Regenerating ’s City Centre

Tim Brown Principal Development Planning Officer City Centre Area Team The Role of Planning

Birmingham City Council plays a key role in the regeneration of the City:

. Planning policy and shaping development

. Bringing forward major projects

. Working in partnership with stakeholders to deliver sustainable growth

The City Centre

Atelier Projeturbain no 31 Faire la ville en partenariat, Birmingham 1950 – 1960: Motor City

 Planning for the motor car

 Land-use zoning

 Comprehensive Redevelopment

 Modern architecture & high-rise The 1980s – Realising the mistakes

 Car dominated shopping streets

 Inner Ring-road “concrete collar”

 Restricted economic growth

 Zoning = “dead at night”

 Poor environmental quality

 Bad image

 Growing Unemployment Broad Street Redevelopment Area . Catalyst for change

. Site Assembly – CPO

. ICC

. Symphony Hall

. The Bull Ring . Historic market site

. Large scale development 1960’s

. Restricted movement

. Unpopular

. 1980’s limited retail offer The New Bullring . Redevelopment

. Pedestrian Connections

. Permeability

. Iconic structure –

. Public Squares

. Indoor shopping environment

Utilising the

Before…

Brindleyplace – After

The - Stage 1 . Feb 2007 inception of the masterplan . Visioning study . Called for strategic approach . Public and Private . Vision, concepts, objectives, brand

Big City Plan Stage 2 . Strategic City Centre masterplan . Clear vision and direction for 20 years . Development sites/opportunities . Spatial plan based on ‘quarters’ . Links strategy • Transport / Pedestrian / Retail / Energy

. Planning for: . 12,800 new homes . 700,00 sqm. office . 160,000 sqm retail . Strengthen role as visitor and business destination . Five Areas of Transformation . Improved public realm and network of open spaces Snow Hill District Paradise / Arena Central Curzon

New Street Station

Birmingham Southern Smithfield Gateway Delivery New Street Station

. £600 million redevelopment . 21st Century Transport hub . 150% increase in passenger capacity . Construction started 2010, opened September 2015 . Mixed use scheme including largest regional John Lewis store

New Street Station New Street Station Retail Investment

. £250 million being invested . John Lewis – largest store outside . Grand Central – premium shopping destination . Mailbox – redevelopment including doubling size of Harvey Nichols . Selfridges – renovation and new internal design

Major Office Developments Two . Completed 2013 . Major blue chip occupiers . Gowling WLG . Plc . HS2 Construction HQ

Arena Central . Works commenced 2015 . HSBC occupied 2019 . HMRC to occupy 3 arena central

Metro Extension . £129 million Metro line

. Connecting Central Business District with New Street Station

. Service every 6 minutes Completion - 2016

. Further investment in four phases: . Centenary Square Extension . Edgbaston Extension . Eastside/Curzon Extension . East Birmingham

Library of Birmingham . £188 million new Library

. Linking with existing REP Theatre to create a cultural hub

. More than three million visitors a year

. Biggest library in Western

. Opened September 2013

Eastside City Park

. £12 million new City Park

. Covering 2.74 hectares

. Opened December 2012

. First major city park in 130 years

Paradise . Mixed use office led scheme, 180,000 sq. m floorspace

. Creating over 10,000 jobs

. Joint Venture between public and private sector

. £87.3 million of EZ investment

. £700 million investment value

. Works commenced April 2015

. First building complete 2018

The Future High Speed Rail (HS2)

. Birmingham at the centre of the national network

. Connecting Birmingham to London and regional centres (, and )

. Significantly reduce journey times and free up capacity on existing regional/local network

The HS2 Opportunity in the City Centre . Growth and a stronger regional centre – £1.4bn GVA per annum – £1.7bn private sector investment – 600,000 sqm commercial / employment floorspace

. New residential communities – 4000 new homes, facilities and leisure

. Local infrastructure – £700m invested – Integrated station – Metro extended – Environmental improvement

The Birmingham Curzon Masterplan

. 141 hectares in heart of City Centre, covering . Eastern fringe of the City Centre Core . Eastside .

. A three part approach . Station design and permeability . Local infrastructure . Unlocking development and regeneration

HS2 Birmingham Curzon station Delivering Growth – the Enterprise Zone

Birmingham Smithfield . 8 hectare site in the City Centre

. 300,000 sqm of new floorspace

. 2,000 new homes

. 3,000 jobs

. £470m in additional GVA

Key to Supporting Growth . Clear Plans with a long term vision

. Strategic Leadership & Governance

. Local buy-in

. Flexibility to adapt & respond to opportunities

. Create places for people

. Focus on Delivery