Plans submitted for former market site

Plans for the first part of a regeneration scheme that will see more than 1,000 new homes built in the centre of Wolverhampton have been submitted.

The project includes more than 300 new flats on the empty site of the former indoor market in Peel Street as well as the area around Market Square.

Up to 1,070 new homes as well as shops, bars and restaurants will be built on a 12-acre site linking School Street and Darlington Street.

A planning application has now been submitted to City of Wolverhampton Council.

The work, a joint venture between the council, Homes England, Legal & General and developer Muse, will include an improved market square and space for shops, restaurants, cafes and outdoor seating.

If the application is approved, work could begin next year.

A statement included with the application said the development would “help to repair the urban fabric of the site and establish a new, bold and proud neighbourhood to the area”.

The former market site next to the ring road has been vacant since the market building was demolished in 2017.

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