Stafford 2023

[Wormella]

I was walking through town today and realised that if all of the proposed plans (houses, shopping centres etc) come off - and there's some kind of sustained economic growth - ( and I like to think there will be ) that 10 years from now Stafford could have a very different feel to it - both the centre and the outskirts.

I don't think this is a bad thing, change is inevitable and generally should be welcomed. I'd hate to think we lived somewhere that was stagnant.

When I get a second I'll try and knock together a map of what Stafford might look like in 2023, but it would be good to have a thread to collect all of the proposed changes and planned developments in one place - along with predictions, would like to have's, fears for the future etc...

 

[John Marwood]

You can score out anything owned by a council

 

[proactive]

We'll all be driving around in our electric hover-cars



Some people will be complaining that we need an extra bit of sky to use as a bypass to the west of town as the congestion is soooo bad and Henryscat will still be trying to persuade us that by not sitting next to snotty nosed kids and perverts on the bus or the train we are evil planet-killers.

Plus ça change..

 

[Spelunker]

Henryscat will still be trying to persuade us that by not sitting next to snotty nosed kids and perverts on the bus or the train we are evil planet-killers

Yeah but in electric hover cars!
The bar stewards promised when I was a kid that we would have them by now!
That's when men walked on the moon (with the windblown flag)

 

[Withnail]

The influx of x thousand soldiers is bound to have an enormous impact upon the town - i reserve judgement as to whether this will be a good/bad thing.

Which i guess makes me a Reservist.

 

[Noah]

We'll all be driving around in our electric hover-cars ...

So how about all those electric monorail carriages on rails hanging above the tree-lined pedestrianised streets, and the robot housemaids ...

 

[Withnail]

So how about all those electric monorail carriages on rails hanging above the tree-lined pedestrianised streets ...

 

[John Marwood]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/26/nhs-privatisation-fears-deepen-deal

 

[henryscat]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/26/nhs-privatisation-fears-deepen-deal

Not just the NHS either. With 40% of our employment being public sector, there could be some not very good changes in store for the next 10 years.

Royal Mail privatisation now looking a done deal.

Within the next ten years we'll have a four lane M6 which might have a short term effect on making Stafford more attractive to commute from until it clogs again.

 

[henryscat]

We'll all be driving around in our electric hover-cars



Some people will be complaining that we need an extra bit of sky to use as a bypass to the west of town as the congestion is soooo bad and Henryscat will still be trying to persuade us that by not sitting next to snotty nosed kids and perverts on the bus or the train we are evil planet-killers.

Plus ça change..

Said it a zillion times before, I am not anti-car, but I am anti too much car. Stafford is going to expand. There will be no increase in road capacity into the town centre, so the town faces two choices: more clogged roads, or use an alternative for some (that does not mean all) journeys.

 

[henryscat]

The influx of x thousand soldiers is bound to have an enormous impact upon the town - i reserve judgement as to whether this will be a good/bad thing.

Which i guess makes me a Reservist.

Going by the effect Whittington Barracks has, I'd say bad.

 

[Gramaisc]

The influx of x thousand soldiers is bound to have an enormous impact upon the town - i reserve judgement as to whether this will be a good/bad thing.

Which i guess makes me a Reservist.

Going by the effect Whittington Barracks has, I'd say bad.

It could be a good thing - but a visit to Aldershot, Colchester or Catterick will not raise your hopes...

 

[Jonah]

With all these new houses and possibly new people moving into Stafford, what I would like to know is where the people are going to work?

Or is Stafford just going to be a huge dormitory?

 

[Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt]

With all these new houses and possibly new people moving into Stafford, what I would like to know is where the people are going to work?

Or is Stafford just going to be a huge dormitory?

I think most of the people will work elsewhere. I think it is inevitable that given the proximity of Stafford to the strategic road and rail network that "commuter town" status is pretty likely. We are 1 hr 20 mins from London - 50/1hr ish to both Birmingham and Manchester. Stafford already has a pretty hefty commuter population, I can't see that changing substantially and certainly not by 2023.

 

[Vault_girl]

they're called "sleeper towns" apparently - and I thought stafford already was one!

 

[Wormella]

As promised (a long time ago) - have I missed any planned devlopments?

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z6tNEyXdRc2g.kdjpjCdOmtLg

 

[Gramaisc]

As promised (a long time ago) - have I missed any planned devlopments?

There's housing planned for the whole length of Beaconside from the A34 to - and across - Sandon Road...

..a trading estate west of the A34, north of the current Audi..

..the traveller site on Tollgate..

..the planned new housing in Baswich..

..the HS2 line..

..an expansion of the trading estate on the Weston Road into the fields to the north..

..some new housing at the bottom end of Rickerscote..

..there may be others..

 

[Gramaisc]

..and whatever they finally end up doing at the old police headquarters..

..and they're currently building something on the last green bit along the Junction 14 link-road...

 

[Gramaisc]

..there are plans for the field to the west of Junction 14, too..

..and the development of the old ambulance station, etc..

..and I see you've added St George's Park..

 

[Wormella]

Hs2 line, redhill expansion & North staffs development added - more or less, have you got links to things I've missed