Big clean-up starts at old Wolverhampton stamp works
The first steps are being taken to transform Wolverhampton's old Edward Vaughan Stamping Works into a 100-home estate.
The soil of the land in Horseley Fields is being treated to get the site ready for the new homes. This will take around five years and it will then be sold off to developers,.
Wolverhampton council spokesman Oliver Bhurrut said: "We are delighted to be working with Dunton Environmental on this site.
"The future development at Lower Horseley Fields will play an important part of the regeneration of the canalside area of the city.
"The agreement will see Dunton Environmental clean up the land of this former industrial site and return it to the council in five years for residential use.
"It complements our multi-million pound projects across Wolverhampton and will bring around 100 new homes."
The council has tried to sell the land previously but no developers were interested because of the level of contamination caused by the old stamping works. The site was blighted with Japanese Knotweed as well as heavily contaminated heavy metals, oils and asbestos.
James Hill, business development manager for Dunton Environmental, said: "This project really is a partnership between us and Wolverhampton council. It is the first partnership in the UK of this kind between private and public sectors.
"It's an innovative project and we are immensely proud to be able to offer this solution. It's a win win as the council get something back at the end of the five years that's sellable.
"This is one of many for us and the second we have opened, although it is the biggest. We already have a plant open in Cornwall and we plan to open more in London, the North West of England and the South West of England.
"As a company we have been operational for 10 years and been dealing with waste for three years."
