Parish Clerk

Dear Residents

Severn Trent has provided the attached leaflet for your information.

The second page of the leaflet provides details of who to contact for each kind of flood situation.

Flooded roads
For local roads, call your local council as they
look after roadside drains. If it’s a larger road,
call National Highways on 0300 123 5000.

Rivers and streams
For flooded streams and minor river flooding, call your
local council. For major river floods – if a river has broken
its banks it’s a major river flood – call the Environment
Agency on 0345 988 1188.

Sewer flooding
This is when you need to contact Severn Trent. If you see sewer
contents flooding from a manhole, call us straight away
on 0800 783 4444.

https://www.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/flooding/

Severn Trent Storm Flyer 2025

Dear Residents, we have been sent the following survey for you to complete:

Staffordshire Police have launched their Policing Priority Survey and we want to hear directly from you.

• Your voice matters :  Public feedback helps shape the priorities that guide local policing.
• Community driven decisions : By sharing your views, your influence on how resources are focused, on the issues that matter most to you.
• Building Trust : Transparent engagement ensures policing reflects the needs, concerns and expectations of the community.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and help us make policing more responsive, effective and community focused. Together we can create safer neighbourhoods and stronger partnerships.

https://survey.staffordshiresmartalert.co.uk/Survey/HASH/575DC9A8543B5B410F2634F57FA99A4A

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Staffordshire County Council being the highway authority responsible for the repair and maintenance of B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton and B5066 Sandon Bank, Sandon are satisfied that it is necessary to prohibit any vehicle from proceeding in that length of B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton in an eastbound direction only from its junction with A513 Beaconside to its junction with Hopton Lane for a further period of 21 days.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN PLACE BETWEEN 07:30HOURS ON 10th November 2025 AND 17:00HOURS ON 22nd December 2025.

Notice because of the likelihood of danger to the public during the temporary access and site compound
construction works being undertaken by Staffordshire County Council.

Throughout the duration of this emergency Order a temporary 40 MPH Speed Restriction Order will be in place on B5066 Sandon Bank, Sandon and B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton

Access will be available for vehicles being used in connection with the works and for emergency services vehicles.

An alternative route for traffic is available via A513 Beaconside, A518 Weston Road, A519 Weston Bank, A518
Stafford Road, A51 London Road, A51 Lichfield Road, B5066 Sandon Bank and B5066 Sandon Road.
https://one.network/?tm=GB145954514

Dear Residents
The Parish Council agreed in the November meeting of the Council to create a Working Group for the B5066 Canal Bridge and surrounding areas.
The Frame of Reference for this working group is below and in the Policy Area of our website.

Frame of Reference – Canal Bridge Working Group – November 2025

Dear Residents
The Road Closure on the B5066 are changing frequently.

The Parish Council suggests that residents sign up for updates via the One.Network system, click on the link below.

Current Road Closure dated today – 13.11.2025, is one way from Sandon to Stafford but this could change back to one way from Stafford to Sandon by Monday.

https://one.network/public

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 (AS AMENDED)
ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC REGULATION NOTICE
EMERGENCY ONE-WAY CLOSURE AND 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT
B5066 SANDON ROAD, HOPTON AND B5066 SANDON BANK, SANDON

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN PLACE BETWEEN 07:30HOURS ON 10th November 2025 AND 17:00HOURS ON 30th November 2025.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Staffordshire County Council being the highway authority responsible for the repair and maintenance of B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton and B5066 Sandon Bank, Sandon are satisfied that it is necessary to prohibit any vehicle from proceeding in that length of B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton in an eastbound direction only from its junction with A513 Beaconside to its junction with Hopton Lane for a period of 21 days from the date of this Notice because of the likelihood of danger
to the public during the temporary access and site compound construction works being undertaken by Staffordshire County Council.

Throughout the duration of this emergency Order a temporary 40 MPH Speed Restriction Order will be in place on B5066 Sandon Bank, Sandon and B5066 Sandon Road, Hopton.

