Office block near stadium could become flats

Waterloo Court is close to Molineux football stadium

A Wolverhampton city centre office building could be converted to housing if an application for redevelopment is approved.

Waterloo Court is a six-storey office complex on Waterloo Road, close to Molineux football stadium.

City of Wolverhampton Council planners are now set to rule on proposals to convert the block into 75 new flats.

The application, from Charles Jordan Waterloo Court Ltd, is for a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments with basement parking for 71 cars.

Meanwhile, council planners have rejected a request for retrospective permission for a 24-hour car park on the former Network House site on School Street.

The applicants, Hubble Architecture Ltd, said the scheme was bringing unused land back into use and offering an economic alternative for parking to encourage shoppers to visit the area.

The council has decided that the scheme does not promote sustainable development.

Permission to demolish Network House was granted in 2014 and later the authority approved an application to build a new block to provide 113 new homes, although construction never took place.

But the council concluded there was no reason to remove the option for more city centre homes there.

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