Wolverhampton council is set to approve plans to free up 7.5 acres of brownfield land for more than 200 new homes in the city.
The proposal would see council services in older buildings at the former Loxdale Primary School site in Bilston and Stowheath Day Training Centre in East Park relocated to new purpose-built facilities at the Hickman Avenue Depot in East Park, improving service operation and efficiencies.
Site clearance and remediation work would then be carried out to enable the sale of the land to development partners for the delivery of new energy-efficient homes using modern methods of construction.
The majority of funding for the new council facilities is expected to come from external grants, with the government’s One Public Estate initiative supportive of the scheme.
It is hoped, subject to the outcome of a meeting of the cabinet resources panel on 22 March, construction of the new units at Hickman Avenue will begin during 2024, with the relocation and land remediation of the other two sites being completed later that year to pave the way for the new homes.
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