Access will be available for vehicles being used in connection with the works and for emergency services vehicles.

An alternative route for traffic is available via A513 Beaconside, A518 Weston Road, A519 Weston Bank, A518 Stafford Road, A51 London Road, A51 Lichfield Road, B5066 Sandon Bank and B5066 Sandon Road.
https://one.network/?tm=GB145954514

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN PLACE BETWEEN 07:30HOURS ON
10th November 2025 AND 17:00HOURS ON 30th November 2025.

The restriction may if necessary be extended for one further period of up to 21 days by the publication of a second Notice.

06.11.2025

New Homes and Schools coming to Beaconside

Temporary road works are taking place on Sandon Road to support the delivery of new schools, affordable homes and other amenities and infrastructure for Beaconside.

The works are part of Bloor Homes’ new 2,000-home development at Sandon Park, north of Beaconside, which will deliver new primary and secondary schools and other amenities including retail units, parkland, sports pitches, a health centre, and an elderly-living facility.

The roadworks will take place between Monday 3 November and Monday 15 December 2025. A one-way system will be in place from Beaconside to Hopton Lane and traffic will be able to travel from Beaconside to the A51.

Bloor Homes, working together with Staffordshire and Stafford Councils, intend to open the new secondary school in September 2028, and these current road works will install the necessary utility services needed for the development.

The wider development at Sandon Park will not only help Stafford Council meet its home building targets and infrastructure needs but will also provide substantial financial contributions through an extensive S106 package of statutory and developer contributions totalling over £28 Million.

Bloor Homes understand that there has been disruption in other parts of Stafford and will seek to work swiftly to minimise disruption. Bloor Homes have worked in tandem with Staffordshire County Council and Stafford Borough Council to ensure the works can be done safely and speedily.

A website providing more information on the project will soon go live, and any questions regarding the works can be sent to engagement@calcomms.co.uk

More information on the progress of the works, and further works planned next year to facilitate the development, will be announced in the next couple of months.

ENDS

Notes to the Editor

The works taking place at Sandon Road are a necessary first step towards the delivery of new homes, as well as educational and health amenities. These initial roadworks will be completed by Monday 15 December 2025, and will help to facilitate the delivery of:

• 2000 new homes, including affordable ones
• Two new Local Centres providing retail and other community facilities
• A new Health Centre
• An elderly Living Facility
• A two-form entry Primary School
• A five-form entry Secondary School
• Supporting infrastructure including green infrastructure, highways and associated works including highway improvement works along Beaconside Road
• Significant S.106 development contributions from the developers

Further roadworks to form the new site access junction will take place on Sandon Road during 2026 and the programme for that will be publicised when known.

Dear Residents,

The Staffordshire Sustainability Board is hosting free tree giveaway events this autumn and winter to encourage Staffordshire residents and community groups to plant trees at home to protect the environment and enhance nature.

The trees will be around 30-60cm long, so easy to fit in your car and take home!

The trees will be a mix of oak, hawthorn, rowan, silver birch, crab apple, hazel and whitebeam and will be available at the following locations from 10am – 2pm:

South Staffordshire – 27 October 2025, Baggeridge Country Park, DY3 4HB

Lichfield – 28 October 2025, Chasewater Country Park, WS8 7NL

Tamworth – 29 October 2025, Tamworth Castle Grounds, B79 7NA

Cannock – 30 October 2025, Marquis Drive, WS12 4PW

Stafford – 31 October 2025, Albert’s Café, ST16 2QP

Newcastle-under-Lyme – 21 November 2025, Apedale Country Park, ST5 6AX

East Staffordshire – 16 February 2026, The Greenhouse at Stapenhill Cemetery, DE15 9AE

Staffordshire Moorlands – 17 February 2026, Deep Hayes Country Park, ST13 7JS

Stoke-on-Trent – 18 February 2026, Westport Lake, ST6 4RZ

Make sure not to miss out – the trees will be given out first come, first served!

If you do collect some trees, contact lily.saeidi2@staffordshire.gov.uk with photos so we can share them on social media.