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Bordesley Park Area Action Plan Submission Report

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bordesley park area action plan / contact Contents

Foreword 5

Introduction 6

Context 10

Development Vision and Principles 12 Growth Connectivity Local Character Sustainability

Key Opportunities for Change 24 The Wheels Site and Environs Cherrywood Road Adderley Park Alum Rock Road Coventry Road

Neighbourhoods 48 Vauxhall neighbourhood Washwood Heath neighbourhood Bordesley Village neighbourhood Bordesley Green neighbourhood Small Heath (north) neighbourhood Small heath (south) neighbourhood

Delivery 62

Monitoring and Evaluation 64

Appendix A - Policy context 68

Appendix B - Glossary of terms 74

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bordesley park area action plan / foreword Foreword 5

This is the Bordesley Park Area Action Plan (AAP) Submission Report - the next stage in the development of the strategic plan which will drive forward the regeneration of the area to the immediate east of the City Centre.

The location of the area at the gateway to the City Centre offers real opportunities. The regeneration of Bordesley Park will complement proposals for long term transformational change already set out in the Big City Plan and nearly £2 billion of public sector investment including Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone, Birmingham Gateway New Street Station, Birmingham Curzon Masterplan for Growth and the development of Paradise Circus.

Just as importantly, there is the potential for the whole of East Birmingham, including the AAP area, to beneﬁ t from the investment and growth associated with HS2. As well as development at Curzon Street Station and the High Speed Rail College in the City Centre, growth at UK Central including the proposed Interchange Station and expansion of the airport will be increasingly accessible thanks to a package of infrastructure improvements including Metro.

The AAP, alongside the East Birmingham Prospectus for Growth, will therefore provide the catalyst for the transformation of the area, including parts of Washwood Heath, Bordesley Green, Bordesley Village and Small Heath, over the next 13 years, to 2031. I believe that it will create the right conditions to bring forward major development opportunities which will contribute to the city’s growth, and maximise the beneﬁ ts of wider growth for the residents and businesses of the area.

The plan will also facilitate change and deliver beneﬁ ts at the neighbourhood level. The Bordesley Park area is home to a young, diverse and vibrant community, who should beneﬁ t from the range of new employment and residential opportunities the AAP can deliver.

This Plan has been produced in partnership with you – local residents, businesses, and the development community – to ensure that it meets your needs and aspirations. We will continue to work with you all in bringing forward the proposals set out in the Plan and delivering a positive future for the Bordesley Park area.

Councillor Ian Ward Leader Birmingham City Council

foreword / bordesley park area action plan 6 Introduction

The Bordesley Park Area Action Plan (AAP) covers an area of around 580 hectares to the immediate east of the City Centre, including parts of Washwood Heath, Bordesley Green, Bordesley Village and Small Heath.

The development of the AAP has Status of the AAP and its The Birmingham Development provided the opportunity to work relationship with other plans Plan (BDP) was adopted in January with a range of local stakeholders Once adopted, the AAP will form 2017 and sets out a spatial vision to build upon this area’s assets and part of the Local Development and a strategy for the sustainable set out a plan which will deliver: Framework (LDF) and will be growth of Birmingham up to 2031, a formal Development Plan and will be used to guide decisions • A focus for growth including Document, which has statutory plan on planning, development and a wide range of employment status. As such it will be a material regeneration activity over this opportunities for local people. consideration in the determination period. The BDP now largely of future planning applications replaces the majority of the • High quality housing suitable for and development proposals, and former Unitary Development Plan the needs of existing and new provide more detailed planning which had provided the city-wide communities. policies for the area. planning policy framework for the city since 1993. • Attractive and thriving local centres.

• Infrastructure that meets the To Walsall current and future needs of A453 Chester Road business and residents. Birmingham Canal A452 Hamstead Erdington M6 • A connected place including A34 A5127 A38 enhanced public transport and a high quality pedestrian Spaghetti Junction Perry Barr Gravelly Hill HS

environment. Witton A47

• A clean, safe, attractive and A41 Aston sustainable environment in which A38M HS2 to live and work. Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Birmingham Canal A47 Birmingham & Warwick A4040 Birmingham Junction Canal Stechford The AAP is a statutory land use City Centre Duddeston A457 Snow Hill plan that: Adderley Park

Moor Street A4540 New Street Bordesley Park • Sets out a vision for the area. Ring Road Area Action Plan Bordesley • Establishes objectives, principles A456 Five Ways Small Heath and opportunities which will Worcester & Birmingham Canal A45 deliver the vision. A38 • Sets out land use proposals to Tyseley University A41 guide development up to 2031. Acocks Green A34 • Shows how the proposals for the Spring Road Grand Union Ca Selly Oak

area link to and build upon other Olton Hall Green strategies, plans and guidance to A435 help to achieve local aspirations To Warwick and wider objectives. © Copyright GeoPerspectives, supplied by Bluesky International Ltd 2012. © Crown Copyright and database right Birmingham City Council Licence No.100021326, 2018. • Acts as a tool to promote the area to potential investors and developers. Plan 1 Location plan

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Alum Rock Road

Duddeston Station St SavioursAlum Road Rock Road

Ash Road * Adderley Park Adderley Park Station

The Wheels* Site Garrison Lane Cherrywood Road Park and Environs Garrison Lane

Cherrywood Road

Bordesley Green Road

Bordesley Green Kingston Hill Park St Andrew’s Stadium * (Birmingham City FC)

Green Lane

Bordesley Station Coventry Road

Muntz Street

Charles Road Coventry Road

Glovers Road

Small Heath Highway

* Small Heath Park Small Heath Station

Plan 2 Area Action Plan boundary

introduction / bordesley park area action plan The BDP identifi es two regional • The Big City Plan and the Government for Examination 8 development sites of 20 and 25 Birmingham Curzon HS2 in Public. It is based on the hectares, an employment site of Masterplan for Growth and the results of the public consultation 71 hectares at Peddimore to be Midlands HS2 Growth Strategy undertaken on the Bordesley Park removed from the Green Belt, and (produced by the Greater Options Report between August a requirement for a minimum fi ve Birmingham and Solihull Local and October 2011, the Preferred year reservoir of 96 hectares of Enterprise Partnership) Options Report between July and land for employment use. Through October 2013, the Pre-Submission the BDP, land at the Wheels site • Birmingham’s Sustainable Report between March and May has now been designated as Core Community Strategy. 2017 as well as further technical Employment Land and is a key work. part of the city’s growth strategy • Birmingham’s growth agenda to deliver industrial land and job including the East Birmingham Birmingham has been confi rmed opportunities. Bordesley Park is Prospectus for Growth. as the host city for the 2022 identifi ed within the BDP as one Commonwealth Games, a bid that • Birmingham Connected of the key areas within the city that was strongly supported by the City Birmingham’s 20-year transport will make a signifi cant contribution Council, neighbouring authorities, strategy. towards delivering growth. Greater Birmingham and Solihull Bordesley Park forms Growth Area Local Enterprise Partnership • West Midlands Combined 7 (policy GA7) and includes targets (GBSLEP), West Midlands Authority Movement for Growth of delivering 750 new homes and Combined Authority, the Midlands up to 3000 new jobs. The BDP’s Engine for Growth and National delivery plan indicates the delivery Government. Hosting the games The AAP is being progressed so of the development opportunity at will have a signifi cant positive that it is consistent with national Wheels to be between 5 and 10 + impact on the city and regional policy; justifi ed and supported years. economy – generating in excess of by an up to date evidence base; £390 million GVA and thousands of and importantly contains policies jobs as well as bringing signifi cant and proposals which will be Relationship with social and cultural benefi ts. The both deliverable and effective in Other Plans and Programmes potential worldwide coverage of transforming the area. More detail The AAP has been prepared in the event will benefi t the image is provided in Appendix A. the context of a range of existing of the city and region and future and emerging plans, policies and investment. programmes. The principles and proposals have been drawn up The process The games will be focussed at and considered against a wider for preparing the AAP a refurbished and expanded spatial context including guidance Government guidance on the Alexander Stadium at Perry Barr within the National Planning preparation of Area Action Plans with an Athletes’ Village at the Policy Framework (NPPF) and the is set out in the National Planning former BCU campus. Other existing BDP. It will also complement and Policy Framework (NPPF) and the venues will be used for the majority be consistent with policies and Town and Country Planning (Local of events with a small number proposals within the Birmingham Planning) (England) Regulations of new facilities having to be Local Development Framework and 2012. These identify four main provided. None of these will impact the Big City Plan (the master plan stages of preparation, alongside upon the land use proposals set for the development of the City which a Sustainability Appraisal out in the AAP. Centre). (SA), incorporating Strategic The key planning and regeneration Environmental Assessment (SEA), policies and programmes that is required. The stages for the affect the area are as follows: Bordesley Park AAP – including the • National Planning Policy key activities at each point – are set Framework. out in the table below. This report represents the conclusion of Stage • The Local Development 2 - the submission of the AAP to Framework including the the Secretary of State. retained elements of the UDP, Birmingham Development This document is the submission Plan, Statement of Community version of the Bordesley Park Involvement, and adopted Area Action Plan - the version of and emerging Supplementary the Plan which will be submitted Planning Documents and to the Secretary of State for guidance. Housing, Communities and Local

bordesley park area action plan / introduction Sustainability Community/Stakehiolder AAP Documentation Milestones Appraisal Engagement 9 Baseline Sustainability Formal Consultation with statutory consultees report setting out current Appraisal (SA) commencement of drew a number of responses which conditions in the area and, where Scoping Report AAP were incorporated into the next stage relevant, their likely evolution. including Oct 2009 of the SA. Ongoing engagement with sustainability stakeholders to identify key issues and indicators against Consultation on draft develop proposals. which the draft SA Scoping Nov Stage 1 policies and proposals 2009

Early Analysist were to be appraised.

Options Report Options SA Report Consultation on Period of non-statutory consultation Report setting out proposed Independently Options Report carried out to engage stakeholders vision and objectives, identifying produced report Aug-Oct 2011 in the process. Consultees included potential key areas of change, and examining the vision, those required under the regulations. presenting a range of options for objectives and The consultation period was each of these areas. options against the publicised locally, online and through agreed sustainability direct communication. A series of indicators. public exhibitions were held to enable local people to respond. Responses were considered in the production of the Preferred Options Report. Work completed to date Work

Preferred Options Report Preferred Options SA Consultation on Statutory consultation on the Preferred Revised report responding to Independent revision Preferred Options Options in line with the regulations. outcomes of consultation, SA and of SA reﬂ ecting the Aug-Oct 2013 This included online consultation, further technical work, setting out Preferred Options exhibitions and meetings. The nature proposed vision, objectives, and against the agreed of key responses is summarised in the preferred approach. sustainability relevant chapters of this document. indicators. Subsequent consultation on the associated SA. Stage 2 Producing the Plan Producing

Pre-Submission Report Pre-Submission SA Consultation on Pre- Statutory consultation ahead of This report – a consultation Independent revision Submission Report submission to Secretary of State. document identifying proposals, of SA reﬂ ecting the and SA 2017 based on the Preferred Options Pre-Submission Report and reﬂ ecting responses Report against to previous consultation, further the sustainability

technical work etc. indicators. Stage Current

Submission Document Submission to 2018 Representations and participation in Version of the plan for submission Secretary of State examination. to the Secretary of State for examination.

Pre-examination meeting 2018/2019

Independent

Stage 3 examination 2019 Examination Future Milestones Future Receipt of Inspector’s Report 2019

Adoption of Area

Stage 4 Action Plan 2019 Adoption

The Area Action Plan process

introduction / bordesley park area action plan 10 Context

The AAP area has a population of just under 35,000 (2016 population estimates). This is up 2.9% since 2011 and 5.6% since 2001.The age proﬁ le of the AAP area is notably younger than that of both Birmingham as a whole and England; the proportion of the population that are children is 31% compared with a city wide average of 22.8%. Almost half of the population of the AAP area is of Pakistani origin, and more than 10% Bangladeshi. An increasing proportion of people (5.3% in 2011 compared with 0.8% in 2001) are from African backgrounds.

The worklessness rate in the plan environment of signifi cant parts of businesses and residents who can area is persistently higher than in the area is in need of improvement. capitalise on the new development, the city as a whole, although the Leisure facilities located within investment and jobs generated - gap has fallen from more than the area include St Andrew’s, the especially at Eastside. 5 percentage points in 2009 to home of Birmingham City Football 1.6 percentage points in 2016, Club, the wheeled activities at The area will be affected by the so that in November 2016, the Birmingham Wheels Park (including construction and operation of the Worklessness rate across the four a 400m oval stock car racing track, HS2 line. Although it is the Vauxhall wards within which the plan area karting track, off road facilities and area which is directly affected, falls was between 14.3% and 16.5%; a speed skating track), and Small the impact of the line will be felt the citywide rate was 13.7%. Heath Leisure Centre. more widely within the AAP area as Saltley Viaduct will be closed Within the AAP area there is a The area is dominated by for a period during construction, mixture of residential, mixed use signifi cant transport corridors and changes to the ring road to and industrial neighbourhoods including major rail lines, the ring accommodate the route will impact as well as large local centres at road (A4540) and the A45 which on traffi c. Particular issues are Coventry Road and Alum Rock connects the City Centre with addressed in the relevant sections Road. These neighbourhoods Birmingham Airport and the NEC. of this document. and their individual characteristics The proposed route for the High are outlined in more detail in the Speed 2 (HS2) rail line, promoted ‘Neighbourhoods’ section. by Government, also runs through the area to a new rail station at The areas of employment land Curzon Street within the Eastside within and near to the AAP area Quarter of the City Centre. These are of poor quality and do not routes impact not only on the urban generally meet the needs of new environment but also on pedestrian and growing employers. There connectivity within the area and is potential to improve some of with adjacent neighbourhoods the existing employment areas, (including across the ring road to as set out in this plan. However, the City Centre). there remains a shortage of quality employment land here, and across Its location between the City the city as a whole, as evidenced Centre and UK Central (the area by the Employment Land Review including Birmingham Airport carried out to support the and the proposed High Speed 2 Birmingham Development Plan. Interchange in Solihull) presents signifi cant economic opportunities There are a number of formal parks, for Bordesley Park. such as Small Heath Park, and smaller areas of incidental open The growth of the City Centre space within the area, as well as as outlined in the Big City Plan linear green/blue space along the and the Birmingham Curzon HS2 Birmingham and Warwick Junction Masterplan, when coupled with Canal. The Cole Valley Linear enhanced economic, social and Open Space falls just outside the physical connections with the City AAP area to the east. However Centre, will make the area more it is recognised that the overall attractive to investors, developers,

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Spaghetti Junction Perry Barr Gravelly Hill Witton A47

Aston A41 A38M HS2 A4040 Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

A47 Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal Duddeston Adderley Park Stechford

A457 Snow Hill e c Adderley Park a p

Wheels site n Moor Street e Garrison Lane Park p

r New Street Kingston Hill Park a e n i l

Bordesley y lle A456 Five Ways Va Small Heath Park e ol C Small Heath A45 A4540 Ring Road Grand Union Canal A38 Cole Valley linear open space Tyseley

University A41 Acocks Green Cl Key Birmingham City Centre A38 M, Spaghetti Junction & M6 HS2 Bordesley Park Area Action Plan Strategic Highway Network (SHN) Canals Wider Area of Influence Metro Green space Sprint

Plan 4 Local context

context / bordesley park area action plan 12 Development vision and principles

We have deﬁ ned an aspirational and challenging vision and accompanying series of objectives for the AAP. These are set out below, and form a framework for the proposals presented in the following chapters.

