Kerry Ashdown, Local Democracy Reporter

Westbridge Park £1.5m redevelopment plans spark concern

Plans for new play and sports areas in Stone's Westbridge Park have been called in by a councillor after residents…

• planning
• Stafford Borough Council
• Westbridge Park

Redundant Stone industrial building could make way for flats

Plans have been submitted to Stafford Borough Council to demolish a vacant industrial building and construct six flats at Mount…

• planning
• Stafford Borough Council
• Stone Town Council

Not time to call it a day on High Street clock urges local councillor

Time stands still on Joule's Clock as councillors assess repair options for the historic High Street timepiece.

• Jill Hood
• Joule's Clock
• Rob Kenney
• Stone High Street
• Stone Town Council

Do you have what it takes to be an on-call firefighter?

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service are currently looking for on-call firefighters right across the county. Applicants will need to be…

Stone Town Council faces 257% energy bill rise and “difficult” budget for the year ahead

For Stone Town Council, energy costs have rocketed by more than 250% as they look to make savings while ensuring…

• Stone Town Council

More than a third fail to turn up for free holiday activity programme

Families who book places on free school holiday activity schemes and fail to show up have been branded “disgraceful” by…

“Unauthorised” changes to former Stone church building allowed

A developer can now keep “unauthorised” changes made to a Grade II Listed church being converted into apartments.

• St John's Church

Stone leisure centre pool temperatures to be cut to reduce energy costs

Freedom Leisure, which operates Stone Leisure Centre on behalf of Stafford Borough Council, is to reduce pool and building temperatures…

• Freedom Leisure
• Stafford Borough Council
• Stone Leisure Centre

Stone councillors’ concerns about Stafford Borough’s Local Plan

Plans to build more than 800 new homes in Stone over the next two decades have met with concern from…

• Local Plan
• planning
• Stafford Borough Council
• Stone Town Council

Crown Wharf noise complaint licence review leads to canalside restrictions

Stone's Crown Wharf pub will have to close its canalside drinking area to customers earlier at night after nearby residents…

• Crown Wharf

Community group presents Pop-up cafe proposal for town railway station

A community group providing opportunities and support for adults with learning difficulties hopes to open a ‘pop up cafe’ at…

• Futures2gether
• Stone railway station

Waste reduction and reuse project to help tackle climate change

Residents and businesses in Stone and across Stafford Borough will be encouraged to reduce their waste and re-use items as…

• Stafford Borough Council
• waste

Changes to some Stone polling stations ahead of 2023 elections

Residents in Stone and some other areas of Stafford Borough will be visiting new venues to cast their votes in…

• polling stations

Floating market proposals considered by Stone Town Council

Councillor Steve Walley's proposal for a floating market could see Stone's canal the venue of a floating market in 2023.

• canal
• Steve Walley
• Stone Town Council

Refusal likely for petrol station plans for derelict Darlaston Inn

Safety concerns for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers have led to a recommendation to refuse plans to pull down a derelict…

• Darlaston Inn
• planning
• Stafford Borough Council

The Lamb’s car park management plans spark objection

A Stone pub that brought in a parking enforcement scheme to crackdown on non-customers taking up all its spaces didn’t…

• planning
• The Lamb