Kerry Ashdown

6 days ago | stokesentinel.co.uk | Kerry Ashdown

A community leader has called on Staffordshire County Council to install cameras to catch motorists flouting a High Street traffic restriction. Stone Town Council has set aside £30,000 in its latest budget to help fund an ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) system. The street is supposed to be off limits for vehicles between 10am and 4.30pm, with access allowed outside of these hours for traders loading and unloading goods.

6 days ago | expressandstar.com | Kerry Ashdown

The land at Pear Tree Farm, Huntington, has been removed from Green Belt designation in recent years and earmarked for future housing need as part of South Staffordshire Council’s Local Plan. Members of the council’s planning committee heard on Tuesday (April 15) that development proposals were rejected in 1964 due to concerns about subsidence risk and in 1971 because of potential impact on traffic on the A34 Stafford Road.

1 week ago | alittlebitofstone.com | Kerry Ashdown

Stafford councillors fear Government proposals to speed up the process of building new homes could lead to a “democratic deficit”. A new Planning and Infrastructure Bill has recently been put forward, but Stafford Borough Council member Frances Beatty is concerned the national measures would “stifle” the ability of locally-elected councillors to make decisions on developments affecting their areas, as well as denying communities a chance to have their say.

1 week ago | stoke.nub.news | Kerry Ashdown

A run-down classroom building at a city school is set to be replaced with a new facility to support pupils with special educational needs. An application has been submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council to demolish a pre-fabricated structure at Ball Green Primary School, to make way for the new single storey building. Facilities will include two classrooms, a quiet room, breakfast space, kitchen, staff office and toilets. The building will be enclosed in 2.4m high fence for safeguarding purposes.

1 week ago | stokesentinel.co.uk | Kerry Ashdown

A distribution hub that provides much-needed supplies to six food banks is set to receive an extra £15,000 funding to continue its work for another year. Stafford Borough Council gave Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub an £11,000 boost 11 months ago so it could carry on helping to feed hungry families. But efforts to find alternative funding sources for the hub, which was set up three years ago, have proved fruitless, a report to the borough council's cabinet said.