Vision The vision for Bordesley Park is:

A revitalised neighbourhood, delivering growth in a high quality urban environment.

Four objectives have been deﬁ ned to support the delivery of this vision:

1. For Bordesley Park to become a focus for sustainable growth in terms of economic activity, housing and community infrastructure.

2. For Bordesley Park to beneﬁ t from improved linkages within and across the area to the City Centre and other centres of activity.

3. For the character and quality of the environment across the whole of Bordesley Park to be improved.

4. To ensure a sustainable future for Bordesley Park, and for the area to make a positive contribution to the City’s sustainability targets.

The remainder of this chapter sets out a series of principles which will be applied to ensure that these objectives are achieved. The principles then ﬂ ow into the opportunities – and associated proposals – identiﬁ ed in the following chapters. These are underpinned by a clear evidence base and are deliverable.

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Growth Principle 1: Growth Bordesley Park has the potential to play a signifi cant part in To promote growth in the AAP area, with a presumption in favour of delivering growth and sustainable sustainable development, by supporting proposals which: development to support the city’s growing population. • Provide the right conditions for growth, diversifi cation and enhanced competitiveness to secure the economic revitalisation of the area and The BDP sets the context for support a target of creating up to 3000 new jobs. This will include growth, and promotes positive bringing forward land for signifi cant employment development change in East Birmingham opportunities at the Wheels site, and promoting existing industrial including the development of areas at Vauxhall and Small Heath. rapid transit routes, improved links through the area to the City Centre • Enhance and develop thriving local centres by supporting their niche and Birmingham Airport, and market position and providing a strong retail offer and range of the development of sustainable services. Alum Rock Road, Bordesley Green and Coventry Road are neighbourhoods at Bordesley Park identifi ed as key centres for investment and additional development and ‘the Eastern Growth Triangle’ and growth. (comprising Stechford, Meadway and Shard End). • Enhance the quality and range of the housing offer within the area, including the delivery of up to 750 new homes to meet existing The AAP supports this by moulding and future housing needs, improvements to existing housing stock, Bordesley Park into an increasingly and measures to bring vacant properties into residential use. The sustainable neighbourhood. Cherrywood Road area is identifi ed as having the greatest potential for new residential development. Bordesley Park is identifi ed as Growth Area 7 Bordesley Park • Improve access to high quality leisure, community and educational within the BDP, which emphasises facilities and infrastructure. the overall growth targets of 750 new homes and up to 3000 new • Maximise development opportunities along main transport routes, jobs. particulary along the proposed Metro line and at its stops, at transport hubs and within and adjacent to local centres.

Employment The provision of suffi cient land to uses at the Wheels site (see Key in the BDP as district centres, and enable a diverse economic base Opportunity 1: The Wheels Site and as such the preferred locations for is vital to a sustainable economy. Environs). These will provide much retail, offi ce, leisure and community There is a shortage of land, and needed employment opportunities facilities. These centres provide particularly of high quality readily for local people. There are also a range of shops and services available land, for employment smaller clusters of employment which are refl ective of the local uses in the city, which needs to be uses in local centres and historical community. Development which addressed. industrial sites across the area; the contributes to the diversity and ‘neighbourhoods’ section of this vitality of these centres, as well as The AAP area includes a range plan identifi es where interventions improvements to accessibility and of existing employment areas, in relation to change of use or environment, is promoted (see Key including Core Employment measures to minimise impact are Opportunities 4 & 5). Improvements Land (as identifi ed in the BDP) at supported. to the environment of other local Vauxhall and Small Heath Business centres and parades will also be Park. Investment and improvements supported. to the environment in these Local Centres areas is promoted, alongside the Local centres at Alum Rock Road creation of major new employment and Coventry Road are identifi ed

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan Housing Community Infrastructure operation of or necessitate the 14 A range of housing types and Access to high quality leisure, relocation of existing sports and tenures is required to meet the community and education leisure uses, including at the needs of the community, including facilities is vital to the creation Wheels site, the Council will work affordable housing, large family of a sustainable neighbourhood. to ensure appropriate support to housing, and properties suitable Protecting, enhancing, and help them to continue. St. Andrew’s for elderly and disabled people. promoting the use of parks, sports Stadium, home of BCFC, is a major The Cherrywood Road area offers pitches and local open spaces visitor attraction and the stadium the greatest potential for new which form part of a wider green and its surroundings have scope for housing (see Key Opportunity 2: infrastructure network will be key. enhancement. Cherrywood Road), with a number There is a demand for community of smaller opportunities identiﬁ ed and religious facilities which can across the area. Measures to meet the changing needs of the improve existing housing, replace growing population. These should that which is beyond repair, and be accommodated in accordance bring vacant properties and sites with the City’s adopted Places of back into use – including the use Worship SPD. of the City Council’s compulsory purchase powers – will also be A shortage of school places has supported. been identiﬁ ed and, given the young and growing population The City Council will work with within the area, proposals are landowners and developers to included to provide for additional bring sites forward, and identify school places. new housing opportunities. This will include the annual review of The existing leisure facilities in the the SHLAA - originally prepared as area provide an important offer for part of the evidence base for the local people as well as attracting BDP. Bringing vacant properties visitors. Improvements to provision back into use and windfall housing of and access to leisure uses will opportunities will also contribute to be supported. Where proposals housing growth. have the potential to affect the

Small Heath Park

bordesley park area action plan / development vision and principles Connectivity Principle 2: Connectivity Birmingham has set out its vision 15 of a transport system which puts To improve linkages within and across the area to the City Centre and the user ﬁ rst and delivers the other centres of activity, connecting local residents and businesses with connectivity that people and economic opportunities by supporting and promoting proposals which: businesses require (Birmingham Connected, 2014, see Appendix • Enhance public transport across the area including the promotion A). This includes faster, safer of rapid transit routes along Bordesley Green (Metro) and the A45 and healthier travel and using (SPRINT) as well as improved local rail and bus services. transport as a catalyst to invest in the fabric of the city. It also uses • Better manage trafﬁ c and congestion within the area. the transport system as a way of reducing inequalities across the • Encourage more walking and cycling within the area reducing city by providing better access to transport’s impact on the environment thereby improving air quality, jobs, training and education, and reducing carbon emissions and improving road safety. removing barriers to mobility.

The AAP promotes a sustainable Kingston Road, Cattell Road and Managing Traffi c & Congestion and effi cient transport network Bordesley Green to Heartlands It is recognised that car use, and in keeping with this vision with Hospital, Meadway and then on in particular the use of vehicles improved public transport, walking to the airport. As the business for business purposes, will remain and cycling connections. case for the route is developed important in the area. Measures this route will be thoroughly to reduce congestion, improving Public Transport examined including the journey times and reducing The following measures have been evaluation of alternative options emissions, and to reduce the identifi ed as important in improving and could be refi ned and revised dominance of traffi c are supported the public transport offer in the further. including: area: • Management of traffi c and road • Working with Network Rail, the • Working with Transport for West space, including Urban Traffi c train operating companies and Midlands and bus operators to Management and Control the devolved local rail franchise improve bus services within the (UMTC), Intelligent Transport through West Midlands Rail to area making them more reliable Systems (ITS), and other digital improve the quality, capacity and attractive for users. This technologies, considering road and frequency of rail services in will include improving public space allocations to best meet the area including the general transport interchanges, ticketing, the needs of users. environment of and connections travel information and ‘way to Adderley Park, Small Heath fi nding’ to make public transport • Enhancing the A45 to tackle and Duddeston stations. more convenient and simpler to congestion and improve the use. general environment of this • HS2, which although it will important road corridor. not have stations within the • investigating opportunities for AAP boundary will be easily park and ride. accessible from the area and will greatly increase travel opportunities. Associated with HS2, a package of local and city-wide transport connectivity improvements will improve the local public transport offer. • Supporting the delivery of two high quality rapid transit routes through the area; one a high quality bus (SPRINT) route along the A45, and the other a Metro route through the heart of the Eastern Corridor. The alignment of the Metro route is still being developed but in line with the East Birmingham Prospectus for Growth currently extends from the City Centre along Metro

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan • Improving key junctions on the routes, with the aim of making of pedestrianised streets, 16 ring road, in particular Bordesley cycling an everyday way to travel in squares and open spaces that Circus and Garrison Circus. Birmingham over the next 20 years. have been created across the Both junctions are set to be A target has been set of 5% of all City Centre and which will be signifi cantly redesigned with trips in the city to be made by bike further developed through the surface level crossings. by 2023 and to double this again to proposals within the Big City 10% by 2033. Plan and the Birmingham Curzon • Tackling localised congestion, HS2 Masterplan for Growth. improving pedestrian safety and Measures to make walking or enhancing the environment of cycling a positive transport option • Linking directly into the City the main linear routes through are supported including: Centre via the Grand Union and the area (including Coventry the Birmingham and Warwick Road, Garrison Lane, Bordesley • Creating a network of pedestrian Junction Canals, provides an Green and Alum Rock Road). 20 routes across the area – a opportunity to expand into the mph zones will be introduced in ‘walkable neighbourhood’ AAP area proposals to develop key areas including local centres. utilising existing and new green a network of attractive and space, and with improved pedestrian friendly water spaces • Seeking opportunities to linkages to rail stations (including within the City Centre. This will improve car parking, particularly the HS2 Curzon Street Station), not only enhance pedestrian provision of off road parking leisure attractions and facilities, linkages into the City Centre within local centres such as Alum areas of employment, and local canal corridor but also build Rock Road and Coventry Road, centres (including improving upon the canal’s potential as and general parking provision the pedestrian environment a leisure amenity and nature within residential areas. within local centres). Improved conservation asset. • Addressing the parking and walking routes and green spaces, congestion issues around St including safety improvements, • Defi ning new cycle routes Andrew’s Football Stadium on will encourage journeys by foot running parallel to main corridors match days. as well as promoting the health and providing an alternative to benefi ts of walking. the busy ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads. Two • Exploring the potential for new routes are currently proposed transport technologies, including • Improving the pedestrian through the area, the fi rst will electric charging points on key environment and connectivity parallel Coventry Road linking routes. across the ring road, whilst Digbeth to Small Heath and a acknowledging the important second linking the City Centre traffi c function of the ring road. to Stechford via Saltley and Walking & Cycling New and enhanced pedestrian Alum Rock. These will benefi t Improving and expanding the crossing points should connect from directional signing and network of walking and cycling Bordesley Park with the network cycle markings on the road routes through the area is essential in terms of connectivity and in promoting associated health benefi ts. Safe, attractive and legible routes are required. The ring road carries large volumes of traffi c and is a barrier to pedestrian movement separating the communities of East Birmingham from the City Centre; particular emphasis will be placed on improving these connections. Walking routes within the area, accessing local facilities, are also important.

Birmingham’s ‘Cycle Revolution’ will improve cycling facilities within a 20-minute cycling time of the City Centre, including improvements to 95km of existing routes and the creation of 115km of new cycle Curzon Street rail terminus

bordesley park area action plan / development vision and principles but may also include marked benefi ts to the wider regional be issued by the Secretary of cycle lanes, shared pavements rail network. As part of this State for Transport and will be 17 for pedestrians and cyclists, initiative new railway stations available at http://www.hs2.org. improvements to side road are proposed within the city at uk/developing-hs2/safeguarding. junctions, new and upgraded Fort Parkway and Castle Vale to signalised crossings where routes the north and at Moseley, Kings • The City Council is working cross main roads, and measures Heath and Hazelwell to the with HS2 Ltd to minimise and to reduce vehicle speeds. south. However, this will require mitigate the impact of the rail major infrastructure works to line on local residents and • Providing safe and convenient the south of Bordesley Circus. businesses both during the cycle routes and facilities There will be a need for a full construction and operation through the area including cycle assessment of the implications of HS2. The safeguarded area parking at key locations along of the Chords proposal, along protects the land required with parking for scooters and with consideration of any for both the construction and motorcycles. development opportunities that operation of the new rail line • Providing ‘way-fi nding’ signage may arise on adjoining land. but not all of the land within within the area. the safeguarding area will be • In the longer term the needed permanently. The HS2 government’s proposals for HS2, proposals were taken forward Wider Proposals with a rail terminus at Curzon through a Parliamentary Hybrid There are a number of transport Street in the City Centre (within Bill which gained Royal Assent improvements planned which, a short distance of the AAP in early February 2017. The new whilst not directly improving area) will enhance connections rail line is programmed to be connectivity in the AAP area, will to London, the rest of the UK operational from 2026. nonetheless have an impact on and Europe as well as provide movement within the City and are a focus for new economic • The construction of HS2 requires supported through the BDP: activity. The proposed line the temporary closure of of HS2 passes through the Saltley Viaduct which is a key • Re-opening of the Camp Hill Vauxhall neighbourhood of gateway into the Alum Rock railway line to passenger services the AAP from Saltley Viaduct Road local centre and wider between Kings Norton and to Curzon Circus. The Council East Birmingham. As part of Tamworth including a connection will continue to protect land the construction of HS2 it is into Moor Street station via within the designated HS2 necessary to re-build Saltley new ‘Chords’ at Bordesley. This Safeguarding Area, as shown Viaduct which as a result will is a major transport priority on Plan 5. Further updated be closed for a period of up supported by the City Council Safeguarding Directions, which to 18 months. Following the and partners such as Transport would supersede the HS2 submission of the High Speed for West Midlands and Network Safeguarding Area shown, may Rail (London – West Midlands) Rail that would bring signifi cant Bill to Parliament the City Council negotiated a number A34 A38M HS2 Safeguarding of ‘assurances’ on HS2 and its HS2 impact with the Secretary of A47 Area State for Transport. This has A4040 Metro Duddeston included an ‘assurance’ to develop a strategy to minimise as far as reasonably practicable, Stechford Snow Hill the impact of the closure of Adderley Park Metro Saltley Viaduct for HS2 works on the road traffi c network and New Street Moor Street mitigate its impact on all user groups taking into account the Bordesley Bordesley Area Action Plan effects of any diverted traffi c in A38 the wider area. The City Council will work with HS2 and other Small Heath Sprint stakeholders to minimise the A4540 impact of this on movement and Ring Road A45 businesses operations across the

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Plan 5 HS2 and Safeguarding Area

