Fish populations and wildlife habitats can thrive after planning permission was granted to create a new river channel by the site of the old Victoria Ground, the former home of Stoke City Football Club.
Following a significant planning and design period, planning permission has now been granted which will allow the new channel to be created along the River Trent by the Victoria Ground, which has been heavily modified in some places.
The work is part of the European Regional Development Fund SUNRISE (Stoke and Urban Newcastle Rediscovering its Secret Environments) partnership project, which is led by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and delivered in the main by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. The work is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Environment Agency.