Cannock Chase Council is focusing on providing the most essential services to residents and businesses as it deals with the current challenges.

With most staff working from home in line with government guidance this has changed the way the Council is delivering some of its services and has resulted in the Council having to suspend other services.

On a daily basis it is updating its website www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk and Facebook (search Cannock Chase Life) and Twitter (@cannockchasedc) sites on service information,  

An E-commerce fulfilment and last mile distribution service provider that has recently set up in Cannock has donated 10,000 free fluid resistant surgical face masks to Cannock Chase Council with 5,000 FFP2 standard face masks for NHS clinical use to follow.

Super Smart Service Limited based at Kingswood Lakeside in the town works closely in partnership with a large global logistics enterprise Zongteng Group headquartered in China, the country which has been at the forefront in fighting the coronavirus epidemic.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM MARCH 2020. Normal pay and display rates are in operation [this note added 21 December 2020]

Cannock Chase Council has lifted the pay and display requirements on its Brunswick Road Hospital car park in Cannock.

The car park adjacent to the hospital will have its pay and display requirements lifted until further notice for NHS workers and members of the public using the hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Chase Leisure Centre is celebrating achieving the ‘Excellent’ rating in the Quest UK Quality Scheme for Sport and Leisure for the third time running.

Run by Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles on behalf of Cannock Chase Council, Chase Leisure Centre has been not only achieved ‘Excellent’, it has appeared in the top five in the country for performance.

Cannock Chase Council has taken the difficult decision to close Cannock Indoor Market Hall. It follows a consultation with stall holders and the public in October 2019.

Cabinet members confirmed their view at their meeting yesterday that it would be more viable in the long term to use the space occupied by the indoor market to support the Council’s ambitious plans to redevelop the town centre.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet is to consider the future of Cannock Indoor Market Hall at its next meeting on 30 January when councillors will discuss the results of a consultation with stallholders and the public carried out last October.

The long term financial viability of the indoor market is in doubt despite investment from the Council in recent years to improve its entrance and raise its profile in the town centre, adjusting the opening times to reflect shoppers’ habits and regular marketing and promotional work undertaken.

Cannock Chase Council is set to lose £1.2 million as a result of changes to the Rateable Value of the warehouse and premises owned by Amazon at Gazeley Park in Rugeley.  Overall the company will receive in the region of £3.2 million as a refund.

The refund back dates to the site opening in August 2011.

The Limited Company and the two individuals responsible for operating a former Cannock nightclub have pleaded guilty to health and safety offences following a tragic accident which resulted in the death of a former customer of the club.

Cannock Chase Council is asking for help to find the owner of a dog and a white Citroen Dispatch van registration SL09 WVK. On Monday 6 January the van was found unattended in Green Lane in Bridgtown near Cannock. In the rear of the van a dog was found chained to the floor with no food or water. The van may have been there for some time. It disappeared later that day. 

Cannock Chase Council’s Environment Portfolio Leader, Councillor John Preece, has written to the Environment Agency `in the strongest terms` following public concerns over the `long term emission of foul odours` at the Poplars Landfill and Anaerobic Digestion site based on Lichfield Road in Cannock.

The site is managed by Biffa Waste Services Ltd.