PLANS to build two new homes on land in Summit Place, Lower Gornal, have been given the thumbs up.
Two three-bed semis will be built on a piece of "overgrown" land next to number 2 Summit Place.
One letter of objection was submitted by a neighbour with concerns including overshadowing and the removal of trees.
A report by council planners states: "The site is the bottom end of a rear garden located adjacent to existing residential properties, which is overgrown, unkept and in a poor state.
"The principle of redeveloping this site for residential purposes would be a positive step in line with national and local policy.
"It would comprise the redevelopment of a vacant site."
The report also states the new homes would meet part of the borough's housing needs.
The report goes on to say that a Coal Mining Risk Assessment "has also indicated the presence of recorded mine workings with the potential to impact surface stability and it says a programme of investigation and stabilisation is needed before any development."
The planning application, in the Gornal ward, was approved on May 16.
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