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Building work begins on derelict brownfield site

Trystan JonesWest Midlands
Stoke-on-Trent City Council A row of five layers of bricks outline the plots of houses on a building site. There is a digger and another construction vehicle in the backgroundStoke-on-Trent City Council
The Booth Street site will feature four blocks of flats and 20 houses

Work has begun to build 77 council homes on brownfield land in Stoke-on-Trent.

The £15m project at Booth Street is on the site of a former council yard, with the wider area once the home of factories and other industrial works.

The project was given planning permission in October 2025 and over the next 18 months 57 flats and 20 houses will be built for rental.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council said the development would help meet growing demand for affordable housing across the city.

At the time plans were passed, the city had seen a 41% increase in people on the housing waiting list over the previous year.

The local authority has about 17,000 homes, but figures last year showed 3,138 people on the waiting list.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council A computer generated image of proposed three and four-storey flats at a road corner. A cyclist and white car travel past. A low cut hedge marks the perimeter of the flats and low trees. The building is red-brick, with six long thin windows on the side closest to the street.Stoke-on-Trent City Council
A computer generated image reveals how three and four-storey flats proposed for Booth Street are expected to look

Councillor Finlay Gordon-McCusker, Cabinet Member for Growth, Regeneration and Transport, said the project, led by Morro Partnerships, was "a major step forward in our commitment to bring brownfield land back into productive use".

"The redevelopment of this former council yard demonstrates how we can transform underused sites, support local families and create opportunities for economic growth," he added.

The flats will be spread over four separate blocks of three or four storeys, while the houses, will be a mix of two and three-bedroom properties.

The development is part of a much wider programme of brownfield regeneration across the city, the council said.

Sites at Pyenest Street in Shelton, the former Olympus Engineering site on College Road and the former Edensor High School site, Longton are all expected to be put forward for housing development.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council A black and white photo of a factory with a large chimneyStoke-on-Trent City Council
The site was home to factories and other industrial operations in the 20th Century

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