Calls for action over eyesore Dudley office block
Dudley's regeneration boss has said he is hopeful an eyesore office block overlooking the town centre will be bulldozed 'as soon as possible'.
Cavendish House has stood empty for years and an ambitious plan is in the pipeline to knock it down and replace it with homes and shops.
But more than a year after the plans were revealed it appears the demolition of Cavendish House could be a way off, with funding still needing to be secured.
Councillor Khurshid Ahmed, cabinet member for regeneration and economic development at Dudley Council, said a meeting was planned with the owners of the multi-storey building, which overlooks Duncan Edwards Way heading into Dudley, with a view to moving the plans forward.
Various schemes involving Cavendish House have been put forward over the years without coming to fruition and there has long been frustration about the eyesore building remaining disused.
When the building, off Trindle Road, is finally knocked down it is hoped the area will be redeveloped creating homes, restaurants and shops, under plans put forward by property developer Avenbury Dudley.
The company bought the site for £800,000 at a property auction in London in 2015.
Councillor Ahmed said he was desperate to get this scheme moving.
He said: "We are supporting and helping them to make an application to the Black Country LEP to get funding for the demolition of the building. We are actively supporting them to try and get the plans through.
"It's the gateway to Dudley and has being sitting there idle for far too long. We want to see it redeveloped as soon as possible.
"We are hoping to create more residential development in the town centre. We have got expanding colleges and have aspirations of a university campus in Dudley so we need a lot more homes."
