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Disused Wolverhampton community centre and council offices among city buildings that may be sold off to help save £4.5m

Wolverhampton Council has revealed its plans to sell several buildings as part of a move to save £4.5 million.

By Christian Barnett
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The council wants to sell eight sites across the city it has ruled “surplus to requirements” including community centres, offices and empty shops, to help reach its own savings target.

The sites include St Chad’s Community Centre in Penn Fields and the Priory Green offices in Pendeford, empty council offices in Showell Circus, Low Hill, and St George’s House in Old Hall Street, Wolverhampton. 

The council set an ‘assets’ savings target of £4.5m in February as part of this year’s budget. Of this, £3.4m will have to be saved from its property budget by 2028. 

The move will need the backing of the council’s cabinet when it meets on September 3.

Empty shops in Wolverhampton city centre, including in Worcester Street and Salop Street, would also be part of the council’s intended sales.

The building in Worcester Street set to be sold by Wolverhampton Council. Photo: Google
The building in Worcester Street set to be sold by Wolverhampton Council. Photo: Google

The Maltings off Stafford Street, an adult education centre, has also been deemed surplus to requirements and would be put up for sale as would offices at Unit 6 in the Shaw Park Business Village in Bushbury. 

The aging Priory Green offices in Whitburn Close, Pendeford, currently home to council safeguarding staff, would also be sold. The empty offices in Low Hill could be used for housing according to the council.

St Chad’s Community Centre, next to the Church of St Chad and St Mark in Owen Road, Penn Fields, is not used due to its condition according to the council, and also appears on the list of assets which will be sold. 

St George’s House in Old Hall Street has been used as offices by contractor McLaughlin & Harvey during the £61m work to build new educational facilities as part of the city’s ‘Learning Quarter’.

A building in Old Hall Street set to be sold by Wolverhampton Council. Photo: Google
A building in Old Hall Street set to be sold by Wolverhampton Council. Photo: Google

 The list of buildings deemed ‘surplus to requirements’ by Wolverhampton Council:

  • Showell Circus, Low Hill

  • Whitburn Close, Pendeford

  • St Chad’s Community Centre, Owen Road, Penn Fields

  • St George’s House, Old Hall Street

  • 1 Worcester Street, Wolverhampton

  • 4 Salop Street, Wolverhampton

  • The Maltings, Herbert Street, Stafford Road

  • Unit 6, Shaw Park Business Village, Bushbury