Building a future for Stoke-on-Trent

Members of the public will soon get to have their say on plans to build 18,528 homes on sites across Stoke-on-Trent. Phil Corrigan explains issues and the process of the city’s new local plan

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THE city’s new local plan will guide all development until 2040 - setting out where new homes, businesses and infrastructure should be built.

While the document contains policies on issues such as transport, heritage and tourism, the most important part - and potentially the most controversial - are the site allocated for homes. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's draft local plan, which has now been approved for consultation, includes 60 specific sites earmarked for housing and another five to mixed-use developments, which could deliver 8,029 homes between them.