Homes plan for old Duncan Edwards pub site
The site of a former pub that bore the name of one of the world's greatest ever footballers is set to be turned into homes.
Under new plans 12 homes will be built on part of the site where the old Duncan Edwards pub used to stand off the back of Priory Road, Dudley.
The pub, named after the Dudley-born former Manchester United and England ace, closed down in 2005 and was destroyed in a blaze the following year.
Since then the site has become a magnet for fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour, with a succession of plans to redevelop it falling by the wayside.
Now plans have been submitted to Dudley Council for 12 three-bedroom houses with gardens and adjoining car parking areas. The homes will sit at the back of the site around the corner of Maple Road and Limes Road.
A design and access statement accompanying the proposals describes the scheme as a "high quality, residential development that makes better use of a vacant site and its sustainable location".
It says it will "take into account the housing needs of the local area and will serve to enliven and strengthen the existing community", while also creating "new links to existing footpaths and the cycle network".
Planning permission for the part of the site where the pub used to stand has previously been granted for a retail development.
The Duncan Edwards was called The Wren’s Nest until 2001 when it was renamed after the town's most famous son, who died in the Munich air disaster in 1958.
After it had closed down and was boarded up residents and ward councillors joined forces to get Edwards' name taken off the pub.
It was finally flattened in December 2006 after firefighters were called out to it five times over a two day period.
