Wolverhampton City Council has received confirmation that a large area of land in the city centre can be purchased to make way for a £300m regeneration scheme.

Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has given the Council the go-ahead to compulsory purchase 72,000sqm of land to the south of the city centre to build the Summer Row development. This is a mixed-use scheme incorporating a shopping centre, a cinema, new leisure facilities, homes and a new underground car park.
The Secretary of State’s decision followed a public inquiry about the compulsory purchase order, held between April and July last year. The council and its development partner, Multi Development UK, gave evidence throughout the hearing that the creation of Summer Row was vital to the regeneration of Wolverhampton and future prosperity of the city.