Conservative Controlled Council Agrees Plan for New Social Housing Building

Ten new apartments for rent are to be built in Halford Street, Tamworth after Conservative controlled Tamworth Borough Council passed the plan.

The apartments will be built and run by Midland Heart, a Registered Social Landlord, and will be made up of eight one-bedroom flats and two flats with two bedrooms. The site in Halford Street, next to the Progressive Club, is currently occupied by a 1970s office building, which will be demolished to make way for a new three-storey building to house the apartments.

The new apartments will go some way towards meeting the recognised need for affordable housing for rent in the borough, particularly in the town centre and was passed by a unanimous vote.

The Planning Committee, which has a majority of Conservative party councillors, resolved to grant planning permission subject to the developer making a financial contribution towards open space in the town centre, for example, the Castle Grounds.

Cllr Steve Claymore, Cabinet member for Economy and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee, said, “This is an excellent proposal, which will create exactly what is needed, one and two-bedroom rented housing in the town centre.”