Plans for 61 new homes in Stafford among this week’s applications

Hollins Strategic Land is proposing up to 61 homes on the land south of Radford Bank and a planning application has been submitted to Stafford Borough Council.

A design and access statement put forward as part of the application said: “The proposal demonstrates that the site forms a logical and deliverable extension to Stafford. The site covers an area of 4.47Ha (11.05 acres)and has been promoted for a green infrastructure-led residential development.

“It is located in a sustainable and accessible location on the edge of the Weeping Cross and Wildwood area of Stafford. The design respects the site’s edge-of-Stafford location, maintaining a clear and sensitive transition to surrounding landscapes and safeguarding the setting of nearby heritage assets.

“Pedestrian and cycle routes are prioritised, providing safe and attractive links to Ripon Drive, Chepstow Drive, and Radford Bank. These routes are embedded within green corridors that connect to the wider movement network.

“Over half the site is dedicated to multifunctional green infrastructure and open space, including an attenuation basin, swales, natural play, and robust structural planting.”

The application has already met with several objections from Stafford Borough residents however. A Great Haywood resident said: “This is a flood plain and a stupid idea to allow building on such a space.

“There will be no benefit whatsoever to the local area. If anything it will have the opposite effect as where will the water go?

“Traffic along this stretch is already stupidly busy. We don’t need more.”

An Allium Road resident said: “Between the St Modwen estate, the new one being built behind B&Q, the one that was built on the old police HQ, you are squeezing too many houses on one area; 61 more homes can result on average 122 more vehicles, 244 more individuals needing GP appointments that are already unavailable for the current residents of the area, on average 122 more children to school, not to mentioned the congestion in this area already.

“I work within Stafford community driving between houses and care homes and I see less people now than ever due to the Staffordshire roads. More houses at this end of town is going to make it worse.

“The amount of new build estates in Stafford alone is a joke. Leave some rural landscape to make it somewhere you want to live.”

Below are other planning applications published or validated by Staffordshire councils in recent days:

Stafford Borough Council

• 26/41706/NOTH: Install a single service to a new property by installing a new electricity pole, stay wire and single spna of overhead conductor at Butterhill Cottage, Butterhill Bank, Burston, ST18 0DT

• 26/41694/LDCPP: Two storey rear extension. Single storey side extensions. New outbuilding at Randalls, Bury Bank, ST15 0QA

• 26/41692/LDCPP: Change of use from C3 – Dwellinghouse to C4 – House in Multiple Occupation (five bedrooms/five occupants) at 121 Oxford Gardens, Stafford, ST16 3JD

• 25/41603/FUL: Change of use to dog walking field and associated works on land east of Lichfield Road, Little Haywood

• 25/41545/TDC: Demolition of existing house and submission of technical details for erection of three custom build bungalows and alteration to site access following approval of 24/38750/PIP (demolition of existing derelict house and construction of between three and four dwellings) at Badgers Rake, Mill Lane, Gnosall, ST20 0BY

• 25/41383/FUL and 25/41384/LBC: Internal alterations, including dentist/retail fit out, external repairs and redecoration. External alterations to facilitate use within use class E(e) at 37 Greengate Street, Stafford, ST16 2JA

• 25/41362/OUT: Residential development for up to 61 dwellings, access and associated works on land south of Radford Bank, Stafford, ST17 4PH

• 25/41617/FUL: Erection of two employment units (Use Classes Use Classes E(g)(i), E(g)(ii), B2 and B8) at Billington Farm, Billington Bank, Billington

East Staffordshire Borough Council

• P/2026/00033: Erection of single storey front and rear extensions with alterations to the roof including installation of roof lights and blocking up of window on side elevation at 30 Holland Park, Barton under Needwood, DE13 8DU

• P/2026/00040: Felling of one Poplar tree, crown reduce by 30% of 67 Poplar trees, eight Willow trees and 16 Black Poplar trees, crown reduce by 50% of one Black Poplar tree, crown reduce by 30% and sever ivy at base of two Black Poplar trees, pollard 18 Willow trees, pollard and sever ivy at base of one Willow tree and pollard one Poplar tree (TPO – Tree Preservation Order -253 G1) at Washlands Sports Club, Meadow Road, Burton, DE14 1TD

• P/2026/00043: Erection of a two storey and single storey rear, part first floor and single storey side and single storey front extension at 185 Beamhill Road, Burton, DE13 9QN

• P/2026/00028: Conversion of existing integral garage into a granny annexe with associated external alterations at 5 Thorpe Close, Stapenhill, DE15 9GS

• P/2026/00034: Removal of the existing bay window and reinstatement of the garage use at 18 Burnside, Rolleston on Dove, DE13 9DN

• P/2026/00046: Demolition of existing dwelling to facilitate the erection of a self build dwelling at 1A The Lawns, Rolleston on Dove, DE13 9DA

• P/2026/00041: Erection of a single storey front extension and side/rear extension at 11 Fullbrook Avenue, Barton under Needwood, DE13 8HD

