10,000 jobs to be created on former car plant siteProposals to build nearly 1,500 homes and create 10,000 jobs on the site of a former British car plant won approval on Thursday, in a rare glimmer of hope amid the global gloom. The 750-million-pound 15-year plan for the former MG Rover Longbridge site south of Birmingham was submitted to the government in March. "In my view, the proposals for the future economy of Longbridge are founded on robust and credible evidence and will be effective, flexible and deliverable," government inspector Jill Kingaby said. "Overall, I conclude that the LAAP LAAP Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant LAAP Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (Longbridge Area Action Plan) should enable the economic transformation of Longbridge... developing a range of employment opportunities across the site and establishing a regional investment site which is attractive to high-profile investors." After 100 years of vehicle production in Birmingham, the traditional heart of Britain's motor industry, about 6,000 jobs were lost when historic car manufacturer MG Rover collapsed in 2005. The Longbridge plant The Longbridge plant is a car factory in the Longbridge area of Birmingham, England. The site was once the biggest manufacturing plant in the world and part of Birmingham's transport history, many thousands were employed producing and assembling cars in peacetime, which started up in 1905 on the site of a former print works a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed. See also: Print . In its heyday hey·day n. The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime. [Perhaps alteration of heyda, exclamation of pleasure, probably alteration of Middle English hey, hey. , the factory produced 10,000 cars per week. The factory is now used for full-scale car production by Shanghai Automotive Industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. Corp. 
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