New plans decided for former Wolverhampton factory site destroyed by fireThe new flats and homes would be built after the Grasshopper baby clothes factory was destroyed by fire in 2021View Image The fire at the warehouse in Craddock Street, Wolverhampton, in 2021 (Image: West Midlands Fire Service )A plan to build 60 new homes on the site of a former Wolverhampton warehouse and gym destroyed by fire has been approved. ‌City of Wolverhampton Council has approved plans by housing developer Stonebond to build a mix of one-bed flats and new homes on the site of the former Grasshoppers building in Craddock Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton. ‌The building was destroyed by fire in December 2021. The empty site had appeared in the council’s housing plans since the early 1990s and was included in various development plans and housing documents without action – and most recently appeared as a potential site for up to 48 new homes. The council’s planners refused a move to install the 20-metre 5G tower in front of the site of the former warehouse in Craddock Street, Whitmore Reans, saying it would be “to the detriment” of future residents.