24-459: Cannock Chase is a local government district in Staffordshire , England. It is named after and covers a large part of Cannock Chase , a designated National Landscape . The council is based in the town of Cannock . The district also contains the towns of Hednesford and Rugeley , as well as a number of villages and surrounding rural areas. The district borders South Staffordshire to
48-543: A town council or city council , and are instead directly managed by a higher local authority such as a district or county council. Until the mid-nineteenth century there had been many areas that did not belong to any parish, known as extra-parochial areas . Acts of Parliament between 1858 and 1868 sought to abolish such areas, converting them into parishes or absorbing them into neighbouring parishes. After 1868 there were very few extra-parochial areas left; those remaining were mostly islands, such as Lundy , which did not have
72-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
96-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
120-548: A four-year term of office. Staffordshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections. The district covers the same area as the Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency) . Until the 2010 general election the constituency also included the adjacent village of Huntington in South Staffordshire. From 2010 onwards the constituency has exactly
144-519: A neighbouring parish into which they could be absorbed. Modern unparished areas (also termed "non-civil parish areas"), were created in 1965 in London and in 1974 elsewhere. They generally arose where former urban districts , municipal boroughs or county boroughs were abolished and where no successor parish was established. Parishes were not allowed in Greater London until the passing of
168-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
192-491: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
216-600: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Unparished area In England , an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish ). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have
240-435: Is certain parts of Cannock, which are unparished . The parish councils for Hednesford and Rugeley have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". When the district was created in 1974 it only contained one parish, being Brindley Heath; the former Rugeley Urban District and Cannock Urban District were both unparished. In 1988 two parishes called Rugeley and Brereton were created covering
264-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
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#1732787878264288-662: The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (which allows their formation in the London boroughs ) and it remained entirely unparished from 1965 until Queen's Park was created in 2014. Some cities and towns which are unparished areas in larger districts (i.e. not districts of themselves) have charter trustees to maintain a historic charter , such as city status (an example being in Bath ) or simply
312-554: The West Midlands regional average. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central (West) broadcasting from Birmingham . Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: The Express & Star is the local newspaper that cover the district. Much of the district is covered by eight civil parishes . The exception
336-503: The mayoralty of a town. Local authorities which are entirely parished are not listed. The ceremonial counties of Cornwall (apart from Wolf Rock ), Herefordshire , Isle of Wight , Northamptonshire , Northumberland , Rutland , Shropshire , and Wiltshire are entirely parished. Less parts from both included in parish of Ingol and Tanterton (created 2012). This is a list of unparished areas as they existed on 1 April 1974, noting changes which have happened since then to create
360-424: The area. Cannock Chase District Council, which styles itself "Cannock Chase Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council's logo is a deer , referencing the area's past as a royal hunting forest and the fact that deer are common in
384-415: The area. A survey in 2022 found that the deer population was growing. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2024 election . The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of
408-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
432-487: The council since 2005 have been: Following the 2024 election the composition of the council is: The next election is due in May 2026. Since the last boundary changes took effect in 2024, the council has comprised 36 councillors representing 12 wards , with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for
456-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
480-588: The former Rugeley Urban District, and four parishes called Bridgtown, Cannock Wood, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, and Norton Canes were created covering parts of the former Cannock Urban District. The parish of Hednesford was subsequently created in 2000 from another part of the former Cannock Urban District. The parishes are: Other areas and settlements include: 52°43′50″N 1°58′13″W / 52.73056°N 1.97028°W / 52.73056; -1.97028 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
504-545: The same boundaries as the district. The council is based at the Civic Centre on Beecroft Road in Cannock. The building was purpose-built for the council between 1978 and 1981. According to data from the 2011 United Kingdom census , Cannock Chase has a population of 100,600, with 49,500 males and 51,100 females. 62.5% of the population is between the ages of 16–64, of which 88.7% is economically active, 11.2% above
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#1732787878264528-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
552-635: The west, the Borough of Stafford to the north, Lichfield District to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the south. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering two former districts plus a single parish from a third, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Cannock Chase after the landscape and former royal forest which covers much of
576-620: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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