The impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has prompted the county’s public and emergency services to declare a major incident.

Staffordshire Resilience Forum (SRF) is made up of multiple agencies who work together to plan and prepare for localised incidents and civil emergencies.

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.

Cannock Chase Council has made the decision to close all of its play areas and toilet facilities in the District.

This decision has been made in line with Government guidance on social distancing and from today notices will be put up regarding the closure and play areas will be taped off where possible.

Cannock Chase Council, in common with other public organisations, has been making arrangements to ensure as many of its services as possible can continue to be delivered during the current coronavirus situation, especially for the District’s vulnerable residents.

It is making plans with the backdrop that it has had to send about 25 per cent of its workforce home whose health is considered to be at high risk according to the NHS guidelines. The majority of these are continuing to work from home.

Cannock Chase Council officers will now be able to use wheel clamps on vehicles involved in fly tipping. 

The powers given to Environmental Health allow officers to seize a vehicle and its contents where they believe it is being, has been or is about to be used to fly tip.  The powers also apply where waste is carried in a vehicle in the course of a business, or for profit, and the driver is not a registered waste carrier.

Rugeley Leisure Centre has been placed first and Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock third in the Top Performing Facility Managed Centres 2019 section as part of the prestigious Quest UK Quality Scheme for Sport and Leisure awards.

Overall there were 663 Facility Managed Quest sites in 2019, making this achievement for Cannock Chase District all the more special.

Recycling at least one extra bottle a week per person = saving 46 million in Staffordshire in a year!

Now’s the time to do something small to make a big difference to plastic waste in Staffordshire.

Did you know that Staffordshire residents throw out 4 in every 10 plastic bottles? That’s enough to fill 16 Olympic-sized swimming pools every year!

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved to spend £94,000 on environmental improvements in Cannock Town Centre.

The improvements will include a comprehensive painting scheme; improving the exterior appearance of the Prince of Wales Theatre; updating display cabinets around the town and a graffiti art scheme on roller shutter doors of empty Council owned buildings.

£1,500 – Updating display cabinets in and around the town centre with new maps and promotional material

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.