Carpet firm in bid over factory shop

A carpet firm in Kidderminster has applied for permission to open a factory shop to help boost sales. But the proposal has prompted complaints about safety.

Adams Carpets Ltd on the Greenhill Industrial Estate has submitted an application to Wyre Forest District Council for the change of use of one of its buildings.

But neighbours have written to say that the estate is meant to be for industry and not as a trading estate.

Opening a shop in the middle of the busy estate at Greenhill Works would lead to an "accident waiting to happen", they claim.