• P/2026/00044: Installation of a energy storage cabinet to the support the operation of the solar farm on land at Green Lane, Marchington

• P/2025/01339: Removal of damaged / torn limbs and height reduction in the crown by up to 3 metres of one Ash tree (TPO 59) at Henhurst and District Recreation Club, Henhurst Hill, Burton, DE13 9TB

• P/2026/00042: Display of two non-illuminated free standing entrance signs, one non-illuminated wall mounted sign, two non-illuminated directional totem signs, five non-illuminated unit totem signs, three non-illuminated hoarding signs, two non-illuminated directional lamp post signs, one non-illuminated post mounted v-board sign and five non-illuminated building vinyls at Indurent Park, Gateway Road, Barton under Needwood, DE13 8FL

• P/2026/00035: Retention of change of use of a residential annexe to an independent dwelling, with associated off-street parking and external amenity area at annexe at The Antique Shop, 1 King Street, Yoxall, DE13 8NF

• P/2026/00045: Removal and replacement of temporary agricultural worker’s mobile home with a detached self build dwelling at Trippy Oaks Farm, Watery Lane, Stramshall, ST14 5DZ

• P/2026/00037: Display of three non-illuminated fascia signs at Burton Albion FC, Pirelli Stadium, Princess Way, Burton, DE13 0EN

• P/2026/00036: Change of external materials and the removal of turn styles at Burton Albion FC, Pirelli Stadium, Princess Way, Burton, DE13 0EN

• P/2026/00030: Demolition of existing conservatory to facilitate the erection of a two storey rear extension and alterations to existing fenestration on the side elevation at Pebble Mill, Wychnor Lane, Wychnor, DE13 8BY

Cannock Chase District Council

• CH/26/027: Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed replacement of conservatory with single storey rear extension at 43 Barnard Way, Cannock, WS11 6XJ

• CH/26/026: Replacement of two wooden windows with uPVC sash windows at first floor level at 41 Horse Fair, Rugeley, WS15 2EJ

• CH/26/024: Retrospective application for change of use to allow for the retention of external bar area within car park, including siting of transit containers at Bar Sport, 85 High Green, Cannock, WS11 1BJ

• DC/26/01: District Consultation: 26/00002/FULMEI- Full Planning permission for the erection of a Class E foodstore, with access, car parking, servicing, landscaping, riverside walkway and other associated works on land at Stafford Road, Penkridge

• CH/26/023: Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing construction of a barrel canopy at St Luke’s CE Primary School, New Penkridge Road, Cannock, WS11 1HN

• CH/19/201/Y: Part discharge of condition 25 (Site Waste Management Plan) in relation to Phase 1 of planning application CH/19/201 (outline planning application for the creation of development platform and the demolition of existing office building, environmental centre, and security gatehouse, site clearance, remediation and phased mixed-use development comprising up to 2,300 new dwellings and residential units (use classes C3 and C2); up to 1.2ha of mixed-use (use classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, C1, C2, C3, D1 and D2); up to 5ha of employment (use classes B1a, b, c and B2); a school (all through school or one two form entry primary school (use class D1)); formal and informal publicly accessible open space; key infrastructure including new adoptable roads within the site and the provision of a new primary access junction on to the A513; ground and roof mounted solar panels and two existing electricity substations (132 KV and 400 KV) retained) on land at Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Rugeley

• CH/26/021: Installation of four new air con units to the second-floor roof with associated pipework at Unit 1, 3 Market Place, Cannock, WS11 1BD

• CH/26/022: Conversion of roofspace to habitable use including a rear dormer at 38 Platt Street, Cannock, WS11 5TG

• CH/26/018: Conversion of detached garage to granny annexe at 19 Church Street, Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 6DN

• CH/26/019: Installation of mezzanine floorspace at Unit 4, Orbital Retail Centre, Voyager Drive, Cannock, WS11 8XP

• CH/26/020: Single storey rear extension at 27 Hallum Way, Hednesford, WS12 4TX

South Staffordshire District Council

• 24/00724/COND2: Discharge of condition 11 – external Lighting, condition 15 – lighting design strategy for biodiversity and condition 16 – bat and bird compensation measures of application 24/00724/FUL (Change of use of four agricultural buildings (units 6-9) to Class E (Commercial, Business and Service), including elevational changes to unit 5 and creation of an outside play area) at Clive Farm Buildings, Clive Road, Pattingham, WV6 7EN

• 26/00026/ADV: Informational signage at Clive Farm Buildings, Clive Road, Pattingham, WV6 7EN

• 25/00802/AMEND: Non material amendment to position of solar panels of application 25/00802/FUL on land at Lawn Lane, Coven

• 23/00080/AMEND: Non-material amendment for approved application 23/00080/FUL (erection of a two storey 80 bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated access, parking, landscaping and ancillary works) at Bilbrook Rose Care Home, Carter Avenue, Bilbrook, WV8 1HQ