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan Local Character Principle 3: Local Character 18 The environment of the area is varied in terms of character and To improve the quality of the environment across the whole of the AAP quality. The AAP represents a area by supporting proposals which: signifi cant opportunity to enhance the character of the area by • Build upon local character to promote high quality design and capitalising on and being led by the community safety in new development. This will include acknowledging best examples of local character – the area’s rich variety of townscape, buildings, archaeology, parks, open quality buildings, attractive green space, waterways and industrial heritage and the promotion of high spaces, a range of housing and quality design of new development and public space. commercial areas – and ensuring that the new development and • Improve the general amenity of the area including design, streetscape, interventions brought forward and tackling problem sites and local eyesores. through the AAP are of high quality. • Develop a network of green infrastructure across the area in order Historic Legacy to maximise the benefi ts of and linkages to the area’s existing assets Historic landscape characterisation of parks, open spaces and canals that will enhance the natural has been used to show how the environment, promote connectivity and improve health. area has developed over time and the date at which the present land use type began. archaeological remains which are These historic assets, both both a physical legacy of the past designated and non-designated, In 1750 the area was predominantly and a signifi cant asset for the area. contribute to the character of the fi elds with scattered farms and just area and are recognised as an a few clusters of houses joined by The City Council will work with important resource. roads and lanes. By 1900, although Historic England to enhance these there were still extensive fi elds, a assets and their local setting. There The sympathetic reuse of canal and railways crossed the area, are also a number of attractive historic buildings is supported. and residential development and tree lined residential streets which Enhancement of the area’s the growth of commercial centres although not formally protected historic streets, spaces and places created the basis of the urban form part of a quality townscape should infl uence the design of character of today. which should also be recognised the new development in the Roads such as Coventry Road and valued. The canals, railways area encouraging and inspiring and Bordesley Green appear on and River Rea running through the environmental improvements and maps by 1750 and are likely to be area are also an integral part of the new high quality design which in medieval in origin. Surviving land city’s industrial heritage and a key turn enhances these assets and uses from the 1800s include the part of the area’s local character. their settings. railways and canal, commercial development along Coventry Road and some residential development to its south, smaller areas to the north and some development along Alum Rock Road. 20th century development retained and reinforced the general pattern of land, except that industrial and related uses now occupied most of the north-west of the area, including some former residential land, and fi elds had been replaced by the expansion of commercial centres and the spread of residential development. Bordesley Park therefore has a rich history and a wide variety of distinctive townscapes, buildings and parks. Within the AAP area there are a number of listed and locally listed buildings and Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal

bordesley park area action plan / development vision and principles The parks and open spaces within should be considered in design, General Environment the area such as Small Heath Park, with appropriate mitigation It is recognised that in parts the 19 are a signifi cant part of the area’s applied. general environment is poor and character, which provide social and in need of improvement. Litter health benefi ts. The enhancement New development should integrate and fl y-tipping is a particular of the areas parks will be a green infrastructure, play space, blight in residential areas and local committment of the AAP going new roads and walking routes centres. Inconsiderate parking is forward. where appropriate and should detrimental to amenity, and is also provide links into the existing a safety issue in places. Whilst the Plan 6 identifi es statutory and green infrastructure network. This AAP cannot directly resolve these, locally listed buildings and the space, public or private, should be measures to improve the general canal infrastructure. The City attractive, functional, and inclusive, environment of the area, combined Council holds further information with long term management with improvements to the transport about these, along with locations considered. network, will go some way to of archaeological and other historic alleviate these issues. Therefore the interests. Safety & Security City Council is establishing a cross- Actual or perceived safety concerns service Project Board to adopt an Design limit the use of some of the green holistic approach to improving the The environment in the area spaces in the area, as well as environment across the AAP area. can be signifi cantly improved certain pedestrian routes. Safe through high quality design in new environments that design out Improvements to the public realm development and public space. crime should be achieved through in local centres and at key junctions All new developments should layouts, building design and spaces will enhance the image of the area. refl ect local context and make a which promote positive social Such opportunities are identifi ed positive contribution to the area; interaction and natural surveillance. within the Key Opportunities and appropriate innovative design will Neighbourhoods sections. be supported. New public realm, including green space, should be designed to be Certain commercial uses cause New housing and neighbourhoods accessible, safe and overlooked, problems for adjoining occupiers should be designed in line with and existing spaces improved, and are detrimental to the general adopted and emerging citywide in order to promote walking and character and environment of guidance (see Appendix A) and outdoor activity. the area. Where these uses are Government guidance, and should non-conforming, for example be inclusive, accessible, adaptable, Further measures to improve industrial uses within residential sustainable and good value. community safety will be promoted neighbourhoods, proposals will be and will complement West brought forward for redevelopment The amenity of new and existing Midlands Police’s priority areas for subject to consideration of uses, and the relationship of new long term police and partnership relocation issues. Where such uses development with existing uses, action. are appropriate we will encourage good management and measures to improve frontages and contain uses within the curtilage of sites (for example scrap yards, car repairs and MOT garages). We will use planning conditions and will enforce against breaches where necessary.

Vacant sites and buildings are also detrimental to the character and environment. Opportunities for development are identiﬁ ed throughout the Key Opportunities and Neighbourhoods sections, and overall the reuse of existing buildings will be encouraged.

St. Peters College

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan Green Infrastructure (GI) Open spaces within the AAP will The River Rea and Birmingham 20 There is a network of green be protected, and enhanced where and Warwick Junction Canal are spaces and corridors within the appropriate, and proposals will aim important assets for the area in AAP area which provide a range to maximise access to open space. terms of amenity and leisure value. of environmental and quality of This could include the shared use Measures to improve access, life benefi ts. This includes formal of community sports and play particularly to the canal for walking parks, playing fi elds or other areas space by nearby schools, as well and cycling, will be supported, as of signifi cant open space - often as gardens and community spaces will measures which enhance their within schools or other locally for leisure or food production ecological role, again addressed accessible facilities, and green (for example community growing in more detail in the following spaces along road, rail, river and schemes). ‘Sustainability’ section. canal corridors; key elements are shown on Plan 7. Street trees and Proposals will seek to improve Trees and planting are of particular gardens also contribute to this connections with the City Centre GI environmental importance, and network of Green Infrastructure network to the west, and the are also important in promoting (GI). River Cole linear open space to the amenity, character and sense of east (linking to the City’s Green Belt place. New trees and planting, The most effective benefi ts of land to the east). This will include including measures such as green GI are realised where spaces are both the creation of new GI assets, roofs, will be supported. interconnected and multifunctional. and the enhancement of existing Although the quality and value of assets. GI across the area varies, it does contribute to the overall quality of the environment, visually and physically, and has the potential to help improve health within the area Alum Rock Road through the promotion of physical activity. As well as its recreational Duddeston Station and amenity value, GI is important Ash Road St S a v io in supporting biodiversity and ur s R o a air quality, and mitigating the d impacts of climate change. The Adderley Park incorporation of sustainable * drainage into multifunctional Adderley Park Station GI areas will also reduce water pollution and help manage fl ood Wheels Site risk if designed appropriately. This Garrison Lane Park is key in this location where surface Garrison Lane * Cherrywood Road water drains into the River Rea, Bordesley Green Road currently classifi ed as being of bad een Bordesley Gr status. This is addressed further Kingston Hill Park St Andrew’s Stadium in the following ‘Sustainability’ (Birmingham City FC) section. *

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Locally Listed Buildings

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Plan 6 Historic assets

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Plan 7 Green Infrastructure plan

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan Sustainability Principle 4: Sustainability 22 The City Council has set out an ambitious target to become one To support proposals which contribute to the City’s sustainability targets of the world’s leading green cities. and which: The AAP will help to meet the City’s goals, contributing to achieving • Demonstrate best practice in sustainable development, including: the wider priorities for sustainable – Sustainable construction and design of the built environment with development and adapting to the new residential properties aiming to be carbon neutral and non- impacts of climate change. industrial buildings meeting the specifi ed BREEAM standards and energy effi ciency measures targeting existing buildings. Birmingham’s Green Commission – Energy effi ciency and low carbon generation. report “Building a Green City” and the Your Green and Healthy – Waste and water management through measures to secure the City draft Supplementary Planning improvement of water quality and the introduction of Sustainable Document provide further details Drainage Solutions. on the City’s priorities. These • Benefi t the natural environment through measures to enhance the wide priorities include: range of green and blue infrastructure across the area including canals and the River Rea. • Creating a low carbon green • Promote a sustainable transport network. economy as part of Birmingham’s overall ambition for a 60% • Refl ect the need to manage the effects of climate change. reduction in carbon dioxide • Recognise and provide for emerging digital applications including emissions by 2027. promoting the principles set out by Birmingham’s Smart City Commission. • Promoting sustainable construction and requiring new The Built Environment standards of sustainability as development to reduce carbon All development should make new buildings will therefore be dioxide emissions. the most effi cient use of land and promoted. The City Council will buildings, in line with the City’s work with key partners, such as the • Improving the energy effi ciency overall development strategy. Homes and Communities Agency, of the city’s homes and buildings. to support retrofi tting and other For non-domestic buildings, the initiatives (such as the Birmingham Energy Savers Programme) aimed • Reducing the city’s reliance Building Research Establishment at existing developments to deliver on traditional energy sources Environmental Assessment Method reductions in carbon dioxide through low carbon energy (BREEAM) provides market emissions. generation and energy planning. recognition for low environmental impact buildings. It is proposed that all new non- residential Energy Generation • Promoting sustainable transport developments over 1000 square Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, particularly the use metres (or with a site area over 0.5 systems integrate the production of public transport, cycling ha) should meet BREEAM standard of usable heat and power and walking, and reducing the ‘Excellent’ (or any future national (electricity), in one single, highly environmental impact of the equivalent). effi cient process. CHP is already city’s mobility needs through low in use in the City Centre and the carbon transport. New residential development proximity of the Tyseley Energy should aim to be carbon neutral, Recovery Facility (within the Tyseley • Reducing the need to travel by incorporating measures to reduce Environmental Enterprise District to providing important services and energy and water consumption, the south east of the area) presents facilities within walking distance reduce waste and utilise the opportunity to introduce such for local residents. sustainable building materials. a system within Bordesley Park. Development should also meet There are similar opportunities with relevant national standards for regard to the way waste is handled • Reducing levels of waste and sustainable construction. and how it can become both a encouraging the use of waste as resource and a potential generator a resource. Within the AAP area the existing of employment. building stock will largely remain • Mitigating and managing fl ood and improving the energy risk. effi ciency and achieving the same

bordesley park area action plan / development vision and principles Waste Management important for biodiversity and air Birmingham including the AAP The area includes a number of quality, and mitigating the impacts area and immediate surrounds 23 waste management facilities of climate change. This includes will be a test bed for new digital serving a local and regional the River Rea and Warwick Junction applications. The City Council will catchment. The City recognises Canal corridors, as well as green also work with developers and the importance and supports spaces and corridors. Digital Birmingham to ensure that the provision of such facilities, the provision of infrastructure and alongside measures to minimise The River Rea is largely in a brick- new technologies which enhance waste production. However, we lined channel through the AAP digital connectivity forms an will also seek to improve the area. Measures to improve its essential part of future investments environmental performance of course to work towards Water and developments. waste management facilities, and Framework Directive compliance, to ensure that their operation is including removal of hard Activity over the plan period may managed to minimise the impact engineering where impacts on include: on nearby occupiers. function and management have been fully assessed, in-channel morphological diversity, and • Installation of open access Flooding and Drainage ducting infrastructure to support New development should preserving and where possible enhancing the ecological value an integrated approach to demonstrate measures to mitigate shared utility services, optical against fl ood risk and to ensure of marginal aquatic habitat banks and the riparian zone, will be fi bre to the premises, and shared that they do not increase fl ood risk use of wireless connectivity and elsewhere. encouraged. The setting of new development in relation to the river power to street devices. Sustainable Drainage Systems to enhance its context and access (SuDS) such as soakways, infi ltration will be addressed as proposals • Development of ubiquitous, trenches, permeable pavements, come forward. superfast and affordable wired grassed swales ponds and wetlands and wireless connectivity. will be required as part of all The Warwick Junction Canal is development proposals to manage an important ecological corridor, • Installation of sensors and surface water. This will reduce the value of which should also be monitoring stations to support surface water fl ood risk, improve enhanced. growth in data transmission for water quality, and contribute to monitoring, management and enhanced green infrastructure and Natural environments will be control of existing and new biodiversity. protected and enhanced in services, e.g. smart metering, line with the principles of the intelligent traffi c management, The AAP area drains into both the Birmingham and Black Country smart parking, electric River Cole and River Rea. Water Nature Improvement Area, with charging bays, or monitoring quality in the area is adversely new opportunities for wildlife and environmental conditions. affected by foul water draining biodiversity encouraged as part of into these water courses as a new and existing development. result of historical misconnections, • Establishing a digital platform to dual manholes, and combined capture and make available data Digital Connectivity sewer overfl ows. The water is to support innovation. Digital technology will be an classifi ed as bad to moderate. important tool in the future This should be addressed where • Intelligent energy infrastructure knowledge economy and help possible. These issues should be or smart grids to support contribute to improved transport, addressed through redevelopment district energy and local energy health provision, access to wherever possible alongside the generation. education and employment, and incorporation of SuDS techniques the City’s green agenda. that specifi cally benefi t water • Enhancing and securing the quality and limiting of surface Birmingham’s Smart City digital capability of the locality water discharge to combined Commission has committed through communication hubs sewers. New development and to support a Smart City spatial and data exchanges. improvements to existing sites demonstrator in East Birmingham, should rectify historical foul and with the aim of embedding Smart • Digital programmes to help surface water misconnections and City principles (release, use and improve quality of life, for replace dual manhole covers. access to data; integration and use example access to digital of digital technologies; and strong learning, digital support and The Natural Environment citizen/business engagement) to guidance for carers, or digital The natural environment, including support economic growth and logbooks for social housing green and blue infrastructure, is reduce inequalities. As such, East residents.

development vision and principles / bordesley park area action plan 24 Key Opportunities for Change

Five areas have been identiﬁ ed that offer the greatest potential for change, where new development or new uses can make the biggest impact on the area and best deliver the aims of the plan.

Each area forms an integral Two further areas offer the part of the wider AAP area and opportunity to enhance some opportunities will be maximised to of the area’s most important exploit linkages and connectivity assets. Measures to improve the between them - particularly access image, accessibility, and range of to jobs and training. facilities within the local centres are proposed at: Three of these areas, at the heart of the AAP, combine to • Alum Rock Road. create the opportunity for a new • Coventry Road. neighbourhood. New residential, employment, education and Building upon the work undertaken community uses complemented by to date, through the issues, ideas enhanced transport connections and opportunities outlined and and an improved environment, are consulted upon in the Options and proposed at: Preferred Options Reports, a set of land use proposals have been • The Wheels Site and Environs. drawn up for each of these areas. • Adderley Park. • Cherrywood Road.

New housing in Saltley

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Plan 8 Key opportunities for change

key opportunities for change / bordesley park area action plan 26 The Wheels Site and Environs

The Wheels Site & Environs includes the 40 acre (16 ha) Wheels site as well as a wider area containing a range of industrial uses, retail and community uses within the local centre, and Bordesley Green Girls’ School.

