charge for major pre-planning application advice.  However, the Development Management team have been providing pre-application advice for minor and householder applications, free of charge for several years.

Cannock Chase residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them.

The annual canvass form allows the Council to keep the electoral register up to date, and to identify who risks losing their vote at the elections, to then encourage them to register before it’s too late.