The joint Lichfield & Tamworth waste and recycling team is celebrating after winning the Local Authority Team of the Year title at the prestigious National Recycling Awards. The awards reward excellent practice in recycling and waste management and the joint service beat Blaenau Gwent, Oxford, Torbay and Watford councils to scoop the top title. The [...]

Last week our planning teams beat off stiff competition to win the coveted RTPI West Midlands award for Local Planning Authority of the Year. The awards highlight best practice from across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire. The judges said it was because we showed ‘innovation and a positive attitude towards engagement’, [...]

We’re a member of both the Staffordshire & Stoke –on-Trent (S&S LEP) and Greater Birmingham & Solihull (GBS LEP) Local Enterprise Partnerships and we’re working hard to ensure both deliver benefits for businesses and residents in our district.   What is a LEP? LEPs are all about allowing local councils and local business to take [...]

Last week S. Harrison Developments Ltd signed a joint venture with Development Securities PLC, so they now have a 50% stake in the Friarsgate development. This joint venture is exciting news and is set to see the development of the scheme get underway in autumn 2012, with work beginning on the bus station. It also [...]

 So far this year I’ve thoroughly enjoyed attending parish, town and city council meetings across the district. As Leader of the district council, I think it’s really important that local parish councils get a chance to share with me their views, issues and concerns, as well as their plans for upcoming projects. It’s always interesting to see [...]