Delivering Development for Stafford Borough

Thousands of new homes, and major office, retail and employment development, are coming to the Borough. The significant scale of this development, which the Council must meet by the year 2026, is set by the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy - which is decided by National Government.

In brief this is what must be provided in the Borough:

• More than 10,000 new homes of which 7,000 must be in Stafford town;
• 120 hectares of new employment land;
• 50,000 square metres of new retail space; and
• 45,000 square metres of new offices

The 'Delivering the Plan for Stafford Borough - issues & options' document sets out possible options for where this future development could go. It also sets out how we can provide this development taking account of issues such as transport, community services, education and open space.

The consultation will help prepare a plan for the future of our area called the 'Stafford Borough Local Development Framework' (LDF) which will ultimately replace the existing Stafford Borough Local Plan 2001.

We invited comments on the document during February and March 2009. The consultation period closed on Friday 3 April 2009. You can view comments made on the document by clicking here. A number of public exhibitions were held. You can view comments made at these exhibitions by clicking here.

How to view the document

• You can view the document and also read the comments made via our consultation homepage
• You can download a summary document by clicking here
• You can download the full document in PDF format by clicking here (the download time is dependant on the speed of your internet connection, please be patient)
• Copies of the document are also available to read in all libraries across the Borough and at the Civic Offices during normal working hours.

What happens next?

All responses will be considered before preparing Preferred Options which will then be published for further consultation later this year.

The Council will also consider all available evidence and recommendations from the Sustainability Appraisal, which can be viewed by clicking here.

Further information about the Local Development Framework can be viewed at www.staffordbc.gov.uk/forwardplanning.