Plans for development of 200 new homes in Coseley
Dudley Council could be set to give the go-ahead for the development of hundreds of new homes in Coseley.
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
Persimmon Homes already has outline permission to build on the site of the former Bean Car plant south of Bean Road.
The developer has now submitted detailed plans to the authority for an estate of 208 homes in buildings ranging from apartment blocks to four-bedroom family homes.
A statement from Pegasus Group on behalf of Persimmon Homes in support of the application said: “Development will accord with the principles of high-quality design and best practice to create a townscape that is both varied, and yet sympathetic to its environment.
“The aim is to achieve a development with a strong identity and distinct sense of place, whilst at the same time integrating with the existing community.”
The site is steeped in Black Country history and has been home for many industrial and mining operations over the years.
Maps from the late 1800s show the site contained extensive mine workings developed to provide fuel for the Coseley Moor Furnaces and Tipton Hall works.
There are spoil heaps and 93 mineshafts recorded on the site, two canals served the works and mines on the site but neither remains however the Birmingham Canal runs to the east.
By the mid-1900s, Tipton Hall Iron Works had been renamed Fire Brick Works, but by then, the site’s most well-known manufacturer had moved in.
John Bean was knighted for his contribution to the production of munitions during the First World War; at its peak, his factory was producing 21,000 shells per week, and he opened his car factory in1919 and produced around 10,000 vehicles each year.
After suffering financial problems, the steel maker Hadfield took over, and the company switched from car production to component manufacture in the 1930s.
Bean Industries eventually ended up in the ownership of British Leyland before going into receivership and being bought by a German company.
After initial success, the company built up losses and eventually folded in 2005.
