PLANS to flatten a former pub in Cradley Heath to make way for homes have been given the go-ahead.
The Old Furnace on Waterfall Lane will be demolished and three four-bedroom detached houses built in its place.
The derelict pub sold at auction for £210k back in March 2019.
It smashed its guide price of £145k, attracting enthusiastic bidding at the Villa Park auction.
The proposal, from Mohammed Parvez, is for outline planning permission.
He had previously submitted an application to build four three-bed semi-detached houses and one three-bed detached house, but plans were amended to feature just three detached houses.
The site is next to Sandwell MBC Taxi Licensing Offices. The new homes will front onto Grange Road.
The proposal states: "The proposed residential development has been carefully planned to provide layout with responds carefully to its setting."
Sandwell Council planners approved the application.
Pic: How the homes would look
