Developers gain approval to replace Friar Park Inn with flats and a shop, despite neighbor concerns about privacy and property values.
SEP Properties bought the pub for almost half a million. They want to put up fourteen flats plus a shop.
Neighbors worried about privacy and property values. Sandwell Council’s committee backed the plan anyway. They met and voted in favor of the project.
The old pub is in bad shape. A council member thinks the flats will help. He feels it will solve a problem, not cause one.
The new building will have three stories. Parking for 35 cars will also be available. The council received the application last summer.
Complaints arose about the site’s condition. The plan offers good housing and shop space. It will also add new homes for local people.
The Friar Park area will get 600 more homes. Plans include upgrades to the community center. Persimmon is also building over one hundred homes nearby.