{"id":710240,"date":"2026-01-21T06:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710240\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T06:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:08:14","slug":"plans-for-apartments-in-birmingham-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710240\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for apartments in Birmingham city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"5555 Holloway Head in Birmingham. Taken from Google Maps.<\/p>\n

Developers are seeking permission to add five storeys to 55 Holloway Head, a largely vacant block that\u2019s also known as Lee Bank House.<\/p>\n

The building would be 12 storeys and bring 215 apartments to the city if the plans are given the green light later this week.<\/p>\n

\"CGICGI of proposed development at Holloway Head, Birmingham – the townhouses specifically. Taken from design document prepared by JBVJ Architects.<\/p>\n

Proposals have also been put forward for the erection of nine townhouses as part of the plans.<\/p>\n

\"CGICGI of proposed development at Holloway Head, Birmingham – the apartment block specifically. Taken from design document prepared by JBVJ Architects.<\/p>\n

The site was originally designed and built in the 1950\u2019s as a flatted factory for industrial use but a wide variety of uses have been introduced over time, such as the introduction of workshops, offices and training facilities.<\/p>\n

A council officer\u2019s report said the development would bring in several benefits, including housing, street scape improvements and an enhanced biodiversity offer.<\/p>\n

But it also acknowledged that it could cause harm to designated assets such as the nearby Craven Arms and Synagogue \u2013 albeit \u2018very low levels\u2019 of harm in both cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe designated heritage assets hold considerable historic significance,\u201d the council officer wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe less than substantial harm which would be caused to their significance by the development is considered by conservation colleagues to reach very low levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in my view, I consider there are enough benefits associated with this proposal to outweigh the heritage harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

They went on to conclude: \u201cThe proposed development would see the delivery of a high-quality residential led development, in a sustainable location on brownfield land bringing back into use a vacant building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed 215 residential apartments and nine town houses would make a meaningful contribution towards Birmingham\u2019s housing provision and regeneration aspirations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would create a distinctive place and deliver a financial contribution towards affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the loss of existing employment floorspace, they said: \u201cThe site has previously received planning permission for re-development and that has been no change in policy since that decision that would alter that position.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, the local area has seen significant change with numerous residential developments being built on adjacent sites, changing the character of the area to predominantly residential.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plans have therefore been recommended for approval and will be considered at a planning committee meeting this Thursday, January 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"55 Holloway Head in Birmingham. Taken from Google Maps. Developers are seeking permission to add five storeys to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,8823,12,2516,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-710240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-ldrs","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-property","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115931598560884578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710240","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=710240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}