Extra 124 homes planned for Wolverhampton Goodyear site
Plans for the next phase of a major housing development on Wolverhampton's former Goodyear site have been submitted.
The development will see an extra 124 homes being built.
The site, off the Stafford Road in Oxley, has been transformed as part of a regeneration scheme, with Barratt Homes now set to build the next set of houses under plans submitted to Wolverhampton City Council.
In 2008, the land, which had been the home of 7,000 workers at the historic Goodyear site, was reduced to rubble.
Complete
The first phase of work, which has seen 353 homes built by Persimmon Homes, is nearly complete, with Barratt now looking to put the 124 new homes on Mercury Drive.
Under the plans, 121 homes are classed as private residential dwellings, while three are listed as 'affordable'. If the plans are accepted, 35 will have two bedrooms, 50 will have three bedrooms and 39 will have four.
Wynne Thomas, Land Director at Barratt Homes West Midlands said he thinks the plans can breathe new life into the area.
He said: "We have submitted a planning application for 124 new homes at the Goodyear Tyre Company site in Wolverhampton which will include a number of affordable properties.
"We are eager to provide a mixture of two, three and four bedroom properties at the development to meet increased demand for new homes and breathe new life into the area."
