Regenerating Birmingham’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
. Centenary Square 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 – Selfridges
. Public Squares
. Indoor shopping environment
Utilising the canals Brindleyplace
Before…
Brindleyplace – After
The Big City Plan - 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 London . Grand Central – premium shopping destination . Mailbox – redevelopment including doubling size of Harvey Nichols . Selfridges – renovation and new internal design
Major Office Developments Two Snowhill . Completed 2013 . Major blue chip occupiers . Gowling WLG . Barclays 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 Europe
. 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 (Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield)
. 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 . Digbeth
. 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