Plans in for 30-storey scheme in Digbeth

Plans have been put forward for a 30-storey apartment block on vacant land at the Bull Ring Trading Estate site in Digbeth.

City developer Court Collaboration has submitted plans for the redevelopment of the site, to be known as The Stone Yard.

The proposed scheme will provide 928 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with amenity space and 10,000 sq ft of retail and leisure.

Designed by Glancy Nicholls Architects, the site comprises seven residential blocks clustered around two courtyard spaces with a new proposed central pedestrian route linking the Digbeth high street to Green street on the south of the site.

Glancy Nicholls said: “The project is an opportunity for placemaking and to create key landmarks along the prominent B4100 and southern gateway development zone.

“The development is viewed in the context of existing approved neighbouring high rise schemes and will provide a new gateway development marking the approach from the south towards the city centre. Working closely with the city’s planning department, the massing principles have been determined to create a scheme with a mix of scale and density providing a new community with generous external space.

“The design has been developed to respond well to future development in the area and the emerging Rea Valley SPD.”

The plans follow on from Court Collaboration’s announcement in May of its plans for what would be Birmingham’s tallest ever building.

It is hoped that the 51-storey One Eastside residential tower would be located close to the new HS2 station on Curzon Street.

Alongside it would be a 15-storey tower, with the two developments comprising 667 one and two-bedroom apartments in total.

The top of the building would feature a sky lounge with a bar and dining area, while a gym, yoga facilities, and cinema are also part of the plan.

It is hoped that the scheme, which would be bigger than the BT Tower, the city’s current tallest structure, would be completed by March 2023.

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