July 2021

Our latest Annual Review is now ready for you to enjoy and discover what we have been doing.

In what has been an extraordinary and challenging year our AONB Team has kept working with partners and local communities to deliver a range of activities that conserve and enhance the natural beauty of Cannock Chase, and at the same time connect people with this nationally important landscape.  Read how:

• New studies have highlighted the importance of the Chase for bats and invertebrates
• The value of dark skies and the ways we can reduce light pollution has been promoted jointly with Staffordshire CPRE
• Resources have been made available for local businesses to promote Cannock Chase in their products and services
• The landscape character of the Chase has been protected and enhanced through expert advice given to proposed new development including housing, HS2 and the Commonwealth Games.
• Five community groups have been supported through the AONB Sustainable Development Fund
• The visitor experience is being improved by the preparation of new on-site interpretation
• A strategy to protect and celebrate the Chase’s rich historic and cultural environment is being prepared with the input of local communities

Get in touch if you would like to know more about any of our activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to take on the role of Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer to deliver a major new land management grant programme in the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Created by Defra and managed by AONBs and National Park teams across England, the programme will help farmers, land managers and others to deliver work on the farmed landscape under the themes of climate, nature, people and place.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference to farming and land management in the AONB and to help conserve and enhance the natural beauty of this nationally important landscape. You will be the first point of contact for the programme. You will provide advice and guidance to farmers and other land managers, support grant applicants, support an assessment panel who will judge applications, and carry out general administration and monitoring activities to ensure the efficient running of the programme.

Deadline for applications: 30 July 2021

For more details and to apply