The Wheels site is located between the industrial uses on the Key Opportunity 1: The Wheels Site and Environs north side of Garrison Lane and the West Coast Main Line, and The Wheels Site and Environs will become an attractive location for high currently accommodates a centre quality employment uses. for ‘wheeled activities’ including a This will include: 400m oval stock car racing track, a. Promotion of new industrial and employment opportunities including karting tracks, off road facilities and the comprehensive and coordinated development of the Wheels site a roller skating track. The wheeled to deliver up to 1 million sq ft of fl oor space and up to 3000 jobs and activities on the site commenced training opportunities. The Council will work with existing occupiers in the 1970s as part of an initiative regarding relocation opportunities. to counter youth crime. The range of activities operating from the site b. Redevelopment and enhancement of existing industrial areas for has expanded up to the present employment led mixed uses north of Bordesley Green through day although the site is underused partnership working with occupiers regarding improvements to property and has signifi cant potential. and wider development opportunities. The site, having previously c. Opportunities for new and improved facilities at Bordesley Green Girls’ accommodated brick pits and School including the potential extension of the school site. landfi ll, is contaminated. There are also signifi cant changes in levels d. New and improved access arrangements with improved access into the across the site, and it has limited Wheels site (and the development of a spine road through the site) to access. serve the industrial development. e. High quality public transport including the promotion of rapid transit The proposals for the Wheels Site proposals (Metro) along Bordesley Green and improved access to local and Environs include: rail and bus services. a. Promotion of new industrial and f. Improvements to the wider environment including Bordesley Green local employment opportunities. centre linked to the development of rapid transit proposals. New industrial and employment opportunities (B1(b) & (c), B2 & Implementation B8) and ancillary facilities will be promoted on and around the wider Local/National Partnership Land CIL/ Planning Wheels site (more than 59 acres/24 Funding Working Assembly/ Section 106 Management hectares). The illustrative scheme CPO shows up to 1 million sq. ft. over a    number of units of differing sizes. Whilst the principles of a spine road through the site and a range of sectors in the city, including the Metro and proximity to the local units in a high quality landscaped automotive sector, as well as with centre. The future of the existing environment are set, further detail universities and other education housing will be considered in light will depend on the nature of and training establishments. of the emerging proposals for the the scheme as it comes forward. wider site. A range of units up to 200,000 b. Redevelopment and sq.ft. are currently considered enhancement of existing to be appropriate, but will be industrial areas. The proposed route of the Metro reviewed/amended in line with The existing industrial areas also along Bordesley Green will be a key market conditions and business have great development potential, opportunity for the area facilitating requirements. ranging from the improvement growth including the potential of existing premises and access redevelopment of the local centre There is the potential for links to through to redevelopment linked to and the scope for higher density be developed with key business the proposals for the Wheels site, development.

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the wheels site and environs / bordesley park area action plan c. Opportunities for new and Justifi cation Delivery 28 improved education facilities. The proposal addresses the need The core area of the site is in The site of Bordesley Green to promote economic growth City Council ownership. The City Girls’ School will be extended and new industrial and business Council will work with developers to (subject to continuing demand) opportunities responding to the assemble the wider site required to providing an improved educational need to increase the supply of high deliver the employment proposal. environment/setting and additional quality employment land identifi ed space for teaching and learning. in the Employment Land Review Major challenges include the 2012 and the evidence base for changes in levels and poor ground Education/training facilities the BDP. and more recently by the conditions across the site and associated with the employment Employmant Land Assessment working with existing occupiers to uses on the core site will also 2017. It also maximises the secure suitable sites for relocation be supported, along with HMS potential to provide employment where appropriate. Forward on Tilton Road. and training opportunities for the local community. The AAP will create the ‘market’ to d. New and improved access make the site deliverable whilst de- arrangements. The proposal responds to the risking it as a regeneration initiative. Existing accesses to and from the locational advantages of the site It is recognised that further work on site from Adderley Road South and and the scale of land available viability and deliverability will need Venetia Road will be improved, and for inward investment and major to be undertaken as a detailed a new access from Bordesley Green business locations. There is market scheme for the site is developed. Road created. Traffi c to and from demand in the city for quality This will include the relationship the site should be routed away purpose built employment uses. between different uses on the site from nearby residential streets. and with uses on adjacent sites, as Bordesley Green Girls’ School, well as design issues. e. High quality public transport. which has been expanded for Proposals for a Metro route along post 16 provision is located on a Going forward this mechanism Bordesley Green to the south of physically constrained site. The will also be used to deliver the the site will be supported including proposal offers the opportunity to site including potential land the need to accommodate any improve the school by extending reclamation and assembly. land take required to facilitate the its site. delivery of this. The City Council will promote the The proposal will improve locational advantages of the site, Improved pedestrian connections accessibility across and within including its strategic location and will be promoted, particularly to the area, and will support proximity to the ring road, and Adderley Park Railway Station, improvements to the local centre, opportunities to further enhance major bus routes and future rapid in keeping with the AAP principles. access. The scale of opportunity transit routes, as well as the City Centre. The Ward End cycle route along Arden Road to the north of the site provides a sustainable link for accessing new development here.

f. Improvements to the environment including Bordesley Green local centre. Improvements and/or the redevelopment of Bordesley Green local centre will be supported in line with emerging rapid transit proposals. This is addressed further under Key Opportunity 2: Cherrywood Road.

Measures will be taken to address environmental and amenity issues for residential and other sensitive uses adjoining industrial activities.

Bordesley Green Girls’ School

bordesley park area action plan / the wheels site and environs facilities, and address issues relating to some of the existing 29 industrial premises (in particular potential for expansion, and the environmental and amenity impact of particular businesses on adjoining uses). There was also signiﬁ cant interest in training and employment uses.

There was no interest shown for the arena option from potential occupiers at that time, which limited the scope of this option from moving forward. Site constraints also limited the potential for residential development.

The Preferred Option focused on the industrial and employment option. Most consultation responses again related to the need to safeguard the existing sporting activities. There was also Adderley Park Railway Station interest from the commercial sector regarding the potential for the for industrial development will be area of the participants involved. delivery of signifi cant new industrial promoted to encourage economic Appropriate provision will also fl oorspace. growth. need to be made for other existing business occupiers of the site. The proposals set out in the The Asset Accelerator is a joint Preferred Option Report were BCC/Homes England programme carried forward into the Pre- which enables the recycling of Evolution of the proposal Submission Report and now capital receipts from the disposal Following extensive options form the basis of this Submission of former Regional Development development and analysis, Report. Through consultation, Agency assets to facilitate the the Options Report presented there remains concern about the unlocking of development four options - the incremental impact of proposals on the current opportunities on a number of sites intensifi cation of existing leisure uses on the Wheels site, across the city. For the Wheels sporting uses, signifi cant housing but development of employment area, this funding is initially being development to create a new uses refl ects the proposals in the used to fund commissions to neighbourhood, a major leisure adopted Birmingham Development address reclamation, provision attraction with associated Plan. of infrastructure and fi nancial leisure and retail uses, and modelling as well as the the development of a major consideration of relocation industrial/employment site. requirements of existing occupiers. These were broadly drawn, and were deliberately not mutually The Council will work with existing exclusive – all included some occupiers regarding options for the elements of improved connectivity relocation of their facilities. and environment, as well as new/ The importance of these expanded educational facilities. facilities is recognised and their Combinations of options or continued operation through individual elements could therefore equivalent or better quantity and be considered. quality replacement provision elsewhere and/or consolidation Each of the options secured a on site in conjunction with any range of comments, with many redevelopment of the Wheels relating to the need to safeguard site is supported. This will include the existing sporting activities on consideration of the catchment site, provide improved educational

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Existing & proposed Railway stations landscaping Bordesley Green Local Centre

Plan 10 The Wheels Site and Environs (Proposals)

the wheels site and environs / bordesley park area action plan 32 Cherrywood Road

The Cherrywood Road area adjoins the eastern boundary of the Wheels site and is bounded by Bordesley Green Road, the West Coast main railway line, Fordrough Lane and Bordesley Green. It includes areas of older terraced housing, the education campus of South and City College Birmingham and two distinct industrial areas - the area between Bordesley Green Road/Cherrywood Road and the area to the north of Bordesley Green.

The proposals for the Cherrywood Road area include: Key Opportunity 2: Cherrywood Road a. New residential development. Residential development will be A new residential neighbourhood with improved community facilities and promoted on sites in the area. local environment will be created. This will initially be on Cherrywood Road and Cherrywood Road/ This will include: Humpage Road, with the scope a. New residential development at Cherrywood Road and Cherrywood for a wide range of housing types Road/ Humpage Road that addresses amenity issues and constraints to meet the needs of the local presented by adjoining uses. area. Development here will be b. Opportunities to review education needs within the area including the designed to maximise residential site issues of Al-Hijrah school. amenity, respecting the operation of businesses in the wider area. c. Improving the setting and amenity of the area by reviewing the Opportunities to bring forward concentration and operation of car repair and recycling uses to further housing development will improve the amenity of existing housing and allow further residential be explored. development to take place including at Cherrywood Road/Denbigh b. Opportunities to review Street. education needs. d. Improvements to Bordesley Green local centre through the promotion The future needs of Al Hijrah of new retail and community development and the promotion of a rapid School will be considered regarding transit route (Metro) along Bordesley Green. its proximity to industrial premises and location on a constrained site. Implementation Alternative sites will be explored, if Local/National Partnership Land CIL/ Planning appropriate. Funding Working Assembly/ Section 106 Management CPO c. Improving the setting and amenity of the area.    There are a number of car repairs, recycling and similar uses which the local centre, the promotion part of the evidence base for the currently have a detrimental effect of a rapid transit route through BDP. the area, and the safeguarding of on the amenity of the area. The The area presently suffers from historic buildings. Again the Metro concentration and cumulative confl icting business, residential and route provides the opportunity impact of a large number of these community uses which are often for the reconfi guration and/or uses will be reviewed with the aim in close proximity to each other. redevelopment of the local centre of securing improvements to the The opportunity to review land as well as the potential for higher amenity of existing housing and to use and promote new residential density development. allow new residential development development will facilitate the to take place. resolution of these issues, and is Justifi cation in line with the ‘growth’ and ‘local d. Improvements to Bordesley The promotion of new residential character’ principles of the AAP. Green local centre. sites will contribute to meeting Development opportunities along local housing needs, allowing The promotion of new employment Bordesley Green include the scope the provision of a wider range of land and economic development for additional convenience retail housing types and tenures. The opportunities on the Wheels site and community/service provision. core sites are identifi ed in the will counter the loss of employment These will be supported where Strategic Housing Land Availability land in this area and enable the they contribute to the vitality of Assessment (SHLAA) which forms safeguarding of jobs.

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Plan 11 Cherrywood Road

cherrywood road / bordesley park area action plan Al Hijrah School is located on The City Council will work with The residential development 34 a constrained site and close to partner agencies such as Transport opportunities arose as part of the industrial premises. Addressing for West Midlands to deliver ‘call for sites’ through the review these constraints would enable improvements to public transport of the Strategic Housing Land the school to expand although - including the proposed rapid Availability Assessment (SHLAA), alternative sites will be explored as transport route along Bordesley and Cherrywood Road was part of this process. Green. The impact of this, therefore identifi ed in the Preferred together with the existing Highway Options Report as an additional Development considerations Improvement Lines affecting the area with key opportunities for The key to unlocking the full Bordesley Green/ Victoria Street change. potential of these sites is junction, is likely to impact on uses addressing the issues arising from on the Bordesley Green frontage. Consultation responses to the long term industrial use of New development should more the Preferred Option were parts of the area and exploiting satisfactorily address the Bordesley largely supportive of residential the scope of the wider area Green frontage and complement development, although some in delivering a signifi cant new adjoining and nearby housing. concerns were raised about the residential area. There is the opportunity for higher future operations of businesses density development along the within and immediately adjoining For Cherrywood Road/Humpage proposed Metro route. the area. Road this will involve the potential relocation of existing vehicle Again, consultation responses were repair, recycling and other Evolution of the proposal supportive of the key elements of industrial premises in order to both The Cherrywood Road area the plan and the proposals have safeguard existing jobs and secure was not included in the original been carried forward into the improvements to the amenity of Options Report as a potential area Submission Report. existing housing and allow new of change, but a number of local residential development to take issues were considered within place. Neighbourhood 4 - Bordesley Green. For Cherrywood Road this will include the need to protect existing key local businesses and consider the constraints on residential development imposed by existing industrial installations. A site specifi c risk assessment has been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations, which has resulted in the production of risk contours which impact on the area including Al Hijrah School. In particular this will require further discussions with the HSE regarding the impact of risk on sites in the area and how this can be addressed (and potentially reduced) to enable new development to take place.

For both housing sites there may be a need to address potential ground condition issues following many years of industrial uses. The sites, and surrounding land and property, are in private ownership; some land assembly may be necessary to provide sites of sufﬁ cient size for residential development. Further housing opportunities will be explored. Junction of Bordesley Green, Pikewater Road and Cherrywood Road

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Adderley Park Station

Pretoria Road

Cherrywood Road South & City College

Bordesley Green Road

Bordesley Green

Key Bordesley Green Local Centre Road network (existing and proposed) Railway lines Residential Junction improvement Proposed rapid transit route Education Principal gateways (Metro) Longer term residential development Local landmark Railway stations opportunity Local Centre improvements and re-development opportunities

Plan 12 Cherrywood Road (Proposals)

cherrywood road / bordesley park area action plan 36 Adderley Park

The Adderley Park area is a mixed use area to the north of the main Wheels site and the West Coast railway line. It includes signiﬁ cant areas of industrial land and premises - much of which is either in a poor condition, in low intensity uses, or comprises uses that could potentially give rise to environmental or amenity issues for neighbouring uses.

The area has great potential, with Key Opportunity 3: Adderley Park Adderley Park itself providing a signifi cant area of public open space at its heart. Although the An improved neighbourhood will be created , responding to open space is overlooked on one opportunities for employment and community uses focussed around side by housing (on Hams Road) Adderley Park along with the improvement of the environment - this contrasts with industrial uses particularly for existing housing. to the west of Adderley Road and to the south of Arden Road and This will include: Landor Street. a. The promotion of a wider mix of uses including for employment, education and community (but not residential) along Adderley Road The Birmingham and Warwick and to the south of Arden Road. Junction Canal runs down the western edge of the area and there b. Creating active and attractive frontages to the neighbourhood along is the potential to improve access Adderley and Arden Roads, promoting quality design and reviewing and signage to the canal here existing scrap and vehicle repair premises. as well as improvements to the general environment of the canal c. Improving the environment of Adderley Primary School. corridor. Towpath improvements have already been carried out to d. Improving traffi c management and junction arrangements including improve the route for pedestrians access into the Wheels site and EMR. and cyclists. Adderley Primary School is located in the south west e. Improving the quality and promoting greater use of Adderley Park and corner of the park and although the Birmingham and Warwick Junction canal. there has been recent investment Implementation in the buildings, the school suffers from a poor quality environment Local/National Partnership Land CIL/ Planning and the high levels of HGV traffi c Funding Working Assembly/ Section 106 Management on Landor Street/Arden Road. CPO

To the west of the canal are further    industrial areas - including a comparatively modern industrial new employment, education and breakers or other uses which often estate accessed from Duddeston community uses (for example space spill out onto the highway and Mill Road, and beyond that a for start-up businesses or social have a negative impact on the local major metal recycling facility (EMR) enterprises). environment will be resisted. The located off Landor Street. Given management of existing such uses the nature of industrial activity b. Creating an active and attractive will be addressed and relocation to the west of the canal and its frontage. explored. environmental impact, it will A more ﬂ exible approach to uses continue to inﬂ uence the future of along Adderley Road and Arden c. Improving the environment of nearby sites. Road will be adopted based on Adderley Primary School. the provision that development Measures to improve the setting of The proposals for the Adderley creates an active and attractive Adderley Primary School (including Park area include: frontage to the neighbourhood, potential extension of the school a. A wider mix of uses along is of high quality design and facilities) and to minimise the Adderley Road and to the south contributes to the overall uplift of impact of adjoining uses on the of Arden Road. the environment. school’s environment will be A mix of uses will be supported supported. including the retention of existing To ensure a high quality business uses and opportunities for environment, scrap yards, car

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St Saviour’s Road D u dde Road ston Mill

