The owner of the former Rugeley Power Station site, ENGIE, has submitted a revised planning application for the redevelopment of its site which includes the addition of either an All Through School (ATS) serving nursery pupils up to post 16 students or a stand alone primary school, along with new sports provision for both school and community use.

The revised outline planning application made to Cannock Chase Council and Lichfield District Council follows the granting in January 2020 of outline planning permission by both councils for the mixed-use redevelopment of the site.

Car parks serving parks and open spaces and tennis courts managed by Cannock Chase Council will be re-opening during the course of Thursday 14 May.



This follows the latest Government guidance that the public can now travel to sites and take unlimited exercise, as long as they follow social distancing guidance.



During Thursday 14 May the Council will be re-opening its car parks, which either serve or are close to our main parks and open spaces and tennis courts.

To brighten up these difficult times, Inspiring healthy lifestyles is encouraging residents to put on their very own flower shows through a new and exciting project called ‘Grow and Show We Care’.

Cannock Chase Council’s Community Vulnerability Hub has become instrumental in providing support for those most at risk during the coronavirus outbreak.

Cannock Chase Community Vulnerability Hub is targeting local residents considered most at risk as well the Council’s most vulnerable housing tenants. Its main aim is to enable people to access essential foods and supplies and signpost to other support services.

Despite the current lockdown restrictions and the cancellation of many local planned celebrations, Cannock Chase Council is continuing to support the local community to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

When VE Day dawns on Friday 8 May it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. Years of carnage and destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets to celebrate peace, mourn their loved ones and to hope for the future.

Cannock Chase Council is aware of an incident which took place within the Chadsmoor area on Saturday 25 April, during which a number of COVID-19 breaches and Public Order offences were committed.

The Council’s CCTV team supported Staffordshire Police who were trying to disperse a number of motorcyclists congregating in the local area.  A Cannock man has since been jailed for 32 weeks after he admitted elbowing a police officer in the face and coughing into the face of a second officer stating he had COVID-19.

Urgent work to tackle health and safety concerns on the closed multi-storey car park in Cannock Town Centre is set to begin on Monday and is due to last a couple of weeks subject to weather conditions.

During a recent safety inspection of the multi-storey car park, it became clear that some of the fixings of the cladding panels on the external façade were found to be coming loose. Remedial action is therefore required to protect the public who might be passing close by.

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet agreed at their meeting yesterday (Thursday), to provide financial assistance to Inspiring healthy lifestyles (IHL) following the temporary closure of its Culture and Leisure Facilities.

IHL manages Chase Leisure Centre, Rugeley Leisure Centre, 5s Pavilion, the Prince of Wales Theatre, the Museum of Cannock Chase and community activities on behalf of the Council.