Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are going to make a joint bid for a City Deal to stimulate economic growth and create thousands of new jobs.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has invited expressions of interest in a second wave of City Deals which give councils greater freedom and funding to regenerate the local economy.
If their bid is successful, the county council and the city council hope to attract new business to the area, increase its gross domestic product by 50% and create 50,000 jobs.
Archaeologists from Bristol University and the University of York will soon be digging in Staffordshire to find the remains of First World War buildings.
The archaeologists are part of an experimental nine month project to discover and record traces of the county’s Home Front.
Archaeologists and researchers working on the scheme will be investigating two areas – Staffordshire and the Lower Lea Valley.
In Staffordshire, they will work closely with Staffordshire County Council’s Historic Environment Record Service and the Historic Environment Record Office in Stoke-on-Trent.
Researchers anticipate finding and recording numerous sites of wartime activity including buildings, requisitioned country estates, military airfields, hospitals, graves and cemeteries, street shrines and rolls of honour.
Over two months ago on February 20th, The Phoenix Trust sent the email published below to Staffordshire County Council asking for information about the legal status of the Oakamoor to Denstone Greenway in the Churnet Valley.
As yet we have not received a reply. How long does it take Staffordshire County Council to answer a few simple questions?
Members of The Friends of the Churnet Valley, a conservation group of which I am both chairperson and patron, have approached the Phoenix Trust’s Community Advice Centre for help.
The members are very concerned about the future of the Oakamoor to Denstone Greenway. However, they are not certain about the Greenway’s legal status which we have been told could be a permissive path or a bridleway. In these circumstances, before advising them, I should be grateful if you could tell me:
When the Greenway was created
Its present legal status.
I understand that the Greenway’s legal status may have changed at least once since it was created. If this information is correct could you let me have details of the changes and when they were made?
Global commercial property consultant Cushman Wakefield has been appointed to find developers interested in redeveloping the former Sainsbury’s site in Ryecroft, Newcastle which is jointly owned by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council.
It is hoped the site will eventually be part of a major redevelopment project that could lead to a £60 million investment in Newcastle town centre and the creation of up to 700 jobs.
Cllr. Robin Studd, Deputy Leader of the borough council and Cabinet member for regeneration and development, said: “This is another significant step forward in our plans for reshaping Newcastle town centre. Cushman Wakefield will provide specialist advice and guidance to help us achieve our ambitious goals for this key town centre location.”
The next phase in a major £1 million project to boost Newcastle’s economy is about to start.
Staffordshire County Council and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council are working together to revamp the town centre and make it more pedestrian friendly.
County Councillor Mike Maryon, Cabinet member for Highways and Transport, said: “This major investment will see subtle but smart changes made to Newcastle town centre so it’s more appealing for people to visit and spend their money in the shops, restaurants and cafes.
“Prosperity is at the top of the agenda in Staffordshire and improving our town centres is a vital component to growing the local economy. Pedestrianising the town centre will create a thoroughfare between upper and lower High Street which will help to increase footfall and profits for local traders. These measures form part of the wider regeneration master plan for Newcastle.”
Borough Councillor Robin Studd, Cabinet member for Regeneration and Planning, said: “The borough council is delighted to work in partnership with Staffordshire County Council to help breathe new life into Newcastle town centre. The improvements are designed to make it easier and more pleasurable to shop while giving a much needed injection to our historic market in a bid to encourage more people to visit our wonderful town.”
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