Stafford Road Corridor Area Action Plan

Issues Paper Consultation

The council is conducting a public consultation on a new plan for the regeneration of the Stafford Road area of the city. The plan will be known as the Stafford Road Corridor Area Action Plan (AAP). 

The first stage, the Issues Paper, highlights topics for discussion and comment so that the final plan reflects your views on what the area should be like in 2026 and what development needs to happen to achieve this.

Your views on these issues are needed as this will help make sure that new development creates job opportunities for local residents, promotes economic prosperity, enhances the quality of environment and helps to deliver a greater housing, retail and leisure offer which will benefit the whole community.   

Consultation Arrangements

We would like your comments to the questions and issues raised in the Issues Paper by August 10, 2009.

Viewing the Issues Paper

The Issues Paper is available to download below.

 

Supporting documents are are available on request. The Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for this AAP is available here.

The Issues Paper can also be viewed at reception 24 at the Civic Centre (details provided below), Central Library, local libraries to the AAP (Collingwood, Low Hill, Pendeford and Whitmore Reans) and through Oxley & Bushbury North, Low Hill & Scotlands and Whitmore Reans Local Neighbourhood Partnerships.

Events

The council will be involving people through the Local Neighbourhood Partnerships to the AAP and other groups and organisations (inline with the Statement of Community Involvement).

A public consultation event for the local community to discuss the Issues Paper is planned for the evening of 28th July 2009 at the Goodyear Pavilion on Stafford Road. People are asked to contact the Planning Policy team on planning.policy@wolverhampton.gov.uk or 01902 552177 if they would like to attend.

Please contact us (details provided below) if you would like someone to come and talk to you about the Issues Paper.

Giving us your comments

Your comments and responses to the questions raised in the Issues Paper can be submitted online. You can also send your comments to:

E-mail:  planning.policy@wolverhampton.gov.uk

or at

Planning Policy & Area Plans
Regeneration and Environment
Wolverhampton City Council
Civic Centre
St Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
WV1 1RP

Further contact details are given below.

Timetable

Your views will influence the production of an Options Report, which will be subject to a public consultation in early 2010 and will put forward a number of options for the development of the area. Following this, the Council will produce the final draft Area Action Plan in autumn 2010. The Plan will then be submitted to the Secretary of State and subject to an examination in public in 2011.

Further details are available in the LDS.

Supporting Evidence

A number of documents and studies are informing the production of the AAP. They will be available to download from the Evidence page.

Background Information

The AAP covers the area from the M54 Junction 2 to the outer edges of the City Centre. It includes parts of Fordhouses, Bushbury, Oxley, and Low Hill.

The Stafford Road Corridor is one of the main gateways into Wolverhampton and the Black Country, containing important road and rail infrastructure which links the City with Staffordshire, Shropshire, Telford and with North-West England. It is also home to some of the highest quality employment areas in the Black Country, containing clusters of high technology leading edge manufacturing. 

The AAP will form part of the Council’s planning system (the LDF), which informs new housing, employment and environmental improvements in the City, right up until the year 2026. The Plan will also help the Council to make decisions on planning applications, and will also influence decisions about transport, community facilities and jobs. 

Further information on AAP's can be found here.

Further information

For further information, please contact the Planning Policy and Area Plans team on:

E-mail: planning.policy@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Phone: 01902 552177 / 5636
Minicom: 01902 555554
Fax: 01902 555637