Walsall car park to be demolished and replaced with one half the size

It will be replaced with another residential parking area but will be more than half the size of the existing one in Caldmore.

It comes after Walsall Housing Group commissioned a review of its property which included consultation with the community.

The multi-storey car park is next to the flats in Little London and was suggested for demolition.

A planning application has now been put forward to replace the 96 space multi-storey for a surface car park with 40 bays.

In most recent times drivers have only used the ground floor due to fears over theft and anti-social behaviour.

The application states: "The removal of the multi-storey car park will reduce the high density of buildings within the area and together with the enhancements to the multi-storey blocks would enhance the area.

"Presently the block has 96 parking spaces, this will reduce to 40 on the proposed scheme, which will be solely for the use of Walsall Housing Group residents and their visitors."

The proposal is due to be considered by Walsall Council in the coming months. It will go before the planning committee or by officers' under delegated powers.

It comes as the council has also looking at parking as part of a review in the town centre.

More than 40 parking spaces have been created under a scheme worth more than £200,000 to convert grass verges into bays.

The aim has been to tackle problems of cars clogging up streets and churning up verges.

Six streets were identified for the improvements following consultation with residents as part of plans.

Areas which were highlighted were Broad Meadow, Aldridge, Lancaster Place, Bloxwich, Hawthorne Place, Bentley, Tildesley Drive, Willenhall, Stanley Road, Rushall and Primley Avenue, Alumwell.

Money for the improvement work was set aside by council transport chiefs to address long-standing issues of unsafe and indiscriminate parking.

It comes after families raised concerns over vehicles parking on verges, causing congestion and clogging up streets.

The sites were selected by residents and approved by council-run area panels, which included ward councillors.

Elsewhere, a business wants to create more staff parking by taking over council land in Willenhall, under other proposals.

BE Wedge Holding Ltd owns part of the site between Little Wood Street and Malthouse Lane in Willenhall.