ex-GEC/Alstom St Leonards Works Development.

Wormella

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PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Redevelopment Proposals for the Alstom St Leonards site, Stafford
8th March 2016 at 3pm – 7pm
Anson Room, Alstom St Leonards Sports & Social Club, St Leonards Avenue, Stafford ST17 4LX
St. Modwen would like to invite you to a public exhibition of our proposed development plans for new houses at the Alstom St Leonards site. The exhibition will be held between 3pm and 7pm on Tuesday 8th March at the Sports & Social Club.

Members of the St. Modwen development team will be available to answer any questions you may have and to receive comments and feedback on the proposals before preparing to submit a planning application to Stafford Borough Council.

http://stmodwen-thefairway.co.uk/
 
Jonah

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First I've heard of it. No surprise that houses will be built there though.

What does always annoy me about house builders and these public exhibitions is the timings. 3pm - 7pm which gives people who work during the day until 5 or 6pm very little, if no time to actually get there. If they really want the opinion of the public, why can't they have the exhibition from 10am until 10pm?
 
Wormella

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I don't really mind new houses being built, even at the end of my street - I agree they are rubbish at considering infrastructure but I don't drive so I'm less bothered by that then others are. More houses means more people which does mean more money being spent in the area - which means friends of mine as likely to keep being employed. It means more people in pubs, or restaurants, more people attending gigs or events and more likely that other companies will invest in the area - which is a good thing.
 
Gramaisc

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At least the exhibition is local - and not in Chebsey Village Hall, as BNP Paribas did when pretending to consult over plans on Beaconside.
 
Jonah

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Wormella said:
I don't really mind new houses being built, even at the end of my street - I agree they are rubbish at considering infrastructure but I don't drive so I'm less bothered by that then others are. More houses means more people which does mean more money being spent in the area - which means friends of mine as likely to keep being employed. It means more people in pubs, or restaurants, more people attending gigs or events and more likely that other companies will invest in the area - which is a good thing.
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I agree with what you say about spending etc. It's a shame that no thought is put into the infrastructure when these developments get built but having said that, is there the space in this country? Probably not.
 
John Marwood

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bigbluewolf said:
I agree with what you say about spending etc. It's a shame that no thought is put into the infrastructure when these developments get built but having said that, is there the space in this country? Probably not.
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9% of the UK is developed

But then the UK is not a country

Is it?
 
Wormella

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bigbluewolf said:
I agree with what you say about spending etc. It's a shame that no thought is put into the infrastructure when these developments get built but having said that, is there the space in this country? Probably not.
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Yep loads of space, masses of it - if houses are being built exactly where people want / think they want to live is a different matter - and this kind of development of land, from industrial to houses should be welcomed. We'll see what the plan have to say too - I'll be going along for sure.
 
Wormella

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Gramaisc said:
I know what you mean, but people have to work somewhere, and separating work and living areas is a recipe for yet more traffic problems.
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If they're moving anyway I'd rather have houses on it then a massive disused factory / leveled concrete wasteland as you see on the outskirts of Brum and Wolverhampton
 
Gramaisc

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Wormella said:
If they're moving anyway I'd rather have houses on it then a massive disused factory / leveled concrete wasteland as you see on the outskirts of Brum and Wolverhampton
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Absolutely. They're moving because they have no further use for a factory of that size (or age) and they can use the housing deal to fund part of the change. They could have built a smaller modernised plant on part of the site, housing on the rest, and people that currently walk to work from Baswich, etc., could still do so.
 
Wormella

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Gramaisc said:
Absolutely. They're moving because they have no further use for a factory of that size (or age) and they can use the housing deal to fund part of the change. They could have built a smaller modernised plant on part of the site, housing on the rest, and people that currently walk to work from Baswich, etc., could still do so.
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... But limit their opportunities for any expansion
 
ATJ

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My understanding is that the existing outline planning consent for the red area is new industrial use, with 200 houses on the undeveloped flood plain behind (East of) Alstom. If they're now looking to change that permission for the whole site to be houses, you're at least doubling the number, and losing potential jobs. If I've got the right end if the stick here, it's going to be a bastard for traffic, inevitably approved by SBC and is utterly unsurprising
 
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