Cannock Chase is a
local government district
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in
Staffordshire
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,
England
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. Its council is based in the town of
Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...
; other notable towns are
Rugeley
Rugeley ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is situated north of Lichfield, south-east of Stafford, nort ...
,
Bridgtown
Bridgtown is an industrial town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the A5 between Cannock and Great Wyrley. There are multiple industrial and retail estates around the town as well as res ...
and
Hednesford
Hednesford (pronounced ) is a historic market town in the Cannock Chase (district), Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. Cannock Chase is to the north, the town of Cannock to the south and Rugeley to the southwest.The population ...
. The district covers a large part of the
Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase (), often referred to locally as The Chase, is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is managed by Forestry En ...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from which it takes its name.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, along with
Brindley Heath
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Brindley Heath is an area of heath land on Cannock Chase situated between Hednesford and Rugeley in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. The area also forms a civil parish, which at the 2001 census, had a population of 8 ...
from
Lichfield Rural District
Lichfield was a rural district in the county of Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
It was enlarged in 1934 by gaining part of Staffordshire that had been administered since 1894 as part of Tamworth Rural District, which was otherwise in Wa ...
, and
Norton Canes
Norton Canes is an industrial village, civil parish and ward of Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England.
It is situated out of the centre of Cannock. At the 2001 census it had a population of 6,394, and an area of of which 86% is gre ...
from Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District. Cannock, which covers around 30% of the population, includes the parish of Bridgtown but the rest of Cannock is unparished. Until the 2010 general election the parliamentary constituency of Cannock Chase consisted of Cannock Chase district plus the adjacent village of Huntington. From 2010 onwards the constituency has exactly the same boundaries as the district.
Since 2011, Cannock Chase has formed part of both the
Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership
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Established in May 2011, the LEP covers the geographical boundaries o ...
(along with neighbouring authorities
Birmingham
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,
Bromsgrove
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,
East Staffordshire
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Villages in the area include Abbots Bromley, Stretton, Tutbury, Barton-under-Needwood, ...
,
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of B ...
,
Redditch
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,
Solihull
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,
Tamworth and
Wyre Forest
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), and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
Areas of Cannock Chase District
There are many villages and suburbs along with four towns in the Cannock Chase District.
Towns:
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Bridgtown
Bridgtown is an industrial town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the A5 between Cannock and Great Wyrley. There are multiple industrial and retail estates around the town as well as res ...
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Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...
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Hednesford
Hednesford (pronounced ) is a historic market town in the Cannock Chase (district), Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. Cannock Chase is to the north, the town of Cannock to the south and Rugeley to the southwest.The population ...
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Rugeley
Rugeley ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is situated north of Lichfield, south-east of Stafford, nort ...
Villages:
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Brereton
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Cannock Wood
Cannock Wood is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. The village is situated around east of Cannock, the same distance south of Rugeley, and north of Burntwood. According to the 2011 Census, the p ...
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Hazelslade
Hazelslade is a former mining village in Staffordshire, England. It is now part of Cannock Chase District. The village is located between Hednesford and Rugeley. It has been built into the Rawnsley area of Hednesford and is now effectively a subur ...
*
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury are two villages which now form a civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. The area has excellent transport links, being close to the strategic transport network via the M6, M6 Toll and ...
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Norton Canes
Norton Canes is an industrial village, civil parish and ward of Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England.
It is situated out of the centre of Cannock. At the 2001 census it had a population of 6,394, and an area of of which 86% is gre ...
*
Prospect Village
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Slitting Mill
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The slitting mill was probably invented near Liège in what is now Belg ...
Areas:
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Brindley Heath
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Brindley Heath is an area of heath land on Cannock Chase situated between Hednesford and Rugeley in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. The area also forms a civil parish, which at the 2001 census, had a population of 8 ...
* Broomhill
*
Chadsmoor
* Chestall
*
Church Hill
* Goosemoor Green
* Green Heath
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Hawks Green
* High Town
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Littleworth
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Little Wyrley
Little Wyrley is an English hamlet in the county of Staffordshire, that forms part of Norton Canes civil parish and the Cannock Chase district. In 1870-72 it had a population of 61 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
I ...
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North Lanes
* Oldfallow
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Pye Green
Pye Green is part of Hednesford, Staffordshire, England, running from Chadsmoor and Hednesford, across the Pye Green valley and to the edge of The Chase. It is situated between the A34 and A460 roads.
The area consists mainly of mixed private an ...
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Rawnsley
* Rumber Hill
* Stoney Lea
Politics
Council political composition
The
Labour Party controlled the district council from the
2012 election, when it gained an overall majority, until the
2019 election when the council entered
no overall control. For the 2019/20 civic year, the Labour Party ran the council with an informal
confidence-and-supply agreement
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with the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
. In June 2020, four Green councillors and a former Labour councillor formed the Chase Community Independents Group which led to Labour forming a
minority administration
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with confidence and supply from two
Liberal Democrat
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Active parties
Former parties
See also
*Liberal democracy
*Lib ...
councillors and one former Labour
independent
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councillor.
At th
elections held in May 2021 the Conservatives won 12 of the 13 seats being contested (10 of which went to newly elected councillors), and in doing so, secured an outright majority on the Council.
The table below shows the number of seats held by each party since the beginning of 2010. This includes district council
election results, highlighted in red, as well as defections and by-elections.
Cabinet members 2021/22
Shadow Cabinet members 2021/22
Footnotes
Further reading
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Non-metropolitan districts of Staffordshire