New homes planned on site of former problem pub in Wolverhampton
The vacant site of a former problem pub in Wolverhampton is to be redeveloped into a new housing complex of 24 apartments.
The Rookery Tavern in Lanesfield – a hotbed of antisocial behaviour for many years – was closed down ten years ago and demolished in 2022.
Landowner Mohammed Adeel of Saltley, Birmingham, took over the Wood Street site in 2021, and was this week granted planning approval for the new homes and associated parking.
Known locally as ‘the Rook’, the pub was noted for hosting regular meetings of the English Defence League (EDL) and also for its community events, charity fundraisers and pool, dominoes and darts teams.
After closing in 2014, it was repeatedly subject to arson attacks, vandalism and fly tipping.