Plans for more than 500 new homes on the edge of Stone have been formally submitted to Stafford Borough Council.
Developer Bloor Homes is also proposing a first school and specialist housing for older people, as well as open space at the site off Eccleshall Road, Walton.
An outline planning application has come forward, seeking permission for up to 510 homes, following a public consultation earlier this year. If it is approved, a further reserved matters application, covering details including housing types and layout, would be submitted at a later date.
The housebuilder has said 40% of the new houses would be affordable homes and the site lies outside the Green Belt. It added that a significant proportion of the overall development site is proposed to be retained as open space and all homes are set to be equipped with air source heatpumps, solar panels, uprated insultation and EV charging infrastructure as standard.
Off-site, Bloor Homes is also proposing to invest in highways improvements at the nearby Walton Roundabout. These aim to increase capacity at the roundabout, while improving links for walkers and cyclists along Eccleshall Road, and an illustration of the proposed works indicates the existing subway underneath the A34 could be excavated and removed.
Max Whitehead, Planning Director at Bloor Homes Midlands, said:
“We are grateful for all the feedback received during our consultation. It is clear that the provision of high-quality infrastructure to support housing growth is important to local people, and we are pleased to have submitted our outline plans for an infrastructure-led new neighbourhood of high-quality homes, new school, older people’s housing and outdoor recreational facilities.
“Our plans take a strategic view on the wider needs of the town and would see us invest in a programme of engineering works which will significantly increase capacity and flow at Walton roundabout. We are keen to work with local stakeholders as our proposals move forward through the planning process, ensuring that they bring the maximum benefit to the community in Stone.”
Concerns have been raised by Stone residents however about the number of new homes being proposed for the town and the potential impact on existing infrastructure. A Boundary Close resident, who has objected to the application, said:
“There are already enough houses in Stone.
“This will have a negative impact on traffic (and) infrastructure. It is already difficult to get out of Pirehill Lane without any further traffic.”
The deadline for comments to be submitted to Stafford Borough Council on the outline planning application is Friday, November 14.
The outline planning application can be viewed on Stafford Borough Council’s planning portal under reference 25/41229/OUT.
Bloor Homes has also provided an update with information about the outline planning application on their dedicated consultation website, www.bloorhomesstone.com.
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18 comments
Jo
Please don’t build any more houses in Stone. There are already enough.
I also agree with Joy Galvin’s comment regarding water drainage.
There is absolutely nothing positive to come from adding yet more houses to this lovely town.
Rob Belcher
Stone cannot take further housing as the amenities & infrastructure can’t sustain it
Toria
The proposed outline for up to 510 homes north of Eccleshall Road will place unsustainable strain on our infrastructure—gridlocked roads, limited GP access, and overcrowded schools.
Mark Alcock
Stone is being ruined, roads can’t take the traffic, doctors can’t handle all the people, and schools can’t handle all the extra kids. So no more houses please too many as it is.
Lesley kilroe
I object to the building of more homes in the Walton area the traffic is already very busy , my daughter has learning difficulties and struggles to cross roads without a crossing she would not be able to visit stone if the subway is taken away .
Joy Galvin
This development along with the two other applications will put an incredible strain on this small market town. A strain that stone is unable to cope with. The Eccleshall road is already a nightmare. The ludicrous idea by the developers to fill in the subway will create even more traffic problems at the Walton Roundabout. The subway is at least a safe crossing for pedestrians.
Doctor and dentist appointments are almost non existent. Chemists are overwhelmed.
Has anyone consulted Severn Trent? Can our sewers and water facilities cope with another 900 homes.
Walton is almost becoming a town in its own right. One that was never meant to be.
All the developers are concerned with is making money. Sometimes that is a cost too high to pay.
Sara shenton
The area is struggling to cope. GPS are at capacity and people are struggling to get appointments. The roads are at a standstill most days.
Paul
Stone can’t take it, supermarkets now are far too busy with the amount of people living here and services are already buckling and won’t get improved, the council will benefit with the extra council taxes but the people living here quality of life will get worse, you can’t carry on just piling more and more people into such a small town as it will get ruined
Maria
Stone’s infrastructure cannot cope with the number of houses you want to build. Roads, doctors and dentists cannot cope with another 1000 + people and neither can the sewer system as discharge into our river Trent is already happening with the current number. No more houses pls
Victoria
Stone is already over crowded and the roads can’t cope with the volume of traffic as it is. Services are sinking fast and crime is on the rise – we don’t need any more open space taken up by houses. No thank you leave it green and let the wildlife and planet breath.
Ellen
Stop building houses in Stone… there are enough. Stone is a market town, stop trying to turn it into a sprawl.
Kevin Allerton
the loss of quality of life, amenity and peace from the already ribbon development along Eccleshall road has been significant to the resident sof Walton. Residential roads built to house the ederly are now frenetic rat runs for the new estates. Trying to cross Eccleshall road as cars flaut the speed limit by inexcess of 20 mph making crossing the road a real problem for residents. People with now connection to the area have no respect when driving between th eoutlying new estates and their destinations, be it the school less than a mile away or shops. To add to this would make life descend further into a congested, noisy, degraded environment with already squeezed services further diluted by unchecked technocentric planning.
Chris
Should not be building these stone cannot cope with all these house the town is changing not for the better
A Williams
Stone simply cannot take any more development there are not enough doctors dentists or school places,.
Bill
Stone is already overcrowded, lacking many key support services, under funded on infrastructure, roads are already overused even before M6 issues drive detour jams…. This is a recipe for disaster.
Ann Bate
Eccleshall Road is already gridlocked with existing traffic Stone infrastructure cannot cope with anymore homes being built.
Wendy
Stone has not got the infrastructure to cope with these plans. There are the doctors, that we struggle for appointments. One high school to feed into. When there is an issue on the motorway stone as know becomes a car park. So add 500++ into the equation and even more carnage. This is just people who sit in their cosy offices and dont look at the bigger picture. Pure greed pure and simple.
Jason turner
We all say no too house don’t no need we get enough roads busy more business and doctors and school please