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A senior doctor has submitted plans to convert a historic Walsall building into a 17-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation.

Sue Boden at the Walsall NHS Trust hopes to convert Hatherton House into ‘quality accommodation for NHS staff’.

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Ms Boden said, ‘by her own experience’, high quality accommodation is ‘lacking in the area’.

The mid-19th Century building is located within the Lichfield Street Conservation area.

It was once a nursery and donned huge colourful polka-dots from around 2013, before being returned to the classic white façade in 2018.

It went up for sale in early 2024 inviting offers in the region of £495,000. Its final use was offices for the company Skills Training UK.

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