Wolverhampton local plan promotes 'brownfield-first approach'
"It is critical to have a Local Plan in place to provide certainty for our communities and support regeneration and investment in our city."The Wolverhampton Local Plan will help facilitate a vibrant mixed-use city centre, enable new housing and employment opportunities on brownfield sites across the city, support local centres, and strengthen the local economy."The plan builds on work undertaken during the Black Country plan process and has been informed by two consultations in the last 12 months.The council had already made it a priority to use brownfield land.In February, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) gave a £20m loan to the city's Canalside South scheme, which will see more than 530 homes delivered across the former British Steel and Crane Foundry site and land off Qualcast Road, which has been derelict for 15 years.In November, more than £1m of government funding was secured for two brownfield housing developments - on the former Loxdale Primary School in Bilston and Stowheath Day Training Centre, in East Park.All councils are required to prepare a Local Plan that decides where new development will be located, how development will be designed and managed, and which areas will be protected from development.
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