HCA submits homes plan for former factory site

How the new housing development could look

New homes are set to be built on the site of a former factory in Staffordshire under new plans submitted by the Homes and Communities Agency.

Supported by property consultancy, Cushman & Wakefield, the HCA has submitted an outline planning application to Cannock Chase Council for a 116-home development on the site of the former Parker Hannifin factory in Bridgtown.

The plans include provision of 20% affordable housing, together with associated infrastructure and public open space.

The site, in Walkmill Lane, has been vacant since 2000 when the valves and pneumatics company closed its operation.

The area has since undergone something of a residential transformation, with new homes built on a former industrial site on the opposite side of Walkmill Lane.

Karl Tupling, the HCA’s Midlands general manager, said: “The HCA is really pleased to be helping bring this local site back into use to provide 116 new homes and help local people in Cannock to have access to a home of their own.”

Claire Biddle, of Cushman & Wakefield’s Planning and Development team, added: “The proposals will visually and physically improve this brownfield site, providing green space and an attractive frontage along Walkmill Lane. The wider area is becoming more residential in character and the proposed mixture of housing and apartments will contribute to this growing neighbourhood.”

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