We are sad to report that developers are still circumventing their requirement to include at least 10% of affordable housing in new developments in Sandwell. The latest example is The Parade, off Hall Green Road in West Bromwich. Despite assurances that it would include affordable housing the developer is now citing viability as an excuse […]

Property developer, Wain Estates want to build on the Peak House Farm site off Wilderness Lane.Ref: DC/23/68822 The 2020 proposal to build 1,000 houses on the site was not included in the DRaft Black Country Plan, and the site is still designated as unsuitable for housing by Sandwell Council.  However, they are trying again, this […]

Local Liberal Democrats have slammed Nicola Richards for voting against  a compensation scheme for swimmers who get sick from sewage. The amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill, tabled by Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron, would have allowed anyone who gets sick as a result of illegal sewage dumping to claim compensation from water companies. However, […]

Anesco have submitted another application to build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on the farmland off Chapel Lane. Ref: 23/1286You can view the application and comment via Walsall’s Planning Portal: Application Details Despite their previous application being refused by Walsall Council earlier this year, this application is 50% bigger. It claims the BESS needs […]