Ash Road

Hams Road

Zia-Ul-Qua’an Mosque

Landor Street Junction

Adderley Park Station

Wheels

Plan 13 Adderley Park

adderley park / bordesley park area action plan d. Improving traffi c management the canal to the west. Similarly, Where development requires it, the 38 and junctions. development on Arden Road will City Council will work with existing Junction and traffi c management provide a transition between the businesses to explore relocation improvements in the area will need railway and new employment uses and safeguard local jobs. to refl ect the wider context. In on the Wheels site and the park particular: neighbourhood. New development • Managing traffi c and access to will be required to improve Evolution of the proposal the Wheels site via Adderley buildings and the environment The Options Report presented Road South. thereby enhancing the amenity of three options for the purposes of nearby housing and the setting of consultation. These comprised a • A new access to the EMR site both the park and school. minimum change option, an option is proposed on Duddeston Mill The proposal does potentially that explored residential and Road, which will potentially involve the loss of employment community uses and a third option reduce the number of HGV land, but not designated Core that also supported the change movements along Adderley Employment Land, to other of use of some of the industrial Road. uses. However, the City Council land to education and community is promoting the retention of use. Each option acknowledged • Forthcoming changes to the ring industrial land in other locations issues relating to the setting of road junctions will affect turning across the city, including the Adderley Primary School and movements for HGVs using Vauxhall area and the Wheels the opportunities for further Landor Street. This will need site, which are better located, improvements to Adderley Park. to be addressed to ensure that have better access and are more there is no detrimental impact attractive to the market. The main comments received on access to existing business included a desire for a greater operations. range and mix of uses in the area Junction and traffi c management including education and community • General improvements to traffi c improvements will reduce the elements and opportunities to management to better refl ect negative impact of traffi c, especially address environmental issues the needs of all road users. HGV traffi c, on Adderley Primary and the number of poorer quality School and residents in the area. industrial premises - particularly e. Improving the quality and those on Adderley Road that face use of Adderley Park and the the park. Birmingham and Warwick Development considerations Junction canal The majority of the sites are in The Preferred Options Report Improvements to Adderley Park private ownership. The City Council refl ected previous consultation as a recreational and green asset will work with land owners to bring comments. It proposed a new for the area will be supported, development proposals forward mixed use neighbourhood focused including measures such as within the context of the Area on Adderley Park, improving waymarked footpaths and outdoor Action Plan. the residential environment fi tness equipment to encourage and supporting community and exercise. The canal corridor New community and education education uses. through the area should also be uses along Adderley Road and to improved including the potential the south of Arden Road will be There was some support for the for the setting of new development required to demonstrate that site allocation of land for new education to enhance the canal environment. constraints can be appropriately and community facilities. There are addressed, including ground vacant sites at Adderley Road and conditions, noise and other Bordesley Green Road which were Justifi cation environmental issues relating to considered the best location for The proposal offers scope to meet the nearby industrial sites, and car such new facilities. demand for community, education parking. Proposals for the area and employment uses in the area. south of Arden Road will be partly The proposals have been carried However given the important governed by proximity of the forward into the Submission industrial area to the west of the main rail line to the south of the Report. canal residential uses would not be site and also by the proposals for appropriate. the northern part of the Wheels site. Consideration of detailed New development along Adderley planning, design, environmental Road will become an area of and transportation matters will be transition between the park important to ensure satisfactory neighbourhood, to the east, and relationships between uses in the the area of heavier industry beyond area.

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Key Education Junction improvement C Mixed uses including small office, business and training space Improved public open space Principal gateways Mixed uses Railway lines D Improved leisure/recreation provision

Road network (Existing and proposed) Railway stations Canal network Local landmark

Plan 14 Adderley Park (Proposals)

adderley park / bordesley park area action plan 40 Alum Rock Road

Alum Rock Road is the principal local centre serving Saltley and Washwood Heath. Linear in form, it comprises mainly traditional terraced shops with some more recent inﬁ ll including a number of community uses.

The centre serves a mainly Asian population, and its shops and Key Opportunity 4: Alum Rock Road services strongly refl ect the needs of the community. In addition, the An improved local centre will be secured through investment and centre also attracts visitors from a development within the existing centre and its growth to the east wider catchment area, because of its specialisms in jewellery, fashion This will include: and textiles. a. Maximising development opportunities and use of space within the existing centre. The centre is very busy and suffers from road traffi c congestion which b. Expansion of the centre to the east between Langton Road and Naseby detracts from the environment and Road. shopping experience within the centre. In many places pavements c. Provision of additional off road parking and loading facilities at locations are narrow with little scope for along the centre. widening. Opportunities for growth within the centre are generally d. Improvement of the public realm and environment. limited, although a number of sites are being developed, and others are subject to discussions with Implementation owners regarding their future use. Local/National Partnership Land CIL/ Planning Funding Working Assembly/ Section 106 Management Although the centre does have CPO some opportunities for growth, its niche role and the nature of likely    opportunities will determine the scale of new development. New proposals must be appropriate in The proposals for Alum Rock Road and offer further potential for scale and of good design as well as include: improvement to provide a range integrated with the existing local a. Maximising development of retail or community uses which centre. opportunities and use of space could include offi ce, business within the existing centre. and training uses. There are Parts of the surrounding Clodeshall The appropriate development of opportunities for land at the rear Road/Couchman Road area have the following will be promoted: of these premises to be brought undergone signifi cant change over back into more effi cient use the last decade with the demolition • The former Tilt Hammer Public of many of the older terraced House site at the corner of Alum • The former Leyland Club has houses and the redevelopment of Rock Road and Adderley Road planning permission for a mixed the subsequent sites. New housing which has been vacant for many retail, community and residential is being built, a new health centre years and is an important and development which includes a has opened, and a park has been very visible site at the entrance signifi cant underground car park. laid out. Discussions are taking to the local centre. This site, place about the provision of along with the adjoining car Support will be given to proposals additional community facilities. park and land in city council which improve and maximise the ownership, presents a number use of existing buildings. This will of potential development include, the wider community use opportunities including retail and of Saltley Methodist Church (whilst car parking. ensuring the historic character of the building is safeguarded) • The Crown Buildings which have and use of upper fl oors of retail undergone some refurbishment premises.

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Havelock Road

Highfield Road

St Ralph Road Saviour’s Road

Bowyer Road Co uchman R oad

Adderley Park

Plan 15 Alum Rock Road

alum rock road / bordesley park area action plan Opportunities for ancillary construction of the new rail line that there are limited opportunities 42 commercial use or improved upon the local centre. for off road parking along the main parking/servicing at the rear of part of the centre. existing commercial premises will be identifi ed through a review of Justifi cation The Council will work with this space. Demand for units within the public and private landowners centre is high – vacancy levels are to deliver car parking, and will Particular support will be given lower and rents higher than in consider assembly of sites where to the provision of new facilities comparable centres. Maximising appropriate. that will complement the centre the use of space within the centre including banking and fi nance is therefore vital. The level of Evolution of the proposal facilities. demand is suffi cient to justify The Options Report presented two managed growth; growth to the options for Alum Rock Road. The b. Expansion of the centre to the west is constrained by the road fi rst suggested the development east between Langton Road and network so growth to the east is of additional retail and other Naseby Road. supported. This will be monitored centre related uses within the Conversion of properties on the and potentially reviewed in the existing centre boundary, whilst Alum Rock Road frontage between future. The Shopping and Local the second option proposed the Langton Road and Naseby Road Centres SPD sets out proposals for growth of the centre to the east – to local retail or other appropriate the expansion of the local centre initially focussing on the properties local centre uses will be supported. to the east, and this also gained between Langton Road and The local centre boundary has support from local residents and Naseby Road. already been amended to refl ect businesses. Parking, and associated this. congestion, on Alum Rock Road is Comments received during the a signifi cant issue identifi ed over consultation supported key c. Provision of additional off road many years. elements of both options as well parking and loading facilities at as the need to address traffi c and locations along the centre. Any opportunity to provide off- congestion issues, enhance the Locations for additional well road parking and loading, in range and quality of facilities and priced off-street pay and display association with new development signifi cantly upgrade the image of parking will be identifi ed to serve or otherwise, will be of benefi t to the area. the centre. Where possible new the centre. development should accommodate The Preferred Option refl ected parking; however, access to the Development considerations the points raised during the centre for pedestrians and by The majority of the sites are in earlier consultation. This received public transport is good, and private ownership. The City Council continuing support. measures to promote access by will work with land owners to bring these modes – limiting the need development proposals forward The proposals have been carried for car parking – will be a priority. within the context of the Area forward into the Submission Improvements to loading areas to Action Plan. The expansion of the Report. the rear of commercial premises centre will be kept under review will also be supported. with potential for further expansion to be considered in the future. d. Improvement of the public realm and environment. Measures to improve the image One of the key challenges here and identity of the centre will relates to the impact of the be supported. This may include growth of the centre to the east, branding, environmental in particular the resulting loss of improvements, or centre housing as well as the need Imageto pending management. Enhancements safeguard residential amenity as to the gateway into Alum Rock adjoining properties are converted Road at Saltley Gate to the west to commercial uses. There may be and defi nition of a new gateway locations where some proposals into the centre from the east will for change of use may not be be promoted. The City Council appropriate on amenity grounds - will also work with HS2 Ltd and this might include restaurants and the Alum Roack local traders to hot food takeaways, or uses that minimise and mitigate the impact would generate an amount of noise of the proposed temporary closure such as day nurseries or certain of Saltley Viaduct during the community uses. It is recognised

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Key Alum Rock Road Local Centre Opportunity to improve the commercial Road network (Existing and proposed) use of land including car parking Existing education to the rear of businesses Traffic management with opportunity for extension and environmentalimprovements Retail (Local Centre regeneration) Retail (Local Centre expansion)

Mixed uses including commercial Local landmark and residential

Plan 16 Alum Rock Road (Proposals)

alum rock road / bordesley park area action plan 44 Coventry Road

The Coventry Road centre is a traditional linear inner city local centre, straddling Coventry Road and stretching from Cattell Road to Small Heath Park, a distance of some 1.6 km (1 mile).

The centre serves the day to Key Opportunity 5: Coventry Road day needs of the mainly Asian population and incorporates a range of community facilities, An improved local centre will be secured with investment within the including health facilities, leisure existing centre and the promotion of new development and creation of a centre and park. In recent years gateway at its western end. the local centre has also become a focus for shops and businesses This will include: serving the Arab and Somalian a. New development to defi ne the gateway at the western end of the communities. The majority of the centre. shops are small and independently owned; which are complemented b. Creating a high quality business and enterprise environment in the area by the retail offer of Morrison’s and to the south of Coventry Road Asda at either end of the centre. There has been some recent c. Enhancing the provision of retail and other facilities within the centre. investment within the centre - including the creation of the St. d. Addressing local accessibility and car parking issues. Andrew’s Retail Park. e. Improvement of the public realm and environment. Proposals to improve the vitality and viability of the centre will f. Support for the extension of the Metro route through the northern edge be supported and there are a of the centre. number of potential opportunities for growth. Improvements to the Implementation environment and public realm of Local/National Partnership Land CIL/ Planning the centre will be promoted, as Funding Working Assembly/ Section 106 Management will the consideration of measures CPO to improve accessibility and tackle    localised congestion. St Andrew’s Stadium is a major leisure and sports attraction at the route. This includes potential for • At Bordesley Circus there is western gateway to the centre. higher density development which potential to create a prominent It is likely that the stadium will will contribute to the gateway and and attractive frontage. The remain in its current location, and facilitate growth and jobs within the existing buildings fronting that opportunities will be taken area, including: Bordesley Circus, including to further improve facilities at the properties at Mount Pleasant, • The former tram/bus depot at offer the opportunity for longer existing site. The City Council will Coventry Road/Arthur Street, continue to work with the owners term redevelopment to improve which could accommodate a mix the frontage to the ring road. of the football club to explore of uses including residential to opportunities to do this. Environmental enhancements the rear. such as appropriate signage, artwork, landscaping and The proposals for Coventry Road • The frontage to St. Andrew’s planting will enhance pedestrian include: stadium, with potential to linkages to the City Centre and a. New development to defi ne the improve the public realm improve the gateway to the gateway at the western end of around the stadium including Bordesley Park area refl ecting the centre. car parking and environmental the importance of this major There are a number of works. opportunities at the western edge junction. The construction of the of the centre which should be • Further measures to improve the Bordesley Chords will impact on developed so as to maximise the environment and vitality of St this area. benefi ts of the proposed Metro Andrew’s Retail Park.

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St Andrew’s

(Birmingham City FC) Cattell Road

Green Lane

Muntz Street

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Malmesbury Road Small Heath Station

Plan 17 Coventry Road

coventry road / bordesley park area action plan • The former cinema site at c. Enhancing the provision of retail The proposed Metro route passes 46 Coventry Road/Dart Street is and other facilities within the the western end of the local centre. potentially partially affected by centre. Consideration will be given to the the emerging Metro proposals. positioning of stops to maximise However, this site, along with A number of other sites along the access benefi ts for the centre. adjoining sites including the Coventry Road offer the maisonettes on Dart Street offer opportunity to enhance the e. Improvement of the public a longer term opportunity for provision of retail and other realm and environment. redevelopment to provide high facilities within the local centre: Measures which improve the quality quality housing and community • Frontage sites and land to the of the local environment will be uses. rear of 440-474 Coventry Road supported, including: present an opportunity for • Improvements to the public b. Creating a high quality business redevelopment and are also and enterprise environment realm and the pedestrian accessible from Wright Street to environment within the local in the area to the south of the rear. Coventry Road. centre. The area to the south of Coventry • The site at the corner of • A branding scheme to improve Road, around Herbert Road, Coventry Road and Golden the identity of the centre and the Jenkins Street, Parliament Street Hillock Road offers the potential marketing of its attractions and and Whitmore Road, offers the for residential development facilities. potential to support community with retail on the Coventry Road • Enhancement of Small Heath facilities and a high quality business frontage. and enterprise environment: Park and Sara Park and their linkages with, and use by, • The cluster of community • The site adjacent to 511 the surrounding residential uses around Chapman Road, Coventry Road is suitable for community. The emphasis will Herbert Road and Jenkins Street education, community or local be on improving facilities, the could be enhanced by the centre uses, and has access environment and public safety. addition of further related uses, from Lloyd Street to the rear for and by improvements to the associated car parking. environment including to Sara f. Support for the extension of the Metro route through the Park. • Properties at 670-672 Coventry northern edge of the centre. • The Parliament Street area to Road have been derelict and The proposed Metro route will the south of Coventry Road will boarded up for a number of run from the Curzon Street HS2 be supported as an area for years. These should be improved Station down through Digbeth to local enterprise and business. and brought back into viable Adderley Street, where it will cross The uses which have grown in use. the Middleway. The route is then this area (sometimes without proposed to pass up Kingston • Investment in existing buildings, planning approval) will be Road, Cattell Road (in front of St. both to safeguard heritage and regularised provided that they Andrews Statdium) and onwards bring upper fl oors back into use, are of good design, contribute along Bordesley Green. to the enhancement of the will be encouraged. overall environment and have Justifi cation appropriate parking. Any d. Addressing local accessibility The proposals refl ect the comments operations should not extend and car parking issues. received through the consultation beyond the site curtilage. Additional off-street parking and the benefi ts of combining making use of public and privately elements from the various options • The western part of the centre owned sites to offer well priced pay set out in the Options Report. has also become a focus for and display parking to serve the Arab and Somalian shops and centre will be supported. Where Growth at the western end of the businesses. Further development possible new development should centre ties in with proposals for will be supported which adds accommodate parking. However, Metro and will maximise access to the attractions and overall access to the centre for pedestrians benefi ts for the centre. vibrancy of the area. and by public transport is good, • The site adjoining 285 Coventry and measures to promote access Development considerations Road and corner of Coventry by these modes – limiting the need The majority of the sites are in Road/Regent Park Road for car parking – will be a priority. private ownership. The City Council provides the opportunity for The Muntz Street junction suffers will work with land owners to bring retail development. Retention or from congestion. Measures to forward development proposals. It redevelopment of the car park at improve traffi c fl ows, pedestrian is recognised that assembly of sites Regent Park Road would also be facilities and the environment here of suffi cient size to secure private appropriate. will be supported. sector interest and investment

bordesley park area action plan / coventry road local centre and enable the creation of a new western approach to the centre, of the local centre - particularly to western gateway to the centre and the fi nal option considered the west to create an improved 47 will be a particular challenge, but local centre consolidation, gateway into the centre, and that this is vital in maximising the suggesting the return of some further opportunities for businesses benefi ts of Metro for this area. retail uses at the extreme east of that would complement existing the centre into residential use. All facilities within the established options included the potential centre. This was carried forward Evolution of the proposal to address traffi c congestion and into the Preferred Options Report The Options Report set out three improve the public realm and and was again supported through options for the local centre. pedestrian environment. consultation. The fi rst comprised a minimum Consultation on the Options Report intervention suggesting the generated signifi cant interest The proposals have been carried concentration of growth within in proposals for the centre, and forward into the Submission the existing centre, the second many commented on the current Report. considered opportunities to create limited opportunities for growth. a signifi cant ‘gateway’ at the There was support for the growth

