PLANS have been submitted to build 85 homes on an old mining estate as part of a long-term regeneration project for the area.
Developer the Compendium Group is hoping to build the properties – which will include affordable housing – on the Coalville estate in Weston Coyney.
The development would see the homes built on cleared land off Main Street, Flint Street, Lilac Close and Lime Close.
Houses which previously stood on the network of roads were demolished and families were rehomed as part of a �55 million project to breathe fresh life into the area.
A raft of properties have already been built in the area, and if approved the latest additions would swell the number of new houses on the estate to more than 400 since the ambitious plans were unveiled in 2006.
Chairman of the Coalville Residents' Association, Ernie Clarke has lived on the ex-National Coal Board housing estate since 1954.
The 63-year-old said: "The new homes is great news. It's going to be brilliant.
"This area once had a bad reputation but with the new homes that are being built and the money that is being invested it really has become an area which is on the up."
The grandfather-of-three, whose home in West Street was not one of those marked for demolition, believes the area fell into decline once many of the houses were put on the private market.
He said: "We noticed a lot of houses were bought by private landlords who didn't even live around here and were just happy for anyone to move in, and that's when there was trouble.
"But now we have so many nice new homes which are being made affordable for families.
"This is good news for the estate."
And the cost of the new houses attracted Clare Jones to purchase a property on Main Street over a year ago.
The 27-year-old said: "It was a good price for a new property and we saw it as a blank canvas."
The mother-of-two has remained cool over the recent plans which will see houses built directly opposite her home.
"It could either make the estate feel complete or we could feel boxed in. I'm willing to wait and see as we don't know what it will look like at the moment."
Mother-of-two Jenny Harvey was forced to leave her home on Cross Street on the Coalville Estate when it was marked for clearance.
The 35-year-old, who now lives on Goodwin Road, in Meir, said: "I had lived there for about a year when I found out the house was going to be demolished.
"In the end I managed to find somewhere I wanted to move to and I'm happy with the result."
Compendium – the company overseeing the latest project at Coalville – is jointly owned by Lovell Partnerships and Riverside Group.
Lovell is one of the country's largest provider of social housing while Riverside is the third largest registered social landlord.
The houses will comprise of two and three-storey developments with two, three and four bedroom houses available.
A report on the project states: "The overall development concept would make a positive contribution to the area and has been laid out so as to fully harmonise with the surrounding environment."
Planners at Stoke-on-Trent City Council are expected to make a decision on the proposed development in May.
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