£360m Curzon Wharf secures outline planning after legal agreement
Outline approval has been granted for the world’s first mixed-use net zero carbon ready development, after a Section 106 agreement was reached.
Plans for the Woodbourne Group’s waterfront scheme known as Curzon Wharf were given the green light in April, but the council and developer has now reached an agreement on £2.49m of public realm works, a canal improvement sum and affordable housing provision.
The scheme will ensure at least 51% of the residential units will have two or three bedrooms and the affordable housing offer has increased from 3% to 5%. Rent will not exceed 80% of the local market average, including service charge.
The Woodbourne Group is also set to carry out £2.49m of public realm works and make a canal improvement contribution of £20k.
Curzon Wharf, which will be within an eight minute walk of the new HS2 Curzon Street Station, will feature Birmingham’s tallest building – 53-storey tower at 172m with 498 units of built-to-rent accommodation.
A 41-storey building will hold 732 units of purpose-built student accommodation as well as another 14-storey development comprising up to 122 units of residential space.
It will include nearly 130,000 sq ft of office, R&D and life science space, alongside 3,000 sq ft of retail space, 15,000 sq ft of leisure space and more than 76,424 sq ft of new and improved public realm.
