Old industrial units could be replaced with new homes

Under plans, the units on Hatton Street would be demolished to make way for 51 new homes

Industrial units in Bilston could be demolished to make way for more than 50 new affordable homes.

Morro Partnerships said under its plans, the dilapidated units on Hatton Street and Greenway Road, off Salop Street, would be replaced with a mix of two and three-bed properties.

A secondhand car dealership, repair shop, garages and factories, could also be flattened to make way for the development if the scheme is approved.

The proposal came during a "time of pressing need" for new homes in the area, and also a need for increased choice in the type of homes available, the planning application stated.

"A total of 100% of the new homes are affordable rented homes, providing much-needed homes for those in housing need," the document added.

The land has long been earmarked as a site for new housing and has appeared in the City of Wolverhampton Council's blueprints for the last two decades.

Hatton Street has also been a hotspot for fly-tipping in recent years, with the council offering £100 in gift vouchers for information on those responsible after tonnes of rubbish were said to have been dumped there in the period.

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