Full results: Best Kept Village 2015 – Staffordshire

Highly Commended were: Barlaston, Burston, Church Eaton, Colwich and Little Haywood, Hilderstone, Oulton and Stowe-by-Chartley. The results for the large village category for Stafford District were: Gnosall and Great Haywood (joint third place

300 take to streets in Stafford homes protest

Villagers in Hixon and Stowe-by-Chartley set off from either end of Stowe Lane on Monday, meeting in the middle where the entrance to the development is proposed. The protestors say the lane is too narrow to provide a safe access on to the sit

Staffordshire villagers walk in protest over plan for 90 homes in Hixon

Hixon and Stowe-by-Chartley near Stafford are separated by Stowe Lane, a half mile long stretch of road that protestors say is not suitable to provide access to the proposed housing development. Residents from both villages walked in protest a