{"id":217846,"date":"2025-06-27T05:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217846\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T05:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:53:12","slug":"major-jewellery-quarter-plans-for-hundreds-of-new-apartments-and-creative-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217846\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Jewellery Quarter plans for hundreds of new apartments and ‘creative’ shops"},"content":{"rendered":"

The proposed Birmingham development would provide more than 400 new apartments as well as commercial space for ‘creative local businesses’\"AA visualisation of the proposed Jewellery Quarter development(Image: Council report)<\/p>\n

Major plans for a new development in the heart of Birmingham<\/a> \u2019s Jewellery Quarter have been recommended for approval.<\/p>\n

Those behind the project are seeking permission to build 422 apartments across four blocks, along with residential courtyards and commercial floorspace.<\/p>\n

If approved by planners next week, the development would take shape on land close to Newhall Street and St Paul\u2019s Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A recently-published council<\/a> report said a previously approved scheme on the site in question is \u201cundeliverable\u201d due to it no longer being financially viable.<\/p>\n

It continued that the current proposals could provide \u201cnew and meaningful connections within the Jewellery Quarter as well as a significant amount of commercial floorspace\u201d.<\/p>\n

This would support the \u201ceconomic vitality\u201d of the area by providing space for creative, local businesses, the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scheme would also contribute towards the city\u2019s ongoing need for new housing by providing high density, high quality one, two and three-bed apartments,\u201d it went on to say.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed development presents an opportunity to unlock this otherwise unviable site for redevelopment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WhatWhat the proposed Jewellery Quarter development could look like(Image: Council report)<\/p>\n

But an objection was received from the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust, who described the proposed demolition of two industrial buildings, 123 and 128 Northwood Street, as \u201cunacceptable and unnecessary\u201d.<\/p>\n

They argued they are \u201ctypical JQ buildings\u201d and key to the conservation area.<\/p>\n

The council report acknowledged the concerns and noted that both buildings, which date back to the early 20th century, are \u201ccharacteristic of the Jewellery Quarter\u2019s industrial history\u201d.<\/p>\n

But it continued: \u201cThe buildings are proposed to be lost because it is no longer economically viable to retain them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe previous scheme sought to retain the two buildings – however, the previous scheme is no longer financially viable and cannot be delivered for this reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The report therefore said their demolition \u201cpresents an opportunity to […] deliver a viable, largely new build scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also said the buildings are only considered to \u201cbear local significance and their complete loss would not in itself make the overall scheme substantially harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are enough benefits associated with this proposal to outweigh the limited harms identified,\u201d the report concluded.<\/p>\n

Such benefits include the regeneration of an important site; a mix of new housing and \u2018radical\u2019 improvements to the connectivity between the Jewellery Quarter and city.<\/p>\n

The proposed development was recommended for approval, subject to a legal agreement, and will be considered by the council\u2019s planning committee on Thursday, July 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposed Birmingham development would provide more than 400 new apartments as well as commercial space for ‘creative…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,984,748,393,4884,10969,285,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-217846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-birmingham-city-council","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-jewellery-quarter","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114753779007724617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}