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Moddershall Valley homes plan thrown out
Published on 18 Mar, 2013 at 13:41 in News | Viewed 427 times | No Comments
Stafford Borough Council’s planning committee has rejected Seddon Homes’ application to develop 34 homes on a greenfield site south of Nicholls Lane and east of Airdale Spinney. More than 80 residents had objected to the planned development, saying that it would encroach into the Moddershall Valley Conservation Area and have a negative impact on the...
Stone Festival chairman hits out at Plan
Published on 1 Oct, 2012 at 21:48 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 267 times | 1 Comment
The chairman of Stone Festival today added his voice to concerns at the prospect of development on Westbridge Park. A Little Bit of Stone reported yesterday on the chairman of Stone Food and Drink Festival’s opposition to Westbridge Park being identified as a site for ‘mixed use development’ in the Stafford Borough Local Plan....
Packed week of Stone Festival fun
Published on 23 May, 2012 at 15:25 in Stone Festival | Viewed 590 times | No Comments
This year’s Stone Festival takes place between 10th and 17th June and it looks like being one of the best yet, with all the old favourites and some exciting new additions! The traditional festival raft race kicks things off on Sunday 10th and there’s lots going on over the week including a dog show,...
Stone Festival gives £6k to local groups
Community groups and charities will be sharing the success of this year’s Stone Festival as organisers distribute £6,000. The Stone Festival team has been able to distribute £6,000 again this year, despite the rain on Carnival Day. The following organisations are benefitting from Stone Festival this year: Age Concern Stone Alleynes High School Alzheimers...
Record year for Stone Festival raft race
Published on 6 Jun, 2011 at 20:51 in Stone Festival | Viewed 438 times | No Comments
Raft racers helped to launch this year’s Stone Festival week with one of the largest entries in recent years. Twenty-one rafts took to the River Trent at the Darlaston Inn and all of them – including over 70 riders – made it through to the finishing line at Westbridge Park. The winner was Dark...
Stone festival week starts on Sunday
Stone’s annual festival week gets under way on Sunday with the traditional raft race, starting from the Darlaston Inn at 10am. Always a popular event, this year promises to be as entertaining as ever with several teams already lined up to take part and try to avoid a ducking on the short trip down...
Football tournament a huge success
Around 1,000 people watched or took part in Stone Festival’s fifth Junior Football Tournament on Sunday. ‘A really successful day’ was the way that Stone Festival Chairman John Sayer described this year’s tournament, held at the Yarnfield home of Stone Dominoes and which saw teams from across the West Midlands take part. Thirty-two teams...
Special spring funfair this week!
Stone Festival is starting a little earlier this year – this week in fact, with a special spring funfair at Westbridge Park. The funfair will be in the park from Thursday 24th March through to Sunday 27th March and will feature many of the town’s favourite rides. Organised by the Warwick family on behalf...