Fresh plans for flats above entry to old Bilston mineshaft

Fresh plans to build a block of flats on an overgrown town centre plot have been submitted after permission for the project expired.

Property developer Billy Singh has reapplied for planners to consider his plans to build eight two-bed flats in Pipes Meadow, Bilston, Wolverhampton.

The city council originally backed the plans in 2021 despite Coal Authority concerns about building above mine entries – but no work was carried out on the site.

Work was carried out in July 2021 to cap the old mineshaft entrance. The flats would be built between the town’s former Royal Mail sorting office and the busy Black Country Route.