Wolves training ground plan is given the go-ahead
A £50 million development that will see Wolves' training ground expanded to create a "world-class" football academy and a school rebuilt has been approved.
A £50 million development that will see Wolves' training ground expanded to create a "world-class" football academy and a school rebuilt has been approved.
About 400 jobs will be created in construction and in the supply chain as part of the development on green belt land in Compton Park, which will also see 55 homes built.
Bosses today said work was expected to start in April. The council's planning committee yesterday backed the plans, saying the benefits to the city "outweighed" concerns about the green belt.
Wolves will expand the Sir Jack Hayward training ground and donate its £1m indoor academy arena at Aldersley Leisure Village to Wolves Community Trust.
St Edmund's Catholic School will be relocated to make way for a £6m football academy and rebuilt with funding from the Government and Wolves.
Wolverhampton University will move completely off the site to make way for the new school building and housing development, and invest the money it receives from the sale of the land into a Think Tank-style science centre at its city centre campus.
