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.

Cannock Chase Council has prosecuted a Walsall man after he was found collecting scrap metal within Cannock without a licence. 

On 11 July Environmental Health Officers heard a familiar audio track replicating a bugle call that they knew to be used by rogue scrap metal collectors. The noise led them to Oxford Green in Rumer Hill where they found scrap metal being loaded into a white Ford Transit registration number GJ03 TNN. 

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved spending of £120,000 to improve the play area and open space at The Cema in Norton Canes.

The money has been allocated from section 106 funds collected from the housing development south of the Red Lion Lane in Norton Canes.

The improvements will include a new fully equipped play area, circular footpaths, a community sculpture, landscaping and green gym equipment. Consultation will be taking place with local schools and the community to help inform how the play area and open space will look.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved spending of £48,322 on improvements to the open space adjoining Fortescue Lane, Bonney Drive and Eaton Drive in Rugeley.

Cannock Chase Council is aware of an odour within the vicinity of the Poplars Landfill Site and Anaerobic Digestion Facility located on Lichfield Road in Cannock. The site is owned and operated by Biffa Waste Services Ltd.

The Environment Agency has an Environment Permit in place with Biffa which allows the company to operate the site. It includes conditions relating to the monitoring and control of odour.

As the site is regulated by the Environment Agency, the Council has no powers to enforce these conditions.