Town Planning

The i54 development will include a Major Investment Site (MIS) capable of accommodating a single high quality manufacturing use and a Regional Investment Site (RIS).

Outline planning permission was granted by both South Staffordshire Council and Wolverhampton City Council in March 2007. The application was for

"comprehensive redevelopment of land at Wobaston Road to provide a Strategic Employment Area comprising offices and workspaces (B1) industrial units (B1c and B2*) education and research (D1*)
hotel (C1*) ancillary services (A1/ A3/ A4/ C3/ D1/ D2*) open space and associated highways, footpaths and landscaping.”

The permission is subject to a number of conditions controlling the type and amount of development and requiring the submission of further details of the development for approval by the Local Planning Authorities. New motorway junction arrangements onto the M54 motorway are the subject of a separate detailed planning permission, which was also granted in March 2007.

The outline planning permission is also subject to a “Section 106” legal agreement that specifies a number of required planning obligations. Offsite roadworks will be required pursuant to "section 278" agreement. AWM is committed to satisfying the majority of these obligations which are listed in detail on the website.

Masterplan

A Masterplan Development Framework has been approved as part of the outline planning permission to guide the comprehensive development of i54. This suggests a total proposed floor space of up to 2,500,000 ft² / 235,000 m² as follows:-

Phasing

Phase 1 (Plot H) is available for immediate development and allows for up to 160,000 ft² / 15,000 m² of floor space, accessed off Wobaston Road. Phase 2 (Plots C-G) and 3 (A-B) constitute the remainder of the site and is developable following provision of revised motorway junction arrangements.