Plans for apartment blocks on former Wednesbury car showroom approved

A trio of apartment buildings are set to be built on the old Wednesbury Motors showroom and garage in Holyhead Road.

Sandwell Council’s planning committee voted in favour of the work in November last year and the Black Country authority’s planning department has now signed off on the work in the latest development for the housing project.'

However, despite having already gone through a three-and-a-half-year process, the new flats have only just been agreed in principle through an ‘outline’ application.

A ‘reserved matters’ application, which includes the design and layout of the new flats, would still need to be submitted and approved by the council before the work can begin.

The early designs included in the application show 30 new flats would be built across three blocks with a car park behind.

The application was first put forward more than three and a half years ago and went through several revisions before presented to councillors at the end of 2023.

The original application in March 2021 came with an original request to build 40 two-bed apartments across three five-and-six-storey blocks before dropping to 30 flats.

The buildings associated with the former car and van sales garage on the corner of Holyhead Road and Monway Terrace were demolished in 2021.

Holyhead Road and the surrounding area have been earmarked as part of a ‘regeneration corridor’ between Wednesbury and West Bromwich by Sandwell Council – where it is also classed as a major site for future housing.

More than 1,700 homes would be built under the regeneration plans with around half of them built in and around Wednesbury town centre.