Housing plans for old industrial units revised

A second hand car dealership, repair shop, garages and factories, will be flattened to make way for the development if the scheme is approved

Plans to demolish a "dilapidated" industrial site to make way for more than 50 new homes have been revised a year after they were first put forward.

Morro Partnerships submitted plans to knock down the buildings in Hatton Street and Greenway Road in Bilston last summer, but no decision was made by City of Wolverhampton Council.

The developer has now amended its application after discussions with the council to include more homes – rising from 51 to 56 affordable two-and-three-bed rented homes.

If approved, a second hand car dealership, repair shop, garages and factories on the site would all be demolished.

The land has been earmarked for housing for at least 20 years and is included in the council's local plan, which sets out where new homes will be built across Bilston and Wolverhampton up to 2042.

A statement included with the application said building homes would make efficient use of an "underutilised" commercial site during a time of "pressing need for the city."

Earlier this year, plans for new £28m warehouses and industrial units on a nearby site off Brook Street in Bilston were approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), which said the development would create more than 300 jobs.

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