Stafford Borough New Local Plan 2025 – 2045: Scoping and Participation Consultation
Stafford Borough New Local Plan 2025 – 2045: Scoping and Participation Consultation
Stafford Borough Council have started work on their new Local Plan 2025 – 2045, which will guide where and how development should take place and which will form the background for decisions on planning applications. The new Plan is expected to be adopted in April 2029.
A Scoping and Participation Consultation has been launched about the Vision for the Plan, what should be considered, what Themes the Plan should cover and how consultation and engagement should place. The consultation questions can be found at Scoping and Participation Consultation 2026 with the other documents making up the consultation here:- New Local Plan 2025 to 2045 | Stafford Borough Council these include an online response form, or you can send an email.
Residents of Weston & Gayton are encouraged to participate in the Consultation as the new Local Plan will affect how any new development proposed for the Parish in the future will be considered – your views are important.
The Parish Council will also be considering how to respond to the consultation.
The closing date for responses to Stafford Borough Council is 12 noon. Tuesday 28th July.
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Local Government Reorganisation Consultation
Local Government Reorganisation Consultation
The government has launched its formal consultation on Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Staffordshire, it was originally indicated this was to happen in May 2026.
This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received from Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s principal councils.
The proposals are:
Cannock Chase District Council, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Stafford Borough Council, Stoke‑on‑Trent City Council proposed 2 unitary councils. These would comprise the current areas of:
- North Staffordshire: Newcastle‑under‑Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands, and Stoke‑on‑Trent
- South Staffordshire: Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Stafford, and Tamworth
Staffordshire County Council proposed 2 unitary councils. These would comprise the current areas of:
- East Staffordshire: East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, and Tamworth
- West Staffordshire: Cannock Chase, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, and Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council proposed 2 unitary councils: This includes a request to split existing district council areas between the proposed new councils. These would comprise the district areas of:
- North Staffordshire: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, plus 16 parishes from East Staffordshire and 6 from Stafford
- Southern and Mid-Staffordshire: Cannock Chase, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Tamworth, and the remaining 22 parishes of East Staffordshire, and 34 of Stafford
Lichfield District Council, South Staffordshire Borough Council, Tamworth Borough Council proposed 3 unitary councils. These would comprise the current areas of:
- North Staffordshire: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands, and Stoke-on-Trent
- South-West Staffordshire: Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire, and Stafford
- South-East Staffordshire: Lichfield, East Staffordshire, and Tamworth
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council proposed 4 unitary councils. These would comprise the current areas of:
- Unitary Authority 1: Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Unitary Authority 2: Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire, and Stafford
- Unitary Authority 3: Staffordshire Moorlands, and Stoke-on-Trent
- Unitary Authority 4: East Staffordshire, Lichfield and Tamworth.
This consultation asks you questions about each proposal. This consultation will last for 7 weeks and closes at 23:59 on 26th March 2026.