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Direct contact 0303 444 0000"Our vision is to make Stafford Borough a place which continues to be a highly attractive location whilst delivering growth in ways which benefit its residents, the region and the broader environment. The vision for Stafford is of a County town which is attractive, prosperous and embraces change where residents can fully access a wide range of quality local services including employment, retail, leisure, health and education."
Cllr Mrs Judith Dalgarno, Leader of Stafford Borough Council
Stafford Borough is a very attractive place to live, work and invest with excellent transport and communication links and the County Town of Stafford is one of the most self contained towns in the West Midlands region. However in recent years there has been a significant re-structuring of the local economy with the loss of major manufacturing companies in the town. Despite these setbacks there has been a considerable fight back recently to provide a strong and prosperous local community for the future. Having been identified as an area of significant growth through the regional planning process Stafford Borough now has the opportunity to deliver sustained development.
Stafford Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council are pleased to be able to embrace change by enhancing the qualities of Stafford Borough and will be working jointly to provide further housing and employment to achieve a long term sustainable community and deliver a strong, prosperous local economy. The Councils continue to support an enhanced military presence in Stafford and further joint use of community facilities in the future. There is a need to stimulate continued economic growth to take advance of further and higher educational establishments in the Borough as well as deliver attractive quality housing by bringing forward large scale development sites. New infrastructure will be vital to delivering development.
In supporting Stafford Borough as a new Growth Point, the Government is committing to a long-term partnership with Stafford Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council by recognising their ambitions for growth, subject to the statutory regional and local planning processes. Individual proposals to deliver the growth agenda must be sustainable, acceptable environmentally and realistic in terms of infrastructure. However both Councils can demonstrate a strong track record of effective and practical joint working.
For Stafford Borough future work will include preparing an Implementation Strategy to establish requirements for infrastructure investment and securing delivery, a Green Infrastructure study, water resource/water cycle studies, transportation modelling and ecological surveys of specific strategic sites and river catchment/hydrological reports.
Local partners' ambitions for Stafford Borough include:
Achieving these ambitions will depend on a range of public and private funding programmes, including developer contributions. Government is committed to work with local partners to achieve sustainable growth to secure the best outcomes from this investment and overcome obstacles to delivery.
