Homes project hit by planning policy row
Plans to build 120 homes on a landmark former Oldbury factory site will not go ahead after Sandwell Council ruled they were against planning policy. The council had planned to approve plans to bulldoze the former Sampson Works in Rood End Road and create a new estate.
The council had planned to approve plans to bulldoze the former Sampson Works in Rood End Road and create a new estate.
The site has been empty since manufacturers ERI Ltd moved in 2007 and the authority was keen to see the land brought back into use. Kenmore Property Group purchased the 6.9-acre site in 2003.
Kenmore helped ERI, a shop interior manufacturing firm, move to a refurbished 125,000 sq ft unit in Fountain Lane, Oldbury.
The proposed scheme includes 25 per cent affordable housing and a financial contribution to the management and upkeep of West Smethwick Park.