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Small Heath Station

Key Coventry Road Education Traffic management Proposed Local Centre and community uses and environmental improvements rapid transit route (Metro) Residential/Community Retail Road network (Local Centre regeneration) (existing and proposed) Proposed rapid transit route Longer term residential Commercial Canal network (Sprint) development opportunity (development opportunity) Improvements to park Mixed uses Railway lines Rail stations

Business and Community Frontage Improvements Bordesley Chords Local landmark uses (regularise) (indicative)

Plan 18 Coventry Road (Proposals)

coventry road / bordesley park area action plan 48 Neighbourhoods

For the purposes of the Area Action Plan the area is split into six neighbourhoods to enable a number of issues and potential opportunities to be considered in more detail.

The six neighbourhoods are Vauxhall, Washwood Heath, Bordesley Village, Bordesley Green, Small Heath (north) and Small Heath (south); and are shown on the plan opposite. It is acknowledged that these boundaries are to a degree artiﬁ cial and that there will be cross boundary issues that affect two or more neighbourhoods - in particular the local centres will draw trade from a much wider area. Nevertheless, this approach provides a means to focus on a number of issues at the local level.

The vision for each neighbourhood, along with the measures required to deliver that vision, has been developed throughout the plan- making process and has been subject to consultation.

Small Heath

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Duddeston Station

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Small Heath Park Small Heath Station *

Small Heath Highway

Key

Neighbourhoods Road network Local landmark Railway stations Railway lines HS2 (major routes) *

Plan 19 Neighbourhoods

neighbourhoods / bordesley park area action plan 50 Vauxhall neighbourhood

The Vauxhall area accommodates a variety of industrial activities and large-scale storage facilities. It is identiﬁ ed as Core Employment Land and employment use will be protected.

There are, however, issues in The proposed HS2 route crosses in an open, man-made channel, the area in terms of the quality the Vauxhall area from Saltley and is classifi ed as being of of the local environment and viaduct as shown on the plan bad ecological status under the public realm, as well as localised below, to the new City Centre Water Framework Directive. The traffi c congestion. For example Station on Curzon Street in Birmingham & Warwick Junction businesses in Landor Street Eastside. Part of the area is also Canal lies immediately to the east. generate considerable HGV traffi c within the safeguarded area that can, on occasions, tail back published by the Department for onto the ring road. Transport in order to protect land required to construct and operate Duddeston Station, on Duddeston the new rail line. Mill Road, is served by 8 trains an hour on the Walsall and Cross City There is no formal green space lines. A number of other rail lines within the neighbourhood. The cross this neighbourhood. River Rea runs through the area

Key Vauxhall neighbourhood Key opportunities for change

Main vehicle route

Local vehicle route Main pedestrian route NECHELLS PARKWAY Gateway location

Duddeston Landmarks Station Schools/Education facilities

Existing public open space

Railway 3 Birmingham & Warwick JunctionAdderley Canal Parkk River Rea Adderley Park HS2 route Station 4 2 Canal 1

CURZON STREET River Rea LANDOR STREET Environmental and/or traffic management improvements 1 Former DHL Logistics Depot

2 Freightliner Depot

3 EMR Recycling facility

4 Birmingham City University Campus and car park

Plan 20 Vauxhall neighbourhood

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Vauxhall neighbourhood Vision that their future plans can be Street around the Freightliner Vauxhall has the potential to realised with minimal impact on site and adjacent to the railway, be a thriving industrial area and the road network. including lighting of railway proposals for the growth of arches and bridges. existing and the introduction of Improved connectivity and access • Working to reduce the negative new businesses will be supported. will be promoted, including: environmental impact of scrap This will include working with • Measures to address localised yards, car breakers and similar existing and potential occupiers, traffi c congestion and access uses in the area. This will include major business on Landor Street problems, particularly on Landor consideration of their cumulative and also with HS2 Ltd regarding Street. This will include initiatives impact and additional such uses the impact of their proposals to address the issues caused will be discouraged. through the area. Measures will be by HGV’s parking and waiting introduced to improve access into on street, and will also require • Improvements to the the area and enhance the general consideration of the impact of Birmingham and Warwick environment including addressing ring road junction improvements. Junction Canal (also known as the impact of car breakers and the Heartlands Ring) including similar uses and maximising • Working with HS2 Ltd to mitigate the enhancement of the canal opportunities and local benefi ts the impact of HS2 on the area towpath, improved pedestrian offered by the area’s canals, river in terms of its environmental access, lighting to improve and the wider green infrastructure impact and the impact on safety, landscaping and opening network. movement resulting from the the canal up to public view temporary closure of Saltley where it is crossed by roads. Opportunities Viaduct during the construction • Working with the Environment A number of opportunities for of the new rail line. the Vauxhall neighbourhood have Agency to reduce the risks been identifi ed which help achieve • Improvements to the of fl ooding. Recognising the this vision. environment and accessibility importance of the River Rea, of Duddeston Rail Station. The and identifying opportunities Measures to facilitate the locally listed vacant former for improvements to its expansion and growth of industrial Wagon Works building also course through the area. uses within the area will be has the potential for the future Where possible and subject supported, including: stabling and maintenance of to an analysis of fl ood risk, the opportunity should be taken to • The potential managed rolling stock. improve the river including the growth of EMR’s operations Measures to improve the naturalisation of the channel, on Landor Street provided environment across the enhancement of habitat and the that it incorporates improved neighbourhood will include: design and setting of the new access arrangements and other development. measures to mitigate the impact • Enhancement of the gateways of the facility on the surrounding into the area, in particular from • Improving the quality of the environment. the ring road at Landor Street green infrastructure network and at Saltley Viaduct. across the neighbourhood. • Working with Freightliner to The use of green walls/roofs minimise the impact of HS2 on • Interventions to address the poor to promote biodiversity will be their operation, and to ensure quality environment on Landor supported. Implementation Local/National Partnership Land Assembly/CPO CIL/ Planning Funding Working Section 106 Management 

vauxhall neighbourhood / bordesley park area action plan 52 Washwood Heath neighbourhood

The area contains two of the key opportunities for change, Alum Rock Road and Adderley Park, for which proposals are outlined in the Key Opportunities section.

This neighbourhood comprises as Our Lady of the Rosary and St There are issues of localised parts of Washwood Heath and Therese of Lisieux Roman Catholic congestion and parking throughout Saltley. The area is bounded by the Church, St Peter’s College, St. this neighbourhood, particularly West Coast Main Rail Line to the Saviour’s Church (all grade II at Alum Rock Road, and within the south and Alum Rock Road local listed), and the Zakaria Mosque residential streets to the south. centre to the north. To the west on Adderley Road and the Zia- Lorries associated with industrial is the Birmingham and Warwick Ul-Qur’an Mosque on St Saviours uses also cause congestion, noise Junction Canal, with the residential Road. and safety concerns. Measures will streets of Naseby Road and be explored to improve parking Anthony Road to the east. and trafﬁ c management throughout There is a need to extend the the area, and the general The neighbourhood mainly consists education offer within the area environment within residential of housing, with retail premises as a whole, and the potential areas. concentrated along the vibrant for extending existing school Alum Rock Road, and a number of sites or identifying new sites In addition to the proposals set industrial clusters at Parkﬁ eld Road will be explored. This includes out in Key Opportunity 3 Adderley and Adderley Road/Arden Road. consideration of the future options Park and Key Opportunity 4 Alum There are a number of prominent for Adderley Primary School (see Rock Road, there are a number of buildings within the area such Key Opportunity 3: Adderley Park). opportunities to realise the vision for Washwood Heath.

Key Washwood Heath neighbourhood Key opportunities for change Main vehicle route

5 Local vehicle route 1 Main pedestrian route

2 Railway

ALUM ROCK ROAD 3 Canal Landmarks

10 HS2 route Environmental and/or traffic management improvements 8 6 4 Gateway location Residential Existing public open space 7 Adderley Park Zia-Ul-Qur’an 9 Mosque Schools/Education facilities

1 Saltley Business Park Adderley Park Station 2 Crown Buildings, Saltley Gate

3 Crawford St/Cranby St

4 Former Smith and Nephew Site

5 Ward End Park

6 Clodeshall Rd

7 Parkfield Rd

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Washwood Heath neighbourhood

Vision • Residential and/or education promoting its refurbishment for Washwood Heath has the potential uses on the former Smith and industrial and employment uses. to be an increasingly attractive Nephew site on Alum Rock Road • The regeneration of the residential neighbourhood and (just outside the AAP area) Crawford Street/Cranby Street this will be delivered though the • Improvements to the residential area as an industrial employment promotion of housing growth environment including initiatives area including enhancements and relocation of non-conforming to improve the energy effi ciency to the local environment. The businesses. The area will be of homes and to better manage management of individual served by high quality community parking in residential areas. sites and operations in the facilities including its parks, area should be addressed, and Community facilities play an community buildings and schools relocation of poor quality uses important role in creating a and a vibrant local centre at Alum explored. The existing sports high quality neighbourhood. Rock Road. It will benefi t from an pitch is identifi ed by HS2 Ltd for Opportunities include: improved range of employment use as a construction compound. opportunities including at Saltley • The enhancement of Adderley Any loss of this facility will have Business Park and Crawford Street Park as a valuable asset for to be mitigated. and enhanced accessibility through the area, including facilities Better connectivity across the key junction improvements, and for leisure/exercise, and more the development of new cycle area and to the City Centre will be widely improving the quality of encouraged, including: routes. the green infrastructure network • Transportation measures to Opportunities across the neighbourhood address localised congestion, for Improvement of the residential including the Birmingham and example at the junction of Arden area will be supported, including: Warwick Junction canal Road, Bordesley Green Road • Working with St Peter’s Urban • The relocation of non- and Ash Road, including a review Village Trust to secure enhanced conforming industrial uses at of HGV movement to minimise facilities for students, businesses Parkfi eld Road and Anthony impact on residential areas. and community uses at St. Road, providing opportunities Peter’s College. • Working with HS2 Ltd to mitigate for new residential development the impact of HS2 on the and improving the environment • Support for the enhancement of environment and on movement in the immediate locality. education provision. This could resulting from the temporary include extending the site area closure of Saltley Viaduct. • The promotion of housing of existing schools, and the growth within the area. improvement of the physical • A waymarked cycle route Redevelopment of the former environment around individual between the City Centre and clearance sites in the Clodeshall school sites such as Parkfi eld Stechford, utilising quiet roads, Road / Couchman Road area School. marked cycle lanes, shared is now underway. Further pavements for pedestrians New and improved employment opportunities exist on sites at and cyclists, improvements to locations will be promoted Adderley Road, St Saviour’s side road junctions, new and including: Road, George Arthur Road, upgraded signalised crossings and to the rear of properties on • Support for Saltley Business Park where routes cross main roads, Ralph Road. (located just outside the AAP and measures to reduce vehicle area) as a core employment area, speeds. Implementation Local/National Partnership Land Assembly/CPO CIL/ Planning Funding Working Section 106 Management 

washwood heath neighbourhood /bordesley park area action plan 54 Bordesley Village neighbourhood

Bordesley Village neighbourhood is bounded by railway lines to the north, south and east and by the inner ring road to the west, and is located to the immediate east of the Digbeth quarter of the City Centre.

The area is predominantly A number of buildings add historic The ring road and junctions at residential in character, with character to the village including Bordesley Circus and Garrison commercial uses fronting major the Garrison Centre (Grade II listed) Circus present a barrier to junctions at Bordesley Circus and and the locally listed Sportsman pedestrian movement, and suffer Garrison Circus and industrial Pub. from signifi cant traffi c congestion. activity located around Garrison However, there is potential to Street. develop these major junctions into The neighbourhood is bisected prominent gateways into the area, The residential village was by the Birmingham and Warwick particularly at Bordesley Circus developed as part of a signifi cant Junction Canal which links to the which is the main gateway from the regeneration scheme in partnership City Centre canal corridor and City Centre and links to the A45 with Bournville Village Trust by the runs through the village centre, corridor. Heartlands Urban Development providing a canal side setting for Corporation. Major investment in residential development. There is The proposed Metro route passes the area included the construction scope for further improvements through this area along Kingston of a new community park at to the canal environment to Road and Cattell Road. Kingston Hill and a new ‘village encourage recreational use by centre’ which incorporates a local residents and to support its community centre and medical amenity and nature conservation facilities. value.

