Wolverhampton prepares to launch Brewers Yard masterplan

Wolverhampton’s council is preparing to reveal details of the masterplan for its Brewers Yard redevelopment. The council expects to submit an outline planning application late this month for the first phase of the scheme, following a public consultation on 14 March. Brewers Yard is part of a wider masterplan being developed alongside Court Collaboration. Funding from the Towns Fund, West Midlands Combined Authority and the council will be used to move services and knock down buildings on Culwell Street so brownfield land can be remediated and made ready for close to 600 flats. The council hopes the scheme will expand to include 1,000 homes.  Council deputy leader Stephen Simkins described the project as “one of the biggest game-changing schemes in the region”. “In the coming years, phase one will deliver top-quality living at the heart of our city, with connectivity to state-of-the-art transport facilities,” he said. ““It will have easy access to a reinvented city centre providing a great leisure and sporting offer, a vibrant public events programme, outstanding arts and culture offer, and a thriving commercial district with well-paid jobs.” To send feedback, e-mail tim.burke@eg.co.uk or tweet @_tim_burke or @EGPropertyNews View other planning applications in Wolverhampton >> Image courtesy of Wolverhampton Council