Vermin-ridden land to be developed
Vermin-ridden wasteland which has been a blot on the landscape of Lye since the 1970s is finally to be re-developed, it was revealed today. Vermin-ridden wasteland which has been a blot on the landscape of Lye since the 1970s is finally to be re-developed, it was revealed today. The news will be welcomed by neighbours who say the overgrown area between Attwood Street and Brook Street had been used to hide stolen goods. Kidderminster developer Cadismount Ltd has been granted outline planning permission to build new housing on the site. It will be the first time the land has been in use since the 1970s when former terraced housing was demolished to make way for a factory which was never built. Vermin-ridden wasteland which has been a blot on the landscape of Lye since the 1970s is finally to be re-developed, it was revealed today. The news will be welcomed by neighbours who say the overgrown area between Attwood Street and Brook Street had been used to hide stolen goods. Kidderminster developer Cadismount Ltd has been granted outline planning permission to build new housing on the site. It will be the first time the land has been in use since the 1970s when former terraced housing was demolished to make way for a factory which was never built. Full story in tonight's Stourbridge edition
David Vickers of Lye Area Regeneration Association and a member of the Lye and Wollescote Partnership, said: "In the 1960s and 1970s this land was the site of terraced housing.
"Some time in the 1970s the land was compulsory purchased and the houses demolished. The land was then listed for industrial use.
"Since then it has remained derelict, overgrown, vermin ridden and the site of much fly tipping.
"This is great news for everyone in Lye as it really was a problem area."
Residents from Attwood Street and Brook Street who have been petitioning to get the land re-developed said in a joint letter to Dudley Council.
"The site in question is an overgrown wasteland and is regularly used as a fly-tipping area as well as by the local criminal element to stash stolen items."
"We welcome the proposed change of use from industrial to residential as this land has never been used for industrial purposes. It will improve the whole outlook of the area to have houses here."
Developers will now be expected to start building within a year, but have not yet decided how many homes or apartments will be built.
The land will also have to be decontaminated before any building work can start.
By Ben Lammas
