Just a couple of months after Cannock Chase Council announced its intention to create a new urban woodland at Bradbury Lane in Hednesford, over 3,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted to date.

This significant achievement, with the help of the Forest of Mercia CIC, has come about thanks to the combined efforts of over 15 local volunteer groups and residents living nearby who have all been busy planting trees and shrubs in the past few weeks.

Statement from Cannock Chase Council, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, and NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs

Temporary emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in Cannock

This week a hotel in Cannock has started receiving a group of asylum seekers at the request of the Home Office. The asylum seekers are being cared for by Serco as part of an arrangement with the Home Office. 

This week’s budget announcement that Cannock Chase Council is to be allocated £20m from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) programme has been positively received as `huge boost` to the Council’s ambitious plans to rejuvenate its Cannock town centre.

There will be a By-Election for one seat on Bridgtown Parish council on Thursday 21 October 2021. The Notice appears below.

At Council last night four former councillors of Cannock Chase Council were presented with certificates to mark their appointment as Aldermen and Alderwomen of the District, in recognition of their service to the Council and the wider community. They received their certificates from the Chairman of the Council, Councillor Doug Smith.

Those newly appointed to this honour are Gordon Alcott (shown top left), Zaphne Stretton MBE (top right), Diane Todd (bottom left) and Patricia Ansell (bottom right). Their names will now be inscribed on an Honours Board in the Civic Suite.

A message on Facebook that led to a man from Wednesbury offering his `services` to remove waste was not `liked` in the way he hoped it would be after he was prosecuted by Cannock Chase Council and ended up with a criminal conviction.

Rugeley’s currently closed boardwalk, and bridges at Anglesey nature reserve in Hednesford and at Rawnsley Woods, are to be replaced by the Council following a review of all boardwalks and bridges in the District. It follows the completion of a new Corporate Maintenance Plan agreed by Cabinet.

Repair work to the Rugeley Boardwalk and the two bridges will begin during the current financial year with all the work expected to be completed in 2022/23.

Cannock Chase Council’s Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing, Councillor Val Jones, and the Leader of the Council, Councillor Olivia Lyons, have jointly written to the Chief Executive of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust to raise concerns that Cannock Chase Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit remains closed.

The Trust decided to close the unit temporarily in order to transfer its staff to other critical areas of the hospital in response to COVID-19 pressures. 

Cannock Chase Council is trialing new smart jumbo bins in three locations across the District to reduce littering.

The jumbo bins have been positioned in high volume areas that have experienced overflowing in past due to the frequency of them being emptied. These areas are Mount Road in Etching Hill, Bideford Way on the corner of Banbury Drive, Cannock outside the shops and Sharon Way, Hednesford, also outside the shops.

The jumbo bins will hold 240 litres of rubbish in comparison to a normal litter bin which only holds 112 litres.

Cannock Chase Council’s Deputy Leader, Councillor Bryan Jones, welcomed the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick to Cannock yesterday afternoon (Friday) during a visit to the town to see new homes being built.