Work begins on Meir housing development

“It's sad that the council turfed out established residents and hard-working folk in order to knock down perfectly good houses in order to clear the land to sell it to developers. However, at least there is some worthwhile investment going on in Meir. True, it probably won't attract outsiders to the city but the new development will continue to give city-dwellers choice about housing. I would happily move back to Meir (where I bought my first house many years ago) if only the council/local authority boundaries would shift a bit so that Meir falls into Staffs Moorlands or Stafford Borough. I never had a jot of trouble whilst living in Meir and it was a lot quieter in terms of noise and trouble than where I live now.”

“Dtokepotter, cloud cuckoo land is it. No, driving the area forward, changing it for the better, bringing investment in. That's what its all about and that's what's going on hear.”

“From the Barrett Homes website:

"Located in a delightful suburb of Stoke-On-Trent"

I hope the irony of that statement is not lost on the locals”

“i hate the way council house social housing still carrys the stigma of no gooders its not the house its the familys or people they put in them theres some decent hard working people in social/council houses alasits the other idiots they house ive never got my head round why time and time again bit more vetting love thy neighbour flowers in the garden...shame the way the uks gone and no i wasnt in the war but its nice to have good neighbours/estates and they dont all have to be wendy house souless estates built for normal people either....who look down on council/social houses as no gooders”

“are there never any bloody houses being built that do not belong to the council ?? Do private builders not build houses for normal citizens to buy ?”

“Chris Hogg......... "a multi-million housing development"

So how many millions of houses are they going to build Chris ??”

“Councillor Ruth Rosenau, cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transportation, said: "Offering good quality, aspirational housing in an excellent location such as Pipers View will not only encourage our residents to stay in Stoke-on-Trent but it will also attract other people to come and live in our city, improving the economy and regenerating the area."

Sadly, I am afraid she is in Cloud cuckoo land if she thinks that a few new houses will encourage pepole from other areas to come to Stoke on Trent. Low pay, poor job prospects if you want to do anything other than to work in a call centre or care home”

“a quiet suburb its states??”

“lets hope its a fresh start and doesnt get renamed the pied piper estate in a few years time”

“where abouts on meir is that i dont rember it????”