Blueprint unveiled for housing to boost Wolverhampton
More than 2,800 homes will be built between Wolverhampton and Bilston under a new blueprint unveiled today. Wolverhampton City Council believes developing the so-called Bilston Corridor will create 2,230 jobs.
The authority wants to decontaminate poor quality, former industrial land clustered around Wolverhampton and Bilston by 2026. It is hoped that by safeguarding 740 acres of space for businesses, it will help to bring in thousands of new jobs. New canal conservation areas will also be created.
These will come in at Monmore Green and south of Wolverhampton city centre. A report outlines the areas where the houses will be targeted with the council urging private developers to come in and create them.
At least 600 homes are proposed for the area south of Bilston town centre, dub-bed Bilston Urban Village.
Another 435 are proposed for Qualcast Road and Hor-seley Fields near Wolverhampton city centre and 140 on Greenway Road in Bilston. There would also be 100 on Thompson Avenue and 70 on Bailey's Pool while the council is looking at Lower Walsall Street and Oxford Street.
Monmore Green, Priestfield and Hall Green, near Bradley are also potential sites for new homes.
Bilston town centre, Ettingshall and Spring Vale are intended for "high quality" employment land.
The city council is going to consult with businesses and residents over the next two months before coming up with a more detailed report next July.
Councillor Peter Bilson, deputy leader of the city council, told a meeting of the cabinet last night that the plan would "enhance the community".
He said: "We want to deliver 2,800 new homes and provide new employment land with the potential for 2,230 jobs.
"This will be welcomed not just by the immediate Bilston community but the whole area."
