Regenerating Birmingham’s City Centre Tim Brown Principal Development Planning Officer City Centre Area Team The Role of Planning Birmingham City Council plays a key role in the regeneration of the City: . Planning policy and shaping development . Bringing forward major projects . Working in partnership with stakeholders to deliver sustainable growth The City Centre Atelier Projeturbain no 31 Faire la ville en partenariat, Birmingham 1950 – 1960: Motor City Planning for the motor car Land-use zoning Comprehensive Redevelopment Modern architecture & high-rise The 1980s – Realising the mistakes Car dominated shopping streets Inner Ring-road “concrete collar” Restricted economic growth Zoning = “dead at night” Poor environmental quality Bad image Growing Unemployment Broad Street Redevelopment Area . Catalyst for change . Site Assembly – CPO . ICC . Symphony Hall . Centenary Square The Bull Ring . Historic market site . Large scale development 1960’s . Restricted movement . Unpopular . 1980’s limited retail offer The New Bullring . Redevelopment . Pedestrian Connections . Permeability . Iconic structure – Selfridges . Public Squares . Indoor shopping environment Utilising the canals Brindleyplace Before… Brindleyplace – After The Big City Plan - Stage 1 . Feb 2007 inception of the masterplan . Visioning study . Called for strategic approach . Public and Private . Vision, concepts, objectives, brand Big City Plan Stage 2 . Strategic City Centre masterplan . Clear vision and direction for 20 years . Development sites/opportunities . Spatial plan based on ‘quarters’ . Links strategy • Transport / Pedestrian / Retail / Energy . Planning for: . 12,800 new homes . 700,00 sqm. office . 160,000 sqm retail . Strengthen role as visitor and business destination . Five Areas of Transformation . Improved public realm and network of open spaces Snow Hill District Paradise / Arena Central Curzon New Street Station Birmingham Southern Smithfield Gateway Delivery New Street Station . £600 million redevelopment . 21st Century Transport hub . 150% increase in passenger capacity . Construction started 2010, opened September 2015 . Mixed use scheme including largest regional John Lewis store New Street Station New Street Station Retail Investment . £250 million being invested . John Lewis – largest store outside London . Grand Central – premium shopping destination . Mailbox – redevelopment including doubling size of Harvey Nichols . Selfridges – renovation and new internal design Major Office Developments Two Snowhill . Completed 2013 . Major blue chip occupiers . Gowling WLG . Barclays Plc . HS2 Construction HQ Arena Central . Works commenced 2015 . HSBC occupied 2019 . HMRC to occupy 3 arena central Metro Extension . £129 million Metro line . Connecting Central Business District with New Street Station . Service every 6 minutes Completion - 2016 . Further investment in four phases: . Centenary Square Extension . Edgbaston Extension . Eastside/Curzon Extension . East Birmingham Library of Birmingham . £188 million new Library . Linking with existing REP Theatre to create a cultural hub . More than three million visitors a year . Biggest library in Western Europe . Opened September 2013 Eastside City Park . £12 million new City Park . Covering 2.74 hectares . Opened December 2012 . First major city park in 130 years Paradise . Mixed use office led scheme, 180,000 sq. m floorspace . Creating over 10,000 jobs . Joint Venture between public and private sector . £87.3 million of EZ investment . £700 million investment value . Works commenced April 2015 . First building complete 2018 The Future High Speed Rail (HS2) . Birmingham at the centre of the national network . Connecting Birmingham to London and regional centres (Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield) . Significantly reduce journey times and free up capacity on existing regional/local network The HS2 Opportunity in the City Centre . Growth and a stronger regional centre – £1.4bn GVA per annum – £1.7bn private sector investment – 600,000 sqm commercial / employment floorspace . New residential communities – 4000 new homes, facilities and leisure . Local infrastructure – £700m invested – Integrated station – Metro extended – Environmental improvement The Birmingham Curzon Masterplan . 141 hectares in heart of City Centre, covering . Eastern fringe of the City Centre Core . Eastside . Digbeth . A three part approach . Station design and permeability . Local infrastructure . Unlocking development and regeneration HS2 Birmingham Curzon station Delivering Growth – the Enterprise Zone Birmingham Smithfield . 8 hectare site in the City Centre . 300,000 sqm of new floorspace . 2,000 new homes . 3,000 jobs . £470m in additional GVA Key to Supporting Growth . Clear Plans with a long term vision . Strategic Leadership & Governance . Local buy-in . Flexibility to adapt & respond to opportunities . Create places for people . Focus on Delivery .