Stafford MP, Leigh Ingham, has secured £110,000 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to help support Stafford Borough Council.

The funding should enable the council to have more control over where housing is built and push for infrastructure development.

It will support technical studies, additional resources, and community engagement work as the council begins consultations about the borough's future.

This involves discussing issues such as housing, employment, climate change, flooding, traffic, and the protection of wildlife and natural heritage.

A Local Plan sets out where development can and cannot happen across the borough.

It is important that plans are well thought out to ensure development happens in the correct places and that areas of the countryside are protected.

The Government has set out reforms to ensure that Local Plans are quickly put into action, as a result plans must be prepared and adopted by the local authority within 30 months.

To aid this process, Leigh Ingham MP made the case for extra investment into Stafford Borough to Housing Ministers.

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She said: "We do need more homes in Stafford Borough – I speak to families weekly who are struggling to find somewhere to live – and it's the job of government to address this.

"But we must build the right homes, in the right places, with the right infrastructure.

"That means schools, GP surgeries, roads, and flood protection to serve the new estates.

"This funding will help support the Local Plan process, so we can build the homes families need, in the best way for our existing communities – that's why I pushed for additional funding to support the development of the plan."

Click here to read our article about the Local Plan and initial public consultation.