Location
Clanway is located to the north of Tunstall town centre in the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation.

Development proposals
This large brownfield site extends to approximately 23 hectares and is proposed to be developed for around 400 houses, large areas of public open space and an integrated neighbourhood centre. Access to the site will come from the Tunstall Northern Bypass which is due to be constructed by Stoke City Council in 2006 / 2007.

The whole site is in a derelict condition, as a consequence of having been worked for both coal and marl. The site has been undermined by past coal workings at shallow depth and also contains a large marl hole.

Project status
The site has full planning permission for 395 houses. Despite the challenging ground conditions, Stoke City Council have stated that:

“The proposed layout is imaginative and the first of this scale within the city, creating an attractive, high quality and distinctive community. It incorporates many of the design features being encouraged in modern housing layouts by PPG3 ‘Housing’ as well as other advisory bodies and is welcomed”.