Key Bordesley Village neighbourhood

Adderley Park Key opportunities for change Station Main vehicle route Local vehicle route

GARRISON STREET Wheels Main pedestrian route Proposed future 1 pedestrian route

WATERY LANE MIDDLEWAY Proposed rapid transport 3 5 route (Metro) Digbeth Proposed rapid transport route (Sprint) Railway 2 St Andrew’s Stadium Canal

CATTELL ROAD Gateway location

Residential Bordesley Station Landmarks

Environmental and/or traffic 4 management improvements Existing public open space

Local Centre

1 Garrison Lane Park

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Plan 22 Bordesley Village neighbourhood 5 Lower Dartmouth Street

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Bordesley Village neighbourhood Vision • Improved pedestrian links Measures to enhance the area Bordesley Village is an established from the City Centre to the as an attractive residential residential area and will benefi t Bordesley Park area through neighbourhood will include: from improved connectivity measures to improve pedestrian including pedestrian and public access across the ring road • Further residential development transport routes, and links to the and junctions. There is also the on vacant or under used sites City Centre across the ring road. opportunity to upgrade the and along the canal corridor, Existing ring road junctions will canal bridge (locally listed) on including at Lower Dartmouth be improved. Additional housing Coventry Road to encourage Street. development will consolidate pedestrian movement to and its residential nature, whilst from the City Centre. • Measures to support the vitality commercial opportunities will and viability of the Bordesley be promoted along key routes • Enhancement of Garrison Circus Village local centre and improve and at major junctions. There are (and Bordesley Circus as set out permeability and linkages to the opportunities for improvements to in Key Opportunity 5: Coventry surrounding residential area. the Bordesley Village local centre Road) as a major gateway to and to the areas parks, open the area from the City Centre • Enhancements to the green spaces and canal network. through new commercial infrastructure network across development (including the neighbourhood will be Opportunities industrial, offi ce, hotel and promoted, in particular Kingston The western end of Coventry appropriate leisure uses) along Hill Park and Garrison Lane Park Road falls within this area, and the frontage of the junctions as high quality areas of public is addressed in Key Opportunity and ring road. Environmental open space with improved 5: Coventry Road. In addition, a improvements will contribute to linkages with surrounding number of potential opportunities defi ning these gateways. residential communities. to realise the vision for the Environmental improvements Bordesley Village neighbourhood • Providing a controlled crossing along the canal corridor such have been identifi ed. for Metro across the ring road as enhancing pedestrian at Adderley Street and Kingston access, bridges, embankments Improvements to movement and Road. and towpaths will increase its access across the area will be recreational and wildlife value. supported including: • High quality pedestrian walking links from residential and • Measures to improve vehicular commercial areas to the new fl ow and reduce congestion Metro route. at key junctions along the ring road. The potential for future bus priority measures would be incorporated within any proposals for Bordesley Circus and Garrison Circus.

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bordesley village neighbourhood / bordesley park area action plan 56 Bordesley Green neighbourhood

Bordesley Green contains two of the key opportunities for change, the Wheels Site and Environs and Cherrywood Road, which are addressed in the Key Opportunities section.

The West Coast Main Line bounds Bordesley Green local centre is Adderley Park Railway Station, this neighbourhood to the north. located at the junction of Bordesley located in the north of the area, Garrison Lane and Bordesley Green with Bordesley Green Road currently has a limited service and Green to the south form the and Victoria Street, and extends poor environment for passengers. main route running through to the east along Bordesley This is in need of improvement. the neighbourhood, providing Green. The junction is frequently connections to the City Centre to congested and the local centre has the west and Heartlands Hospital a poor quality environment overall. to the east (just outside the AAP The Metro route linking the City boundary). The north side of Centre to the Airport along Cattell Bordesley Green is primarily in Road/ Bordesley Green is likely to industrial use, interspersed with require the reconﬁ guration of uses community uses such as the Darul on the Bordesley Green frontage Barakaat Masjid (the former Tilton and will open the area up to Road Girls’ School) and HMS development opportunities. Forward (a modern purpose built To the east at the Fordrough is the training establishment for Armed Bordesley Green Campus of South Forces reservists). and City College Birmingham.

Key Bordesley Green neighbourhood Key opportunities for change

Main vehicle route Adderley Park Local vehicle route

Adderley Park Main pedestrian route Station Proposed rapid transport route (Metro) Railway

GARRISON STREET Wheels Site Canal 2 Landmarks Environmental and/or traffic management improvements Existing public open space GARRISON LANE BORDESLEY GREEN 1 St Andrew’s Residential Stadium Schools/Education facilities

Local Centre

1 Bordesley Green local centre

2 Cherrywood Road Area

Plan 23 Bordesley Green neighbourhood

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Bordesley Green neighbourhood Vision The Bordesley Green • Working with Transport for neighbourhood will be the main West Midlands to promote focus for the AAP’s employment improvements to rail services, and housing growth with new accessibility and the general employment uses proposed on environment of Adderley Park the Wheels site and new housing Railway Station. There is a at Cherrywood Road which will requirement for an increased be supported by the potential for service frequency to provide enhancement of the Bordesley access to wider employment Green local centre. Enhanced opportunities, for example at the pedestrian, vehicle and public Airport and adjoining business transport movement, including parks. Enhanced pedestrian Metro, will complement these access to the rail platforms and transformational proposals. improvements to the general environment of the station are Opportunities also required. Alongside the proposals for the Wheels Site and Environs (Key Measures to reduce congestion Opportunity 1) and Cherrywood and improve road safety at the Road (Key Opportunity 2), a junction of Garrison Lane and number of opportunities to realise Bordesley Green and at the the vision for the Bordesley junction of Bordesley Green Green neighbourhood have been with Bordesley Green Road/ identifi ed. Victoria Street will be supported. Opportunities to reduce rat- Measures to improve public running through adjacent transport in Bordesley Green will residential areas will be explored. include: Works will be required at Cattell Road/Bordesley Green to • Support for the introduction of a accommodate Metro. Metro route along Cattell Road/ Bordesley Green. The impact Improvements to the quality of the of this on the Bordesley Green green infrastructure network across frontage is likely to incorporate the neighbourhood, including signifi cant reconfi guration and access to the canal and cycle improvement of Bordesley Green network, will be promoted. Local Centre which will unlock the wider development potential of adjoining land.

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bordesley green neighbourhood / bordesley park area action plan 58 Small Heath (north) neighbourhood

Bordesley Green (including Key Opportunities 1 & 2) and Garrison Lane bound this neighbourhood to the north, with Coventry Road (including Key Opportunity 5 Coventry Road) to the south.

The neighbourhood is mainly terms of congestion, car parking Coventry Road and the junction of residential, with retail uses along and general disturbance. The club Bordesley Green, Bordesley Green Green Lane and Bordesley Green has aspirations which potentially Road and Victoria Street. and St Andrew’s Stadium (home include expanding both the There are also problems with of Birmingham City Football Club) capacity and facilities at the vehicles diverting along residential and St Andrew’s Retail Park at stadium in the longer term. streets at peak times. the junction of Cattell Road and Coventry Road. The preferred St Andrew’s Retail Park is a The proposed Metro route along option for Coventry Road provides relatively modern development Bordesley Green will require more detail on the changes adjacent to St Andrew’s and at the changes to traffi c management, proposed here. gateway into Coventry Road Local and potentially reconfi guration Centre. This comprises a large of uses on the Bordesley Green St Andrew’s Stadium currently has Morrison’s food store and adjacent frontage (addressed in Key a capacity of just over 30,000 seats. retail park, with food outlets on the Opportunities 1 & 2). The football club is a major leisure Coventry Road frontage. The east of the area comprises and community asset (including well-established Victorian terraced conferencing venue) which draws There are issues of traffi c housing, with some more recent people and investment into the congestion along the linear routes in-fi lling development. There are area. However it is located within through the area (Coventry Road, issues with congestion and car a high density urban area and on Green Lane and Bordesley Green) parking within these terraced match days there are issues for with particular pinch points at streets due to limited off street and local residents and businesses in the junction of Muntz Street and on street parking. Key Small Heath (north) neighbourhood key opportunities for change Main vehicle route Local vehicle route Main pedestrian route 1 Railway

St Andrew’s Proposed rapid transport Stadium route (Metro)

3 CATTELL ROAD Proposed rapid transport 6 route (Sprint) 7 5 Bordesley Station 2 Canal Landmarks Environmental and/or traffic management improvements MUNTZ STREET 4 Existing public open space Local Centre

SMALL HEATH HIGHWAY Schools/Education facilities

Residential

1 Bordesley Green local centre

2 Green Lane Mosque Small Heath Small Heath Station Business Park 3 Eversley Road

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Small Heath (north) neighbourhood Vision opportunities for new housing at Other measures to make the A range of measures will be North Warwick Street, Regency neighbourhood more attractive will promoted to improve the Close, Carlton Road and Wright include: environment of Small Heath Street. The National Express WM (north), including reuse of vacant site on Bordesley Green would • Enhancements to existing open or underutilised sites including a also be suitable for residential space and sports facilities within number for residential purposes, development should the land the area including the Henry enhancements to shopping and become available. Barber Recreation Ground, community facilities such as Green Community facilities and local Green Lane (MEB) Playing Fields Lane local centre and a number of services are key in making the and Digby Park (located just local schools, and management of neighbourhood more attractive. outside the AAP area), as well the impact of the football ground. The following wil be supported: as improving the quality of the These will contribute to a more green infrastructure network • Improvements to Green Lane attractive neighbourhood. across the neighbourhood more local centre. generally. Opportunities • Growth of community facilities • Improvements to the Muntz As well as proposals identifi ed in including education and training Street corridor including the Key Opportunities 1, 2 & 5, which uses, and places of worship, quality of the environment and bound this neighbourhood to to meet the needs of the local the junctions with Coventry Road the north and south, a number of community. and Green Lane. potential opportunities have been • Consider the requirements of • Metro stops to serve the football identifi ed for the Small Heath local schools in terms of their ground and local centre. (north) neighbourhood. site area, new facilities and The redevelopment or reuse of the quality of the surrounding vacant sites and buildings will be environment including supported including: Wyndcliffe, Somerville, Marlborough and Small Heath • The former Emerald Club on Schools. Green Lane for residential uses. • Potential acquisition of • Vacant land in Grove Cottage additional property to allow Road. the rationalisation of split site schools such as Small Heath. • Vacant land at the corner of • The City Council will work Green Lane and Victoria Street with the football club as their for residential use. aspirations develop. Measures • Vacant land at Eversley Road for to address the parking and residential use. congestion issues on match days will also be identifi ed. Residential redevelopment and improvements within the area and Hafton Grove/Talfourd Street will be promoted. There are also

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small heath (north) neighbourhood / bordesley park area action plan 60 Small Heath (south) neighbourhood

This neighbourhood comprises the area to the south of Coventry Road (including Key Opportunity 5 Coventry Road) from Bordesley Circus to Heybarnes Circus. It is bounded by the Birmingham to Solihull/Stratford upon Avon rail line to the south.

The Small Heath Highway (A45), in other uses and making better site more attractive to potential and to a lesser extent Coventry use of vacant properties. occupiers (including businesses Road, provides a key route relocating from other parts of the between the City Centre and the Small Heath Park and Sara Park AAP area or due to HS2) will be airport/NEC and the national provide the main areas of open promoted. Similarly, the adjacent motorway network. The area forms space in the neighbourhood, and Sapcote Trading Estate presents part of the city’s international both provide a range of facilities opportunities for investment and gateway, and as such is ideally (see Key Opportunity 5). The area refurbishment. located to provide opportunities is also very close to the Cole Valley, for investment. the Grand Union Canal and the A SPRINT rapid transit route is Ackers, and these areas provide proposed along the A45 (the Small The residential offer in the wider additional recreation opportunities. Heath Highway) linking the City area includes traditional older There are opportunities for the Centre with the Airport and HS2 terraces, post war redevelopment further enhancement of local interchange. along Bolton Road, and some recreational facilities and to particularly attractive larger enhance connectivity with and The development of the ‘Camp older properties facing Small use by the surrounding residential Hill Chords’ will require major Heath Park. Limited recent community. infrastructure works which will affect housing development has taken this area. place. However, new housing There are a number of vacant opportunities will be explored, units at Small Heath Business Park including a review of sites currently and the scope for making this

Key Small Heath (south) St Andrew’s Stadium neighbourhood Key opportunities for change 1 Main vehicle route Local vehicle route

3 COVENTRY ROAD Main pedestrian route Proposed rapid transport 2 route (Sprint) Railway

Canal

Small Heath Park Existing public open space GOLDEN HILLOCK ROAD

6 Gateway location 4

Small Heath Landmarks Station Schools/Education facilities

SMALL HEATH HIGHWAY

5 Former tram/bus depot and 1 neighbourhood office Jenkins Street/ Whitmore Road/ 2 Camelot Way area 3 Sara Park

4 Small Heath Business Park

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Plan 25 Small Heath (south) neighbourhood

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Small Heath (south) neighbourhood Vision • Wider improvements to Where appropriate we will support The Small Heath (south) the quality of the green local schools to meet requirements neighbourhood provides a mixed infrastructure network across in terms of their site area, residential offer, shopping and the neighbourhood will also be improved facilities and the quality community uses at Coventry supported. of the surrounding environment. Road Local Centre, a range of Local schools include Regent’s employment uses, and open Access improvements, particularly Park, Holy Trinity and Holy Family. spaces including Small Heath Park. links with the City Centre will be The area benefi ts from access supported including: There is potential to develop a to key transport corridors and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) proximity to the City Centre and • Enhanced access and linkages to network in the area incorporating these will be maximised through the Grand Union Canal and Cole houses, schools, industrial the improvement of a range Valley to the south of the AAP premises on Small Heath Business of transport facilities including area. Park and the Asda foodstore, given SPRINT, pedestrian and cycle • Supporting improvements to the proximity to the Tyseley Energy routes and improvements to the public transport within the Recovery Facility and the Tyseley general environment. area including enhancing bus Environmental Enterprise District. Opportunities routes and services as well as As well as proposals for Coventry the introduction of rapid transit Road Local Centre (see Key (SPRINT) along the A45. Opportunity 5), a number of • Improved pedestrian routes opportunities have been identifi ed and linkages across the area for the Small Heath (south) particularly across Coventry Road neighbourhood. and across Small Heath Highway at Poets Corner to Small Heath Environmental enhancements will Rail Station. be supported at: • Major gateways into the area • Improved cycle and walking at Heybarnes Circus and the linkages to the River Cole linear junction of Coventry Road and open space and the canal. Cattell Road. • Measures to address traffi c • Small Heath Highway, refl ecting congestion within the area, its importance linking the City particularly at Heybarnes Circus, Centre to Birmingham Airport Poets Corner and the junction of and the NEC. Coventry Road, Golden Hillock Road and Muntz Street. • The Golden Hillock Road / Wordsworth Road/Waverley • Opportunities for traffi c calming Road junction, which is an in residential streets. important community focus and provides access to Small Heath Park. •Implementation Local/National Partnership Land Assembly/CPO CIL/ Planning Funding Working Section 106 Management 

small heath (south) neighbourhood / bordesley park area action plan 62 Delivery

Once adopted, the AAP will set out a clear vision for the transformation of the area over the next 13 years. It will provide clarity and certainty for the market and promote the area as a place for investment and growth.

