Housing plans for former Wednesbury abattoir deferred
Planning bosses are to revisit the site of a former abattoir in Wednesbury before deciding on proposals to build 75 homes.
Sandwell Council ordered a further site visit before making a decision on the housing development proposed for the old Barretts and Baird factory which is in Harvills Hawthorn.
The plans were recommended for refusal by the local authority when they were submitted by developer Gulliston Khan but the decision has now been put on hold.
Sandwell Council planning officers looking at the case have raised concerns that any residents who moved into the new homes would suffer from noise coming from the surrounding industrial sites on their doorstep.
Under the proposals put forward to the local authority there would be 75 homes and 2,152.8sq ft of shops built on the site where the abattoir was demolished in 2004.
Concerns have also been raised about the impact the new scheme would have on existing businesses in the area.
Planning chiefs will now revisit the site before they are expected to give their final decision over whether the scheme should get the go ahead on September 3.
