New plans approved for 180-year-old former Wolverhampton GP surgery
An empty 180-year-old building on the edge of a city park will be converted into new flats.
The grade II listed building in Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, which was last occupied by a private healthcare firm, will be converted into six one-and-two-bed flats under new plans approved by City of Wolverhampton Council.
The building, which dates back to the 1840s, lies on the edge of Wolverhampton’s West Park.
The listed former offices and consultancy rooms have been empty since last year when private healthcare company Summerfield Heath went into administration.
A new two-storey rear extension and a single-storey side extension would also be added to the building as part of the work.
A report by the council planner’s outlining the decision said: “The proposal seeks to primarily convert a former doctor’s surgery, with a two storey and single storey extension to create residential apartments.
“The principle of residential development is considered acceptable in this predominantly residential area and in a highly sustainable location.
“The development overall will bring back a vacant building into use, with housing that will contribute to the city with good quality residential accommodation in a sustainable location, thereby contributing to the vitality and mix of uses and much needed regeneration of this part of the city.”
The former surgery in Summerfield Road, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, lies on the edge of the city’s West Park and in the shadow of the 150-year-old Marstons brewery.
Empty offices on the opposite side of Summerfield Road, last used by the city brewery, will be converted into new flats after plans were approved by the City of Wolverhampton Council last year.
The former Marston’s training centre will be turned into 18 one-and-two-bed flats.
The pub giant announced last summer it was selling its 40 per cent stake in Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company to Carlsberg for £206 million.
This brought almost 200 years of brewing in Wolverhampton, which began with Banks and Company at the city’s Park Brewery in 1875, to an end.
