Comment

Representation ID: 11004

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: Kate Bennett

In Wyre Forest one industrial park was cleared for housing and the tenants moved to vacant units across the district.
Whilst this may not always be practical it is something that should be considered particularly somewhere like North Street Brierley Hill where there is an industrial estate mixed in with housing and a derelict factory unit (where recent murders took place) a few yards away.
Could a scheme be offered making loans to owners to convert these spaces into accommodation?Many houses have historically been converted into offices and this should no longer be allowed, if they can be converted instead into apartments.
There are plenty of office suites available without losing further dwellings.There are a number of small pieces of land that could be bought into use by collaboration with small building firms rather than the large building companies who have had a very easy and profitable few years.I have seen large houses being knocked down and replaced with several homes and unless they are of historical importance this could be encouraged I am not a building expert and have no experience in town planning but in order to save what little green space we have left in Dudley please don't be lazy and think outside the box and leave no stone unturned before it's too late.