In 1935, the Earl of Dudley offered building plots for sale by auction; the advertisement gave the total area of the estate as 230 acres (93 ha) and was expected when fully developed to provide over 2,000 houses.
[1] The original plan for the estate included bowling greens, croquet lawns and a golf course, but none of these developments were ever built.
A spokesman for the council said Goldthorn Park had "good severance" from Wolverhampton, was not its dormitory and had no special links with the town to justify the change.
Another speaker while admitting Goldthorn Park geographically was a continuation of the Wolverhampton town area added that it had "strong local community feeling" and residents did not want to lose its ward status and become a "mere appendage" of a larger Wolverhampton ward, where their voice would not be heard.
In 1757 the 6th Baron Ward vacated Sedgley Park and took up residence at Himley Hall, 3 miles (4.8 km) away.