• 26/00055/VAR: Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of 21/01006/FUL (detached annex to the rear of the garden) to allow for a change to the side elevation window, altering the previously approved triangular window to a circular window at 32 Hyde Lane, Kinver, DY7 6AF

• 26/00053/WMI: The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (as amended by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Correction Order) 2020 and The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment) Orders 2023 and 2025 (The Order) Discharge of Requirements 4(1), 5(1), 12(1), 13(1), 15, 16(1), 20(1), 24(2), 27(1), 28(1) and 29(1) in relation to proposed warehousing and associated works at Development Zone A7b (Plot 5010) at West Midlands Interchange, Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road, Gailey

• 26/00005/WMI: Re-discharge of Requirement 4(1) [Detailed Design Approval] and 15[Earthworks] Related to Phase 2A and Phase 2B pursuant to The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (as amended by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Correction) Order 2020 and The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment) Orders 2023 and 2025) (‘The Order’) at West Midlands Interchange, Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road, Gailey

• 26/00041/FULM; Demolition of existing building and redevelopment for residential extra care (Use Class C2) comprising of apartments and care dwellings, access off Histons Hill, landscaping, and associated infrastructure at former Adult Training Centre, Histons Hill, Codsall, WV8 1AA

• 26/00046/TTREE: TPO 9/1963: Oak – crown reduction by five metres on land adjacent to 10 Ashley Gardens, Codsall, WV8 1AX

• 26/00060/FULHH: Proposed single storey rear extension at 128 Wombourne Park, Wombourne, WV5 0LY

• 26/00040/FULHH: Part two storey, part single storey front extension, single storey rear extension, loft conversion with rear dormer, and addition of render and brickwork plinth at 59 Wood Lane, Wedges Mills, WS11 1SZ

• 26/00038/TTREE: TPO 24/1966 Beech – reduce height by five metres on land to the rear of 183 Kingsley Road, Ridgehill Wood, Lodge Lane, Kingswinford

• 26/00020/VAR: Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) and 4 (Materials) of approved application 24/00867/FULHH (summer house to rear garden) at 12 Forest Drive, Kinver, DY7 6DX

• 25/01126/FULHH: Double storey side extension and new roof to front at ground floor at 7 Round Hill Farm Cottages, Whittington Hall Lane, Kinver, DY7 6PH

• 25/01113/FUL: Change of existing store to an outdoor bar, new external store, roof over new walkway from bar to external store, bin store, replacement gate, fences and removal of rotted timber. New speed bump, curbs, and repairs to car park. Removal of existing trellis at Barley Mow, Penn Common, WV4 5JN

• 25/01073/FULHH: Two storey side extension and single storey extension at front and rear at 23 Princes Drive, Codsall, WV8 2DJ

• 25/01094/FULHH: Extensions to and conversion of the existing double garage into an annexe and a new detached single garage at Friars Gorse, Lawnswood Drive, Lawnswood, DY7 5QW

Lichfield District Council

• 26/00092/CLP: Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Ground floor rear extension at 6 Siddons Close, Lichfield, WS13 7EH

• 26/00084/FUL: Section 73 application to remove condition 4 (no more than three members of staff shall be on site at any one time, except in the case of emergencies) of permission 25/01270/FUL (change of use of dwelling to a home for children in care) relating to staffing levels at Chapel House, Main Road, Haunton, Tamworth, B79 9HL

• 26/00080/TCN: Telecommunications Determination: Replacement of three existing antennas and 1no existing equipment cabinet and installation of one 22.5m monopole, six new antennas and one new 300mm dish with other associated ancillary works thereto on land adj Unit 14 Britannia Way, Lichfield

• 26/00072/FUH: Rear ground floor extension together with part garage conversion at 35 Mason Avenue, Lichfield, WS14 0FL

• 26/00062/FUH: Erection of a two-storey side extension to form enlarged living room, garage, orangery and master bedroom at 45 Sandfield Meadow, Lichfield, WS13 6NH

• 26/00061/CLE: Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing): Retention of a two bed modular independent residential building with existing independent road access at Gayley Lodge, Raikes Lane, Lichfield, WS14 0EL

• 26/00019/FUL: Section 73 application to vary condition 2 of permission 25/01040/FUL (demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a four bedroom detached dwelling (self build) and associated works) relating to design, layout and materials (resubmission of 25/01312/FUL) at 15 Newick Avenue, Little Aston, B74 3DA

• 26/00004/FUL: Erection of replacement dwelling, garage and associated works at Moorfield, Talbot Avenue, Little Aston, B74 3DD

• 26/00001/PNH: Prior Notification: Single story rear extension 4.00m from the rear wall of the original dwelling and reaching a maximum height of 3.06m and eaves height of 2.22m at 4 Langton Crescent, Whittington, WS14 9LR

• 26/00091/FUL: Formation of six bay electric vehicle charging forecourt, sub-station, lighting columns and all associated works at The Plant Plot, Stafford Road, Lichfield, WS13 8JA

Tamworth Borough Council

• 0018/2026: Garage conversion with single storey front extension at 387 Wilnecote Lane, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2LY