Family-owned five-star housebuilder, Bloor Homes, is at the early stages of preparing outline plans for a landscape-led development of high-quality family and affordable homes, a new first school, and extensive landscaped public open spaces on land north of Eccleshall Road, west of Stone.
The proposed new neighbourhood would create a network of new walking and cycling routes set within green corridors on land that is currently inaccessible to the public. The retention of existing mature trees and woodland, alongside extensive landscape planting would significantly increase tree cover across the site. There is also the potential to restore historic hedgerows that have previously been lost to agriculture.
It is envisaged that the development would be designed with frontage homes featuring a bespoke Staffordshire design code being produced by Bloor Homes informed by character studies of a range of Staffordshire towns and villages.
A focus on biodiversity and sustainability
The new homes for Stone will be built to Future Homes Standard, meaning a gas-free development with new homes incorporating air source heat pumps, PV cells, uprated insultation and EV charging infrastructure. This will deliver a neighbourhood of Net Zero Carbon-ready homes. In addition, Bloor Homes is a member of the Homes for Nature programme which will see the installation of nesting bricks or boxes in every new home and hedgehog highways between gardens, delivering 10% biodiversity net gain.
Community consultation
We will be launching community consultation on this website in the summer of 2025. We will be publicising this widely, however if you would like to receive notification of the start of consultation, please complete our short contact form, ensuring you opt-in to receive email updates.
Timeline
Ongoing preparatory work and community priorities survey
Spring 2025We are carrying out preparatory work prior to launching consultation with the community on the emerging outline plans. This includes an EIA screening request issued to the local planning authority to help inform the scope of technical work.
Pre-application community consultation
June 2025We will carry out consultation with the community, providing an opportunity for local people to help shape the emerging plans. If you would like to be notified of the start of consultation, please opt-in to email updates.
Outline planning application
Late summer 2025We will submit an outline planning application for our proposed neighbourhood of new homes, first school, and extensive green public open spaces to Stafford Borough Council. This website will be updated with information about the submitted plans and email notifications will be sent to all who have opted-in to receive them advising of the outline planning submission.
Statutory consultation
Summer 2025Stafford Borough Council will carry out Statutory Consultation on the submitted outline plans, seeking feedback from statutory bodies such as local town and parish councils, the local NHS, education providers and highways authorities, as well as members of the public.
Outline planning application determined
In line with Stafford Borough Council planning timescalesStafford Borough Council will make a decision on our outline planning application.
Reserved matters planning application
Estimated 2026Should outline planning permission be granted, we will then prepare detailed Reserved Matters planning applications for the new neighbourhood. This would involve further consultation with the community on these matters of detail prior to the Reserved Matters planning applications being submitted.
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