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Cannock Chase: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Cannock Chase District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of STS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Staffordshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Cannock Chase for 2026–27: £258.81 of a £2,375.83 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£264,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £4.5 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £6.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.3 million |
| Other services | £131,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £20.0 million |
Life in Cannock Chase: the official facts
- People living here
- 104,299 people
- Typical age
- 42 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,857
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £605
- Children growing up in poverty
- 29.0%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.1%
- Average price of a home
- £231,333
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.3 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 2.9 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 96.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 124.9 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,760 businesses
Who runs the council
36 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 14, Labour Party 10, Conservative and Unionist 8, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- Carl Boulton (Labour Party) — Brereton & Ravenhill
- Mike Sheppard (Reform UK) — Brereton & Ravenhill
- Paul Fisher (Labour Party) — Brereton & Ravenhill
- Jeff Hill (Labour Party) — Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
- Maureen Freeman (Labour Party) — Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
- Richard Craddock (Reform UK) — Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
- Josh Bancroft (Conservative and Unionist) — Cannock Park & Old Fallow
- Mandy Bell (Reform UK) — Cannock Park & Old Fallow
- Val Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Cannock Park & Old Fallow
- Alex Hunt (Reform UK) — Chadsmoor
- Jacquie Prestwood (Labour Party) — Chadsmoor
- Tony Johnson (Labour Party) — Chadsmoor
- Mike Sutherland (Conservative and Unionist) — Etching Hill & the Heath
- Nick Lyons (Conservative and Unionist) — Etching Hill & the Heath
- Steven Deakin (Reform UK) — Etching Hill & the Heath
- Adrienne Fitzgerald (Conservative and Unionist) — Hawks Green with Rumer Hill
- Melissa Cecil (Reform UK) — Hawks Green with Rumer Hill
- Philippa Haden (Conservative and Unionist) — Hawks Green with Rumer Hill
- Daniel Cecil (Reform UK) — Heath Hayes & Wimblebury
- Julie Aston (Independent / Other) — Heath Hayes & Wimblebury
- Lisa Wilson (Labour Party) — Heath Hayes & Wimblebury
- Mandy Dunnett (Labour Party) — Hednesford Green Heath
- Mark Deakin (Reform UK) — Hednesford Green Heath
- Paul Jones (Reform UK) — Hednesford Green Heath
- Andrea Muckley (Green Party (E&W)) — Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
- Jo Elson (Green Party (E&W)) — Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
- Rhys Mandry (Reform UK) — Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
- Darrell Mawle (Green Party (E&W)) — Hednesford Pye Green
- Graham Millington (Reform UK) — Hednesford Pye Green
- Robert Branson (Reform UK) — Hednesford Pye Green
- Georgina Jeffery (Reform UK) — Norton Canes
- John Preece (Labour Party) — Norton Canes
- Sam Thompson (Conservative and Unionist) — Norton Canes
- David Gaye (Labour Party) — Western Springs
- John Parkes (Reform UK) — Western Springs
- Olivia Lyons (Conservative and Unionist) — Western Springs