Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved to spend £89,950 to improve car park payment machines in the District.

The improvements will include replacing 18 and 2 upgrades to pay and display machines at 12 of the Council owned pay and display car parks, to enable coin, chip and contactless payments.

The cost of the ticket machines will be met by the capital programme budget, of which a budget of £492,000 was allocated for car park improvements and agreed by Council on 7 February 2018.

Cannock Chase Council is seeking the views of residents on the parks and open spaces available in the District.

Parks and open spaces include play areas, allotments, cemeteries and housing amenity areas.

The consultation is part of the preparation of a new Local Plan to replace the adopted Local Plan (Part 1) 2014.

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.

Rugeley Market Hall is hosting a free fun day this February half term.

On Tuesday 18 February from 11am-2pm at Rugeley Market Hall there will be free face painting and balloon modelling and free art and craft sessions for local children.

The fun day coincides with the official opening of the Rugeley Area Office, which has recently re-located inside the market hall from Anson Street in Rugeley.

Cannock Chase Council are supporting the ‘Make Your Metals Matter’ campaign which encourages people to recycle all the metal packaging found around their house, including food and drink cans, foil trays, empty aerosols and household aluminium wrapping foil.

When it comes to recycling, metal is hard to beat. That’s because it’s endlessly recyclable - every last bit can be turned into something else. And it’s a cycle that can go on forever.

Cannock Chase Council are celebrating equality and diversity and has raised the rainbow flag for LGBT History month.

This follows a motion at the Council meeting on Wednesday 8 January, where members voted to support LGBT History month and the LGBTQ+ community by flying the Rainbow flag for the month of February.

LGBT History month is intended as a means of awareness and to combat prejudice against the LGBT community, whilst celebrating its achievement and diversity making it more visible.

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 have approved the proposed Economic Prosperity Strategy (EPS) for the District.

The ten year strategy sets out the Council’s vision and ambition to develop the District to be a better place to live, work, invest and visit.

Cannock  Chase Council’s Cabinet have approved at their meeting tonight to spend £10,000 to undertake a feasibility study in respect of the toilet facilities located within Elmore Park.

The feasibility study will look at the practicalities and costs for a potential toilet refurbishment scheme to upgrade the facilities.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet have approved at their meeting tonight to implement a new district-wide health improvement programme, ‘Cannock Chase Can’ to tackle obesity and its wider health impacts..

The Council will work closely with the Community Wellbeing team at Inspiring healthy lifestyles and other partners to develop an exciting new health programme which will focus local efforts on supporting the Government’s Child Obesity Action Plan.