Two North Staffordshire councils are urging landowners, businesses and developers to come forward with brownfield sites that could be considered in their respective Local Plans.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council are both calling for nominations of suitable sites that could be used for housing, employment, retail or ‘social infrastructure’ like schools.
Daily Focus reported last week that a six-week consultation has been launched to allow businesses to have their say on the city council’s draft Local Plan.
Sites in Stoke-on-Trent need to have a ‘realistic prospect of development’ within the next 20 years. Anyone wishing to nominate a site can submit details via Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s online site nomination form.
Councillor Chris Robinson, city council cabinet member for housing, planning and governance, said: “We are including every viable brownfield site we’ve identified in the Draft Local Plan. This will support development, jobs, growth and prosperity while protecting as much of the city’s green and open space as possible.
“But we know there are other sites out there that could potentially be included. So we are putting a call out to landowners and businesses that think they may have a suitable site to come forward and nominate them.
“We can then assess their viability and, potentially, include them in the Local Plan going forward. We are looking at a range of uses from housing to employment, to retail and social infrastructure, like schools and community facilities.”
Meanwhile, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is also inviting submissions as part of the evidence-gathering process for its Local Plan. Submissions should include details such as location, size, proposed use and any known constraints.
Nominations can be made through the Staffordshire Moorlands site suggestion page.
Both councils say the calls for sites aim to prioritise brownfield land and protect green and open space while supporting growth and development.
