The approval covers three units totalling 464,000 sq ft on the wider 620,000 sq ft SPARK project is being delivered in partnership with Walsall Council, Homes England, West Midlands Combined Authority and Black Country LEP.

The former James Bridge Copper Works site, once the largest undeveloped brownfield site in the Black Country, is currently undergoing specialised remediation works, which HBD is set to complete in the Autumn.

Boot aims to begin construction on the first of the three newly-consented units in the last quarter of this year.

Tim Roberts, CEO of Henry Boot, said: “Industrials and logistics remains one of our high conviction sectors and carrying out the specialised remediation works and securing detailed planning for the first three units at SPARK is testament to HBD’s expertise in navigating an increasingly onerous and complex planning system.

“We’re already seeing good occupier interest in the project, due to the lack of high-quality space with strong sustainability credentials in prime Midlands locations, which gives us confidence that we will have secured an occupier and started on site developing the first units by the end of the year.

“This new logistics and manufacturing hub will add to our growing industrial portfolio and replenish our committed development programme.”