A delivery plan for the AAP has • Working with the West Midlands determination of future planning been prepared which considers the Combined Authority to promote applications within the area. The following three elements: economic growth and secure City Council will therefore apply its • Working in partnership with the additional investment. development management role, local community, stakeholders together with its other regulatory and developers. • Working with Transport for powers, to shape, determine West Midlands to deliver the and enable development to help • The statutory planning process. transportation objectives within deliver the proposals and policies the AAP. within the AAP. The AAP will also • Delivery vehicles. provide a context and support • Increased co-operation with for the use of the City Council’s traders’ organisations within compulsory purchase powers Working in Partnership the local centres, including (where appropriate) to assist with The City Council is committed to strengthening the range of town site assembly and to facilitate working with the local community centre management initiatives development. to ensure that the AAP is a joint and supporting the development and shared vision for the future of membership organisations of the area. By working together such as Business Improvement Delivery Vehicles the City Council and the local Districts to promote the interests There are a number of potential community will be in a better of businesses. funding mechanisms and position to achieve their collective • Working with West Midlands opportunities that the City Council goals. Police will explore as the AAP and its proposals are advanced. These may By defi ning the vision for the area, include: the AAP provides a mechanism to Ensuring that new development • Working with the Greater attract developers and investors and investment opportunities help Birmingham and Solihull Local into the area. This will be achieved to strengthen the local economy Enterprise Partnership to identify by: and benefi t the local community opportunities for funding. • Strengthening links with the will be fundamental to the success • Maximising the benefi ts of private sector including existing of the AAP. In particular there will wider growth through the East businesses within the area as be an ambition and expectation to Birmingham Prospectus for well as potential developers and connect local people with new job Growth and subsequent East investors. and training opportunities within Birmingham Growth Strategy the AAP area, the City Centre and proposals. • Co-ordinating public sector adjacent areas of employment. investment to maximise the The City Council’s Employment • Maximise the opportunities objectives and impact of public Access Team will have a vital role to arising for the area through the sector resources. This would play in helping to deliver localised introduction of HS2 and the include working with Homes employment solutions by bringing Midlands HS2 Growth Strategy. England the West Midlands together the collective resources Growth Company, health and of the City Council, Jobcentre Plus • A Community Infrastructure Levy education providers, sports and the Skills Funding Agency. (CIL), or similar tariff based levy, organisations, HS2 Ltd and other to fund the public infrastructure bodies within the area. required by development. The Statutory Planning Process • Planning obligations secured as • Working with the Greater The AAP will be a statutory part of new development where Birmingham and Solihull Local planning document. It will provide appropriate. Enterprise Partnership and its robust guidance for future partners to link the AAP to the development (providing clarity and • Utilising European or subsequent objectives and opportunities certainty for the market) and will funding regimes to support arising from the LEP. be a material consideration in the individual projects.

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• Working with organisations such as the Wildlife Trust to identify funding for particular projects.

The City Council will continue to build upon the ﬁ nancial and viability work undertaken to date to progress the deliverability of individual proposals and policies within the AAP.

A Site Delivery Plan has therefore been produced for the main proposals within the AAP and will be reﬁ ned and updated throughout the lifetime of the Area Action Plan

As proposals are developed through the plan making process a phased programme of projects and initiatives will be established. This will be the focus for investment in the area, in terms of the City Council’s ﬁ nancial resources as well as its skills and time.

Waheed Nazir Strategic Director, Economy Birmingham City Council

delivery / bordesley park area action plan 64 Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation will be These are: Critical collection dates and crucial in providing feedback and • Contextual indicators - these timetable information on the performance describe the wider social, It will be important that the of policies within the fi nal AAP. It environmental and economic monitoring framework contains a will determine how well policies background against which local detailed timetable which sets out are working and whether any development framework policy critical information collection dates. appropriate policy adjustments operates. This will allow for comparable are needed. In the context of the analysis to be undertaken and the new planning system, with its focus • Output indicators - these are development of appropriate trend on the delivery of sustainable used to assess the performance data. development, monitoring will of policies. have an added importance in Evaluation providing information on whether • Signifi cant effect indicators- The fi nal monitoring framework sustainability aims and objectives these are used to assess the will need to link to an appropriate are being achieved. signifi cant social, environmental evaluation process which will and economic effects of policies. analyse the outturn of the AAP Developing a monitoring against expectations over set framework timescales. A specifi c monitoring framework A common set of indicators will is under development for the AAP, be developed specifi cally for which will include the following monitoring the AAP which are elements: likely to include the following key contextual and output indicators • A review of existing policy which will be developed into (local through to regional and a series of targets within the national). Submission Stage AAP and monitored annually. • Information gaps and collection. • The monitoring process and key These will include: responsibilities. • Unemployment rate. • An indicator database. • Critical collection dates and • Employment land take up. timetable. • Amount of land / fl oor space The monitoring framework will link developed by employment type. to an evaluation process, which will assist the evaluation of the Plan’s performance. The fi nal monitoring • Jobs created. framework will need to comply with all of the above and take full • Affordable houses constructed. account of the monitoring needs of Sustainability Appraisal. • Total dwellings constructed.

The indicator database • Residential density. The Best Practice Guidance issued by the former ODPM for • New public open space. monitoring LDFs was withdrawn in 2011, and it is now up to each • Public transport patronage. council to decide what to include in their monitoring reports. The • Floor space constructed (retail, guidance suggested a broad range leisure/community, education). of indicators and it is proposed that these are retained for the purpose of monitoring the Bordesley Park • Other indicators emerging from AAP. the Sustainability Appraisal.

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St. Andrews Stadium BT Tower Kingston Hill Park (Birmingham City FC)

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National Planning Policy The Birmingham Plan (UDP) The Birmingham Development Framework (March 2012) (adopted 1993 - revised 2005) Plan 2031

The NPPF sets out how the The UDP has provided the city-wide The Birmingham Development Plan planning system should contribute planning policy framework since it’s (BDP) was adopted in January 2017 to sustainable development and, adoption in 1993, and focussed on and sets out a spatial vision and a in doing so, how planning needs the need to maximise opportunities strategy for the sustainable growth to perform economic, social and for economic revitalisation and of Birmingham for the period environmental roles. urban renewal. 2011 – 2031, and will be used to guide decisions on planning, The NPPF supports the plan- With the adoption of the development and regeneration making process, including the Birmingham Development Plan activity over this period. identifi cation of strategic sites, in January 2017, the UDP will The population of the city is rising and places particular emphasis on no longer form part of the city’s and the plan identifi es the key the role of planning in delivering planning framework. The exception locations for housing and economic sustainable economic growth will be Policies 3.14 to 3.14D growth. A number of Growth Areas through job creation. It provides relating to design, and Chapter are identifi ed which will make a the context for Birmingham’s Local 8, additional City-wide policies, signifi cant contribution to this Development Framework. which will remain in force until the and Bordesley Park is included as adoption by the City Council of Growth Area 7 (GA7) along with the Development Management proposed levels of housing and Development Plan Document. employment growth.

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Shopping & Local Centres Design and Access Sustainability SPD (2012)

The SPD sets out detailed policies The Places for All Supplementary Birmingham has ambitions to to protect and promote the vitality Planning Guidance (2001) sets become one of the world’s leading and viability of local centres out the principles of good urban green cities. through a balance of retail and design which should be adopted in non-retail uses, and to encourage all development proposals within The report of Birmingham’s Green and guide new investment. These the city. Its sister document, Places Commission, ‘Building a Green policies aim to maintain the primary for Living (2001), is particularly City”, sets out actions for creating a retail function of centres, prevent concerned with good design low carbon green economy as part an over concentration of non-retail in residential developments. of Birmingham’s overall ambition uses, and ensure that proposals The principles promote the for a 60% reduction in carbon resulting in a loss of retail do not development of sustainable and dioxide emissions by 2027. have a negative impact on the accessible places reﬂ ective of local viability and vitality of existing characteristics and diverse local Further guidance will be provided centres. This includes policies to needs. New development should in the emerging Supplementary prevent the over concentration of also be inclusive. Design should Planning Document ‘Your Green hot food takeaway shops in centres reﬂ ect the principles of the Access and Healthy City’ the draft of which and in shopping parades. for People with Disabilities SPD (then named ‘Places for the Future’) (2006) to ensure it is accessible to requires new development to all. demonstrate strong sustainability credentials including:

• Securing carbon emission reductions in new development. • Minimising reliance on the car. • Minimising energy and water consumption. • Sustainable approaches to construction and waste management.

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Loss of Industrial Land The East Birmingham Prospectus The Midlands HS2 Growth SPD (2006) for Growth (2015) Strategy – Accelerating the UK’s engine of growth

The SPD seeks to protect industrial The East Birmingham Prospectus The HS2 Growth Strategy land and sets out criteria that must for Growth was published in was published by the Greater be met prior to the loss of industrial February 2015 and focuses on Birmingham and Solihull Local land to alternative uses. This the opportunities for growth Enterprise Partnership in July includes a requirement to maintain in East Birmingham given its 2015 and emphasises the benefi ts a reservoir of industrial land, location between the city centre of High Speed 2 to the region consideration of issues associated and UK Central. It identifi es – creating an economic, social with non-conforming uses, and the opportunities for more than and environmental legacy for marketing of land for continued 3.7 million square feet of new the project that builds upon the industrial use. employment fl oor space across a region’s strengths of its people, wide range of sites including the businesses and places. The Key aspects of this SPD have been opportunity at the Wheels site document outlines how the LEP incorporated into the Birmingham within the Bordesley Park area. will target investment to unlock Development Plan (PolicyTP19) The prospectus also acknowledges regeneration schemes and a broad the opportunities presented growth strategy is explained that by the area’s local centres will deliver a wide range of benefi ts and emphasises the Council’s for the region. commitment to addressing issues of low employment and skills rates and improving transportation and communications infrastructure to support the needs of local people and business.

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Car Parking Guidlines Shop Fronts Design Guide Birmingham Connected SPD (2012) SPG (1996) Moving Our City Forward Birmingham Mobility Action Plan White Paper November 2014

This document sets out the car This SPG provides detailed design The Mobility Action Plan sets parking standards which the City guidance for shop fronts, signs and out a vision to create a transport Council will apply when considering advertisements, as well as security system which puts the user ﬁ rst planning applications for new and a range of other features. and delivers the connectivity that development. people and business require. The aim is to improve people’s daily lives by making travel more accessible, more reliable, safer and healthier, and using investment in transport as a catalyst to improve the fabric of the city.

The four main principles of the Action Plan comprise: • Enabling different travel choices • A transport system for everyone • A corridor approach – balancing competing needs • Delivery – learning lessons.

The Action Plan considers the full range of transport modes and sets out a comprehensive strategy for investment and improvement.

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West Midlands Combined Authority Strategic Transport Plan Movement for Growth (June 2016)

Movement for Growth sets out the vision and strategy in planning for and delivering a transport system across the West Midland Metropolitan area that will boost the regional economy and improve the daily lives of residents and workers.

The Strategy focusses on making better use of existing road and rail capacity and investment in public transport, cycling and walking for much needed additional sustainable transport capacity.

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appendix A - policy context / bordesley park area action plan 74 Appendix B - Glossary of Terms

Term Abbreviation Meaning

Low cost market housing and subsidised housing irrespective of tenure, ownership or ﬁ nancial arrangements, available to Affordable Housing people who cannot afford to rent or buy houses generally available on the open market. The use assigned to a piece of land in a Allocation local development plan. A type of Development Plan Document which sets out the planning policies and land use allocations for a particular Area Action Plan AAP area and provides a planning framework for areas of signiﬁ cant change or regeneration.

Non-statutory planning and regeneration framework prepared to guide Big City Plan BCP development in Birmingham City Centre up to 2026.

The whole variety of life encompassing Biodiversity all genetic, species and ecosystem variations. Development Planning Document Birmingham Development Plan providing a spatial framework for the (formerly Core Strategy) growth of Birmingham up to 2031.

Black and Minority Ethnic Communities BME Black and Minority Ethnic Communities. Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method BREEAM Excellent Standard BREEAM (BREEAM) promoting high environmental standards.

Brownﬁ eld land Land previously developed.

A new national standard for sustainable Code for Sustainable Homes design and construction of new homes launched in December 2006.

Land that is the subject of an existing Commitments planning permission.

Shops which sell everyday essential Convenience retail goods, including food and other grocery items.

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Term Abbreviation Meaning

Shops which sell items not bought on a Comparison retail frequent basis such as electrical goods and shoes. A new mechanism to secure funding towards future infrastructure that comes Community Infrastructure Levy CIL into force through the CIL Legislations 2010. This includes uses in D1 Use (Use Classes (Amendment) Order 2005) such as places of worship, community halls, clinics, health centres, day nurseries, museums, Community uses libraries, education and training centres and D2 Use (Use Class (Amendment) Order 2005) such as cinemas, sports halls, swimming baths, gyms, other indoor or outdoor sports and leisure. Area linking two or more centres Corridor normally focused around transport infrastructure. Measure of the number of dwellings per Density hectare (ha). Employment Land Land that is in business (B1b&c), and/ or industrial (B2) and/or storage/ distribution (B8) use. A procedure and management technique which ensures that the likely effects of new development on Environmental Impact Assessment EIA the environment are fully appraised and taken into account before the development is allowed to go ahead. A process for assessing how a Council policy affects communities and Equality Impact Needs Assessment EINA mitigating any adverse impacts on any group. Land adjacent to a watercourse over Flood Plain which water fl ows, or would fl ow but for defences in place, in times of fl ood. A gateway is an entrance into an area, normally at key junctions and crossroads. Opportunities may exist to improve the quality of these sites by ensuring that Gateway high quality development is secured, or where no new development is proposed, through high quality public realm improvements.

Greenﬁ eld land Undeveloped land.

appendix B - glossary / bordesley park area action plan 76 Term Abbreviation Meaning A voluntary partnership between local authorities and businesses to help Local Enterprise Partnership LEP determine local economic priorities and lead economic growth and job creation within the local area or region.

A development that makes provision for a variety of uses e.g. residential, retail Mixed use development and business. An example of this would be the Mailbox in Birmingham.

The national policy framework for National Planning Policy Framework NPPF England published in 2012.

Areas of land, or derelict buildings, vacant or underused land which have the Opportunity Sites potential to be used and redeveloped for alternative uses.

Publicly accessible open land of Public Open Space recreational or public value, including POS parks, playing ﬁ elds and landscaped areas.

Shops (A1), Professional and Financial Services (A2), Restaurants and Cafes (A3), Retail uses Drinking Establishments (A4) and Hot Food Takeaways (A5). A legal agreement, negotiated in the context of a planning application, between a local planning authority and persons with an interest in the Section 106 Agreement/Planning Obligation S106 application land - intended to make acceptable development which would otherwise be unacceptable in planning terms. Statutory designation for sites of county Site of Importance for Nature Conservation SINC or district interest identiﬁ ed by English Nature.

Non-statutory designation for sites of nature conservation interest of lower Site of Local Importance for Nature SLINC quality than Sites of Importance for Conservation Nature Conservation identiﬁ ed by Urban Wildlife Trust.

bordesley park area action plan / appendix B Term Abbreviation Meaning 77 European Directive 2001/42/EC, known as the “Strategic Environmental Assessment” or “SEA” Directive, requires a formal environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have signifi cant effects on the environment. Authorities which prepare and/or adopt Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA a plan or programme that is subject to the Directive must prepare a report on its likely signifi cant environmental effects, consult environmental authorities and the public, and take the report and the results of the consultation into account during the preparation process and before the plan or programme is adopted. A Local Development Document that may cover a range of issues, thematic or Supplementary Planning Document SPD site specifi c, and provides further detail of policies and proposals in a “parent” Development Plan Document. A document which covers a range of issues, both thematic and site specifi c Supplementary Planning Guidance SPG and provide further details of policies and proposals in a development plan. Not statutory documents. A sequence of management practices and control structures designed to drain Sustainable Drainage Systems SuDS surface water in a more sustainable fashion than some conventional techniques. Identifi es and evaluates the effect of plans/proposals and strategies on social, environmental and economic factors. Sustainability Appraisal SA This will incorporate any requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) arising from European legislation. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the Sustainable development ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland 1987). Body responsible for promoting and developing public transport across the Transport for the West Midlands West Midlands Combined Authority. (Replaces the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority and Centro). Plan prepared by Metropolitan District and some Unitary Local Authorities Unitary Development Plan UDP containing policies equivalent to those in both a Structure Plan and Local Plan.

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