Knutton Masterplan residents' drop-in events this week

The local community in Knutton are being invited to have their say once again on the plans for their area.

Two 'drop-in' events for local residents took place in Knutton last week and there are further opportunities this week - this time at Castle House in Newcastle. 

The events will be open from 6pm-8pm on Thursday 26 May and from 11am-3pm on Saturday 28 May.

At the two events residents can expect to see detailed plans of the proposals, with artists’ drawings, plans and aerial shots. The events will be attended by representatives from the Council, Staffordshire County Council and Aspire.

The Knutton Village project was one of a number included in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Investment Plan and the Newcastle Town Deal Board was subsequently awarded £23.6 million funding to deliver them.  

The proposals include:

• A new sports pavilion with changing and showering facilities at ‘The Wammy’;
• the development of more than 240 aspirational new homes to attract higher income families;
• a new village hall and village green;
• the re-modelling and improvement of part of Knutton Enterprise Centre’s business accommodation, including improvements to the centre’s frontage on to High Street;
• traffic calming measures to be introduced to High Street and Blackbank Road with improvements to the Church Lane and Milehouse Lane junction and
• Redevelopment of Castletown Grange and a review of options for the long-term future of Gordon Court.

Newcastle-under-Lyme was one of 101 towns to be selected for a Town Deal. This has seen the Council receive more than £25 million for the proposals in Newcastle, Kidsgrove and Knutton.

For more information, or - if you want to take part but won’t be able to attend these sessions - please email: richard.corfe@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk