More on North Staffordshire!

The January Newsletter included a report on our characterisation of the North Staffordshire Conurbation. The study area of 18,000 hectares covered many different settlements and, therefore, their suburbs.

In March, English Heritage published its latest guidance in the HELM series on ‘Suburbs and the Historic Environment’. The guidance includes just three case studies one of which is our work on North Staffordshire, which it describes as:

‘…a highly informative assessment of the historic character of much of Stoke and its suburbs. Its use by the key organisations locally will ensure the area’s heritage plays its part in revitalising local suburbs by informing the preparation of development briefs and masterplans and the detail of specific development proposals.’