New housing in Stafford Borough Council
We read Stafford Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 13,288 of its planning applications going back to 1987, and 110 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 149% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 149% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 13,288
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 92 | 19 | 12 |
| 2025 | 98 | 49 | 21 |
| 2024 | 84 | 54 | 14 |
| 2023 | 88 | 60 | 21 |
| 2022 | 118 | 77 | 21 |
| 2021 | 100 | 54 | 30 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,015 | Sandon Gate Land North Of Beaconside Stafford Screening Opinion - Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for principal means of access onto the existing highway) for the demolition of existing buildings and structures, reuse of existing farmhouse… 25/41616/ESS | Awaiting decision | 18 Nov 2025 |
| 650 | Land East Of Stone Road Stafford Screening Opinion - Outline application with all matters reserved except for primary access for the development of up to 650 homes, primary school and associated facilities, public open spaces, drainage details… 26/42672/ESS | Approved | 21 Aug 2026 |
| 510 | Land Off Eccleshall Road Stone Staffordshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for principal means of access), for development comprising up to 510 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), specialist housing for older people (Use Class C2… 25/41229/OUT | Decided | 22 Oct 2025 |
| 510 | Land To West Of Blurtons Lane Eccleshall Stafford Staffordshire Screening Opinion in relation to the above Site for a Proposed Development of up to 510 dwellings and potential for a primary school, health centre, open space, landscaping, associated infrastructure and works… 25/40387/ESS | Approved | 11 Mar 2025 |
| 505 | Land West Of Micklow House Farm Eccleshall Road Stone Staffordshire Proposed Development of up to 505 dwellings, a first school, open space, landscaping, associated infrastructure and works, including earthworks and drainage 25/40406/ESS | Approved | 17 Mar 2025 |
| 480 | Land To West Of Blurtons Lane, South Of Stone Road, North Of Stafford Road Eccleshall Stafford Staffordshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for principal means of access), for development comprising up to 480 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), specialist housing for older people (Use Class C2… 25/41516/OUT | Decided | 5 Dec 2025 |
| 360 | Land To The North Of Milford Road Walton On The Hill Stafford Staffordshire Outline planning application (with all matters reserved for future determination except for means of access) for up to 360 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) including public open space; access from Milford Road… 25/41179/OUT | Decided | 29 Sept 2025 |
| 320 | Land Between Ash Flats And A449 Mosspit Moss Pit Stafford Staffordshire Residential development of up to 320 dwellings (Use Class C3) with supporting infrastructure (including green infrastructure, highways and associated works) and the demolition of existing buildings and structures. All… 25/40513/OUT | Decided | 20 Jun 2025 |
| 320 | Land At Ashflats Moss Pit Stafford Staffordshire Screening Opinion - outline proposal for up to 320 dwellings with all matters reserved except for access 25/40398/ESS | Approved | 13 Mar 2025 |
| 285 | Land West Of Stafford Martin Drive Castlefields Stafford Staffordshire Approval of access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping for residential parcels within Phase 5 only up to 285 dwellings pursuant to hybrid permission 20/32034/FUL (as amended under 23/37352/FUL) 26/42062/REM | Decided | 14 May 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Barlaston
- Blythe Bridge
- Bradley (Stafford)
- Brocton
- Coldmeece
- Cold Norton (Stafford)
- Derrington
- Eccleshall
- Ellenhall
- Fulford
- Gnosall
- Gnosall Heath
- Great Haywood
- Haughton
- Hilderstone
- Hixon
- Hopton (Stafford)
- Little Haywood
- Milford (Stafford)
- Moreton (Stafford)
- Oulton
- Stafford
- Stone (Stafford)
- Swynnerton
- Tittensor
- Weston (Stafford)
- Woodseaves
- Yarnfield
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Stafford Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.