Council on hunt for development partner to bring forward major regeneration scheme
Birmingham City Council has announced plans to take forward multi-million pound plans for the regeneration of the city’s Ladywood area.
It said Ladywood has long been identified as a location that could deliver housing alongside, improved public spaces, pedestrian routes and community facilities.
The council said it will seek a development partner that can demonstrate a successful track record of delivering housing regeneration initiatives to lead the work on Ladywood.
Cabinet member for homes and neighbourhoods at Birmingham City Council, Cllr Sharon Thompson, said:“With the city’s population set to grow by 10% over the next 15 years, there is a pressing need to deliver more affordable, family housing within accessible locations. To this end, the regeneration proposal of Ladywood is a hugely ambitious project that will help us to transform and rejuvenate the neighbourhood.
“There is already tremendous community spirit in the area and so over the coming years, we want to work with residents to help shape this vision for Ladywood and ensure that everyone with a stake in the neighbourhood voices their ideas, concerns and suggestions and takes part in the consultation process so that the future is one that can be celebrated by all.”
Corporate director for economy, Waheed Nazir, said: “It has always been our intention, since we launched the Big City Plan in 2010, to bring forward a housing led regeneration initiative for the Ladywood area. With Birmingham now enjoying a significant renaissance there is an opportunity to secure a partner who shares our ambition to deliver more family housing and create a high-quality sustainable place for current and future residents. We will be launching a procurement process to find a partner shortly.”
Identified in the city’s Big City Plan the Ladywood area is located between the major redevelopments currently underway in Westside and along Broad Street and the housing growth planned at Greater Icknield.
“While the appointment of a partner is the first step in what will be a process that spans several years, the main consideration for the regeneration will be community consultation. This, above all else, will be a pivotal element to any successful bid,” the council said.
The decision to bring forward the regeneration initiative and start the process to find a development partner was approved at the city council’s cabinet meeting yesterday.
