‘More than 750 homes’ plan for brownfield fund

The first show-home has opened at a development of more than 100 residential properties, currently under construction on a former college site in Wednesbury.

Work is due to begin on more than 600 homes, as the next phase of the city’s key Eastern Green development gets under way.

Hinckley & Bosworth Council’s planning committee voted unanimously against officer recommendation in rejecting outline plans for 240 homes, with land safeguarded for a cemetery and medical centre car park.

The foodhall operator is welcoming expressions of interest as it looks to launch Alfred Works at Digbeth’s Custard Factory in spring next year.

Government plans to bring the UK’s railway network back into public ownership are steaming ahead, after legislation to create a state-owned rail company went before parliament this week.

The site of a former car dealership on the outskirts of the city centre will be completely redeveloped, after plans to knock down a two-storey building were given the go-ahead.

The UK’s largest housebuilder has called for the government to provide more support for first-time house buyers, as it reported resilient trading over the four months to the end of October. 

A four-mile extension to a cycle route, which will link the city centre with Longbridge when completed, looks set to be approved next week.

Around 150 jobs could be created if plans to extend a retail park onto overgrown land in Burton-upon-Trent are approved next week, developer Maplevale says.