Plans to demolish former pharmacy approved

The planning application was approved by Wolverhampton City Council

Plans to demolish an empty pharmacy and rebuild it as a new salon as part of plans to transform a row of shops in Wolverhampton have been approved.

The former Newbridge Pharmacy, in Tettenhall Road, will be replaced with a new a salon built across three floors.

The former Mark Taylor antiques shop next door, which has been boarded up and closed since the late 2000s, would also be demolished under the plans.

The application, submitted earlier this year, said both buildings on the busy Tettenhall Road had "fallen into disrepair" and had structural defects that could cause a "major hazard if allowed to decay further."

The plans for the new salon would see treatment rooms built in the former pharmacy's basement with the ground and first floors also converted.

Two new shop units would also be built on the ground and first floors.

The revamp of Tettenhall Road will see the existing pharmacy, which relocated two doors down a few years ago, remain.

A structural survey accompanying the planning application said the buildings earmarked for demolition were "structurally unsound" and repairs to the roof, walls and floors would likely cost more than rebuilding.

The survey recommended it would be "preferable to demolish the building and start from scratch".

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.