Work starts on homes in Heath Town as part of wider revamp project
Work has started on more than 50 new homes which form part of a £120 million regeneration project in Wolverhampton.
A total of 53 houses will be built on the Heath Town estate – built in the 1960s – as part of a bid to revamp the area.
The homes will be built on Chervil Rise, Long Ley and Tremont Street after council planners backed the proposals.
It forms part of the wider Heath Town master-plan which will see more than 100 homes built – with improvements to existing blocks already carried out by Wolverhampton Homes.
A design and access statement by Sutton Coldfield-based Walker Troup Architects, which is working with the council to deliver the regeneration plans, said: “The new properties are being built across four sites and will consist of a range of houses providing more affordable rented accommodation.
"The sites are part of the wider Heath Town master-plan, which is to deliver new build housing along with the refurbishment of existing homes, an upgrade of existing sports pitches and the development of new play areas.
"Existing low-rise maisonettes and high rise residential blocks, all of which are occupied, will remain so throughout the work."
Overall development work also involves the demolition of redundant buildings, the clearance of land for building and improvements to existing parking areas and green spaces.
All of the new houses will have individual private gardens and a landscaped area at the front. Provisions for a total of 135 car parking spaces have also been made.
The Heath Town estate celebrated the 50th anniversary of its official opening last year and had remained largely unchanged prior to the new developments.
