Bilston Urban Village plots going to market

Marketing of the remaining residential development land at City of Wolverhampton Council’s multi-million pound Bilston Urban Village site is set to begin next month. 

This spring Kier will begin building 78 units comprising one, two, three and four-bedroom properties on the first two plots, located on the west side of Dudley Street either side of the entrance into Carder Crescent. 

The advanced works programme undertaken by the council to make the brownfield land ready for development will be completed at the beginning of May. 

This will make a further 27 acres of land available to residential developers to build up to 400 new homes in a quality environment, alongside new employment areas and leisure facilities on other parts of the urban village site. 

The marketing process for the Bilston Urban Village residential development land was approved by the council’s Cabinet (Resources) Panel on Tuesday night. Read more...

Car park works kick-start major Interchange phase

A major phase in Wolverhampton’s £120 million Interchange project is underway. 

Work has begun on extending and refurbishing the railway station multi-storey car park to increase its capacity from 450 to more than 800 long stay parking spaces. 

The redevelopment is being carried out by Neptune Developments and Balfour Beatty on behalf of the Wolverhampton Interchange Partnership, and is expected to be completed by Christmas 2016. 

It will pave the way for the new state-of-the-art railway station to be built and the Metro line extension, which will include a new stop at the station. Read more...

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VIDEO: The changing face of Bilston Urban Village as drone captures advanced works images 

City of Wolverhampton Council’s Bilston Urban Village advanced works programme is set to be completed at the beginning of May.

Here we give you a snapshot of the changing face of the site courtesy of a series of aerial drone images from June 2015 to February 2016.

The first phase of Bilston Urban Village saw significant investment in the building of the Bert Williams Leisure Centre and South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy and you can see how the second phase has changed around those two landmark buildings.

We’ll continue bringing you more aerial shots of Bilston Urban Village on a monthly basis on our official Facebook page - Wolverhampton Today - so you can see how this exciting project develops as part of the council’s multi-million pound regeneration plans. Watch video…

Homes & Communities Agency acquire former Royal Hospital site for development

The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) has acquired the former Royal Hospital site in Wolverhampton - to create new homes and a high profile gateway development into the city centre. 

The 12.5 acres of land, which also comprises the former bus depot and further development land, has been sold by Tesco to the HCA for an undisclosed sum and will be predominately used for residential development - including starter homes - alongside a potential new campus for Wolverhampton College, utilising the listed former hospital buildings. 

City of Wolverhampton Council believes the disposal to the HCA marks a major step forward for the city and will allow a comprehensive regeneration of the site, which has lay dormant following the decision by Tesco not to proceed with a new retail development. Read more...