Plans for an extra 19 homes on old Sandwell works

More homes will be built on the site of a former factory in Sandwell under new plans submitted by developers.

Approval has already been given to build almost 110 homes on the old Sampson Works site in Oldbury.

Now plans for a further 19 properties have been lodged with planners at Sandwell Council. The landmark former industrial site had stood empty for years before original proposals to bring it back into use were approved in 2010. Car parking is also included in the plans.

It is proposed that the new homes form part of the existing Taylor Wimpey Cedar Drive development.

Of those built, five plots will be for affordable housing, and will be made up of a range of two to four bedrooms with a mix of two and three storey housing.

Developer Taylor Wimpey bought the Sampson Works site, Oldbury, from Kenmore Property Group. It followed the firm going into administration.

The developer was given permission in 2010 to build 108 homes on the 6.9 acre site at Rood End Road. The original development has seen a mixture of two-bed affordable housing, and three and four bedroom homes for families on a site next to West Smethwick Cemetery.

Kenmore Property Group had initially bought the site in 2003 and had hoped to develop it as housing, with some affordable housing.

It spent thousands relocating the previous tenant, a shop furniture maker, to new premises, but could not deliver the homes as it went into administration in November.