Derelict Bloxwich pub owners told to clean up site within month

Walsall North MP David Winnick has been told no appeal has been received by the town's council over an order to clear up The Eagle pub site, in Cresswell Crescent, on the Mossley Estate – and that all work must be done and waste materials cleared by August 15 at the latest.

And the owners of the now demolished Leathern Bottle pub, also on Cresswell Crescent, can also expect an order from Walsall Council over the need to tidy up the rubble at that site after it was demolished.

Mr Winnick said: "Residents certainly hope that some progress at long last will be made over these two sites, which have become such eyesores on the estate."

Vandals have targeted the nearby pub sites and council officers have previously said that both could be rat infested.

The Eagle, which stands at the junction with Tintern Crescent, was closed in 2007 after a man was shot in a fight on St Patrick Day's that year.

Councillor Bradley Allen, who represents Bloxwich West, said of The Eagle site: "Myself and the other ward councillors Louise Harrison and Matthew Follows have been working hard to get this sorted.

"We have managed to get a section 215 notice implemented in relation to both sites which means the owners have got two months to sort it out.

"The mess there really is a blight on people's lives.

"It is mainly the visual impact it is having on residents.

"There have been cases where there have been evidence of drugs although that has not happened very often.

"The Bottle is causing the main problem because it has been demolished and it is just rubble. There isn't much problem with The Eagle."

He added: "I would just like to tell residents we are doing our absolute best to get this sorted out.

"At the moment it is just a waiting game."

Councils are able to enforce owners to clear up their land if residents are 'adversely affected by the condition of land in their area'.