Plans for 117 homes on former factory site

More than 100 affordable homes could be built on a former factory site in Stoke-on-Trent.

The proposed scheme from Westchurch Homes would redevelop the former Tuscan Works site off Anchor Road and Forrister Street in Longton.

There would be 117 homes in total, made up of one-bedroom apartments and two, three and four-bedroom houses, the planning application said.

A statement with the plans submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council said the homes would be a mixture of two and 2.5-storey terraced or semi-detached buildings.

There would be private driveways for each property and garden areas would also be created, the statement added.

Tuscan Works was owned by manufacturer Wedgwood until the factory closed in 2007, causing the loss of 100 jobs.

The factory buildings were demolished a few years after the closure and the land has since become overgrown and been targeted by vandals.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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