Industrial park plan to create more than 330 jobs

A computer-generated image shows how the industrial park would sit within Bilston Urban Village

More than 330 new jobs are set to be created as part of plans to revamp a brownfield site into an industrial park.

The 15-acre land off Brook Street in Bilston, will be turned into 15 industrial and distribution units.

Oldbury-based Goold Estates is behind the project, which has been backed by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) through a multi-milion pound investment.

It is part of the wider Bilston Urban Village redevelopment scheme.

The investment will be used in part to help cover the cost of cleaning up the site and making it fit for redevelopment.

Works could commence on site as early as this spring, subject to planning approval.

Andy Street, the mayor of the West Midlands who chairs the WMCA, said: "Working together with Wolverhampton Council, we're improving quality of life for residents - at the same time as ensuring good road access, prioritising cycle ways and pedestrian routes and providing excellent connectivity into the town centre.

"I look forward to seeing this scheme come to life - changing lives for the better in the months and years ahead."

Dominic Goold, managing director of Goold Estates, said: "This is a complex site which requires significant investment and we would simply not be able to proceed without this funding.

"We look forward to making a start on site as soon as we're able to."

Bilston Urban Village is part of Wolverhampton's wider regeneration plans, aimed at creating new business opportunities in the city, as well as improve its public transport.