Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has agreed to adopt a revised Environmental Health & Public Protection Enforcement Policy, which sets out how the Council enforces and administers responsibilities under a wide range of legislation, including: 

Cannock Chase Council is supporting the national Keep Britain Tidy campaign ‘Love Parks Week’.



The annual campaign runs from 28 July to 6 August and celebrates parks, green spaces, and the dedicated volunteers and Council staff that look after them all year round.  



In Cannock Chase District we are lucky that we have dedicated volunteers that provide free community activities and events, as well as help the Council to maintain our parks and open spaces and ensure they thrive with all year-round activities for the local community.

Local schoolchildren and community groups have helped design a new eco arts trail to encourage more people to go outdoors and explore their local green spaces.

The Bug Explorer Trail is located around the Cannock Chase Stadium site on Pye Green Road and incorporates five art pieces depicting insects that can be found on Cannock Chase.

Joint press release with Staffordshire County Council

People affected by the proposed closure of Amazon’s Rugeley distribution centre are being offered a support package by a Staffordshire partnership. 

While all employees have been offered positions at the new Sutton Coldfield facility, several hundred live locally those who choose to look for opportunities locally will be helped to find new jobs in Staffordshire.

Cannock Chase Can will be supporting Hednesford in Partnership this year in hosting the town’s annual festival.

Officers from Cannock Chase Council and Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles (IHL) are working closely with Everyone Health to showcase the district’s health and wellbeing offer.

Hednesford Festival will be held on Saturday 12 August, 11am until 4pm in Hednesford Park.

Cannock Chase Council has signed the ASB Pledge.



ASB Help launched the PLEDGE, which encourages all agencies involved in the ASB case review process to embed best practice into their policy and procedures.  



The anti-social behaviour case review was previously referred to as community trigger.



ASB Help is a registered charity that was set up to provide advice and support to victims of anti-social behavior.

Today (18 July), Cannock Chase Council is celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for Cannock Park, Ravenhill Park, Elmore Park, Hednesford Park, Stile Cop Cemetery and Castle Ring.

The news that these parks and open spaces across the District have achieved the accreditation means that Cannock Chase Council are one of the top performing District Council’s in the West Midlands.

Castle Ring Green Heritage Site has also retained the Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England, for the management of its historic features.

Cannock Chase councillors have appointed fellow Councilllor, David Williams, to be the Council’s Armed Forces Champion for the remainder of the 2023/24 Council year.

Cannock Chase Council’s Parks, Culture, and Heritage Portfolio Leader, Councillor John Preece, has given an update on the future of the Museum of Cannock Chase in Hednesford.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting last Thursday (13 July), he made the following statement:

“I would like to update Cabinet on the petition received at the Annual Council Meeting on the potential relocation of the Museum of Cannock Chase, where the Council received a petition with 3,200 signatures asking that it stays in Hednesford. The petition was set up by Darrell Mawle.