Social Value Ideas for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Support for structural changes order

The meeting set out the council’s preferred approach to the structural changes order, including joint committee arrangements, returning officer arrangements, warding proposals, and transitional provis…

“To give effect to any reorganisation has to be legislation. The primary legislation that we responded to is the local government public involvement in…”

Gather contract and workforce data

As part of LGR preparation, officers across the county are gathering core information on existing contracts, material matters, financial position and workforce issues. This data collection is intended…

“Speaker 4: Thank you, that was leading up to a really good segue between items ten and eleven there actually, and Tanya will cover off some of that. C…”

Prepare joint committee

Officers and the leader indicated that a voluntary joint committee should be set up as soon as possible, ahead of the formal statutory requirement, so that implementation work can start early. The joi…

“The principal duties are around the implementation plan. That's the plan that provides all the detail around the safe transfer to the new authority. W…”

LGR legacy plan signed off

The leader said the legacy plan has been agreed and signed off by full council, providing accountability for the remaining period before the council’s abolition. The plan is intended to guide work thr…

“Speaker 7: First of all, I think a big move forward is the fact that the legacy plan's now agreed and signed off by full council, and that becomes a r…”

Grey belt housing refused

The committee refused permission in principle for up to seven dwellings at Farmside Lane, Biddulph Moor. Officers and members concluded the proposal, although on grey belt land, was out of keeping wit…

“The proposal would be in conflict with the local plan and the neighborhood plan and we're therefore recommending it for refusal. Thank you chair.”

BESS application deferred for more information

Members deferred the Lees Farm battery energy storage scheme rather than determine it, because they wanted further technical information on cable routing, highways disruption, flood risk and cumulativ…

“Before we we go into the vote, I I I actually well, I I'd this application because it's incomplete. And also, I've got concerns not just off-site but …”

Rural building conversion to residential use

Application SMD 2025/0276 for conversion of a 100+ year old agricultural building on land northeast of Brun Lane, Cheddleton to a one-bedroom dwelling with extension. Building was damaged in Storm Dar…

“The proposal is to convert the building into a one-bedroom dwelling. There will be an extension, a small extension, just to the east off the building …”

Local Government Reorganisation - Unitary Authority Model

Government is mandating local government reorganisation requiring transition from two-tier system (county and district councils) to single-tier unitary authorities. Minimum recommended authority size …

“The government give us guidelines. They're looking for a single tier of local government... All existing councils, county councils, city councils, dis…”

Government-Imposed Timeline for Local Government Reorganisation

Government has set mandatory deadlines: interim plan to be submitted by March 21, 2025, with full proposal due November 28, 2025. After submission, government will conduct statutory consultation with …

“the 21st of March 2025, this is for the interim plan to be submitted to the government regarding the local government reorganisation, and then the 28t…”