Council and district news
Developer made to pay £6,700 after building unlawful ‘road to nowhere’ in green belt
A property developer has been ordered to pay more than £6,700 after building ‘a road to nowhere’ on open green belt land in South Staffordshire.
The road, built by Lawnswood Homes Ltd, is situated on land off Springhill Lane, Lower Penn.
The developer built the road after failing to comply with conditions relating to approved plans in relation to the construction of a four-bedroom detached property.
Instead of constructing a driveway for the property in early 2019, they built a new road on green belt land, which led to further protected green belt land.
Read the full article here
Coming soon: New My Login feature
A brand-new feature is coming soon to our website - allowing residents to report issues and access a range of services, any time from anywhere.
From October 17th, you will be able to report a range of issues directly to us through our new My Login system. This allows anyone in the district to let us know about fly-tipping, littering, abandoned vehicles, antisocial behaviour and more - whenever and wherever is convenient for them.
By creating a new My Login account, residents will also be able to access a range of other services and details – including paying bills, viewing their council tax account and more.
See the full article here
Resilient, professional and positive: Thank you to our customer services team
This week, South Staffordshire Council is celebrating National Customer Services Week.
As an organisation committed to excellence in customer service, we’re reflecting on how we serve our customers and recognising our colleagues’ achievements.
Despite sometimes being faced with challenging circumstances, our customer services staff remain consistently resilient, professional and positive.
We also want to say thank you to you, our customers, for continuing to work with us to help us improve our customer service offer by providing your feedback when things go well, when things don’t go as planned - and for taking part in focus groups which help us to continue to improve.
See what our staff had to say about working in customer services here
Find out more about the customer services team here
Vacancies
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Planning Graduate/Planning Assistant - closing October 25th
All vacancies can be viewed in full and applied for on our recruitment site: https://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/vacancies
Friends of Bilbrook Repair Cafe in partnership with South Staffordshire Climate Prize
Breathe new life into broken items at the Friends of Bilbrook Repair Cafe and do your bit for the environment.
The event's volunteers will offer: minor pushbike repairs and check-ups; jewellery repairs; minor sewing repairs (hems, buttons, seams, darning, patches - no alterations); IT repairs (software only); garden tool and kitchen knives sharpening; repairs of small electrical items; and portable appliance testing.
There will also be a general repair desk, which will offer services such as changing batteries and gluing items.
A house plant swap will also take place.
The event takes place at Bilbrook Village Hall on Saturday, October 14th, from 10am to 1pm.
The services are free, but donations are welcome
Refreshments will be available.
For more information, email enquiries@friendsofbilbrook.org or call 07989 423617
Partnership updates
Stop smoking and start saving this Stoptober
Good things happen when you quit. It could save you thousands of pounds a year - imagine the holiday you could have.
Get FREE support and free stop smoking aids (patches, gum, and inhalators) from Everyone Health Staffordshire.
Text QUIT to 60777 or call 0333 005 0095.
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