Eastside residential scheme given go-ahead
Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee has approved St Joseph’s Eastside Locks scheme to build 769 apartments.
The development, designed by Birmingham-based Glenn Howells Architects, will be across three plots with a 37-storey tower.
As well as 364 one-bedroom, 369 two-bedroom and 20 three-bedroom units, there is also 20,000 sq ft of commercial space for shops, bars and cafés with 108 car-parking spaces and 769 bikes spaces.
St Joseph, which is part of FTSE 100 developer Berkeley Group, said when it put the proposals forward in March: “The vision is to create an inclusive community that will reconnect the rich heritage of Eastside Locks with this dynamic and innovative quarter of Birmingham.”
The 1.28-hectare site is split into three plots by the Digbeth Branch Canal. It is located in the city’s Eastside district and within the Masterplan area for the planned HS2 station at Curzon Street.
The site is surrounded by other development sites, with Unite the Union’s conference centre under construction and work planned at 8 Cardigan Street, Belmont Works and the STEAMHouse.
St Joseph is currently developing a new residential 400-apartment scheme, Snow Hill Wharf in Birmingham’s Gun Quarter.
