Cradley Heath pub The Timbertree could be transformed in plan to build flats
A pub in Cradley Heath which has been blighted by anti-social behaviour is to be knocked down and replaced by 20 new flats.
The Timbertree, in Valley Road, will be bulldozed after plans for housing were given the go-ahead.
A total of 17 one-bed and three two-bed apartments will be built on the site. The move has been welcomed by Councillor Anne Shackleton who covers the area.
The pub has continued to attract crime and anti-social behaviour and was said by experts to be 'becoming a nuisance of its own'.
But the development will breathe fresh life into the area after the plans were approved by planning bosses at Sandwell Council.
Councillor Anne Shackleton said: "I welcome the move 100 per cent, and from talking to people in the neighbourhood, they do too.
"It has been one of our 'grot' spots, an eyesore, for a considerable length of time.
"I look forward to the development starting.
"It will improve the look of the area and it will get rid of the anti-social behaviour there."
