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\n Plans have been lodged for student accommodation block on the former site of a Birmingham city centre pub.\n <\/p>\n
Permission is sought for a mixed-use development at the old Golden Eagle site, which would include a 16-storey building with 263 student bed spaces.<\/p>\n
Developers also want to build commercial and amenity spaces on the ground floor, which they said would enhance the area.<\/p>\n
The Golden Eagle stood at the corner of Swallow Street and Hill Street. It was a well-known music venue which closed in 1984 and was later demolished.<\/p>\n
Lyle Bignon, Night Time Economy Ambassador for Birmingham, said in a post on X that any new building on the junction \u201cought to recognise one of the city\u2019s most important 1960s-80s music venues\u201d.<\/p>\n
A design document, included within the planning application, said the proposals would \u201crespect the site\u2019s historic, existing and emerging context\u201d.
It said they would utilise an under-used city centre brownfield site and provide high-quality student living through a layout which \u201cpromotes social interaction and builds a sense of community\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vision is for a bold proposal which will transform an underused site at a prominent but sensitive location in the heart of Birmingham city centre,\u201d it went on to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seeks to create a cutting edge and sustainable building that Birmingham can be proud of.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposals will respond positively to the historic context and distinctive emerging character of the surroundings to contribute towards the evolution of the city centre.\u201d<\/p>\n
The document said the proposals would deliver student housing in a \u201chighly accessible location that will become home to the next generation of investors, workers and residents in Birmingham\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposals and new residents will activate and boost the vitality of what is an underused part of the city heart,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n
It said the design team had undertaken extensive dialogue with Birmingham City Council planning officers, the Victorian Society, Civic Society and the local community.<\/p>\n
The proposals, submitted by Orion Land, will be considered at a later date by council planners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans have been lodged for student accommodation block on the former site of a Birmingham city centre pub.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[22440,22441,855,9163,22439,748,9444,1354,393,9453,4884,14987,269,12,3669,9440,93,16823,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-304621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-102-5","9":"tag-102-5-fm","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-black-country","12":"tag-brierley-hill","13":"tag-britain","14":"tag-dab","15":"tag-dudley","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-fm","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-halesowen","20":"tag-music","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-online","23":"tag-radio","24":"tag-sport","25":"tag-stourbridge","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114943717816717904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304621","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=304621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}