\u201cThe Tower Ballroom redevelopment aims to create a vibrant new community, offering high\u2011quality energy efficient affordable homes and attractive outdoor spaces. It will give residents the opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of waterside living while remaining just a short distance from the city centre.<\/p>\n
“Delivering more decent affordable homes for Birmingham families is a key priority for this council. Every project like this helps us move closer to our goal of building 2,000 homes a year that create thriving communities and transform people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
“We have consulted extensively with the public over many years to regenerate the area \u2013 and we have listened to the feedback and made changes to the development to deliver a site.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cllr Nicky Brennan, Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness, added: <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn the last year alone, the council has delivered 1,000 affordable homes. I am delighted to see that the plans for Tower Ballroom will continue that delivery by building 95 high-quality, affordable homes on such an attractive and historic site.\u201d<\/p>\n An artist’s impression of what the development on the site of the former Tower Ballroom might look like.<\/p>\n In addition to creating much-needed affordable housing, Keon Homes is committed to creating a landmark scheme for one of Birmingham\u2019s most iconic developments.<\/p>\n This will include two areas of attractive landscaping, which will enhance the biodiversity of the local area whilst creating green spaces that can be utilised by the local community.<\/p>\n Plans have also been lodged to refurbish the Grade II listed Reservoir Lodge into a new hub that will house communal areas and meeting spaces for local charities and community groups.<\/p>\n Oliver Thompson, Senior Land Manager at Keon Homes, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are delighted to have finally exchanged contracts on this historic and distinctive development site within Birmingham, adding to our growing portfolio of schemes across the Midlands.<\/p>\n \u201cThis milestone reflects the huge amount of work that has been undertaken by all parties, including months of collaboration between Birmingham City Council, Midland Heart and ourselves.<\/p>\n \u201cThe focus now is on submitting our planning application for the scheme, with the genuine hope of starting the development in early 2027, eventually delivering 95 high-quality homes alongside attractive landscaped areas and public open space to benefit the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n The development forms part of Midland Heart\u2019s wider \u00a3295 million investment programme in Birmingham, which will deliver 1,200 new affordable homes by 2028. The Tower Ballroom site is a particularly important milestone, as the organisation plans to build on the learnings from its low\u2011carbon Project 80 developments and create a net\u2011zero neighbourhood of scale, well ahead of incoming national sustainability standards.<\/p>\n Joe Reeves, Deputy Chief Executive at Midland Heart, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to be working with Birmingham City Council and Keon Homes to bring forward plans for this landmark site. The former Tower Ballroom is an iconic location in the city\u2019s landscape and transforming it into much\u2011needed affordable homes marks an important step for Birmingham.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is also where we plan to deliver our next generation of sustainable homes. The scheme is being designed to meet a new national net zero standard coming into force in 2026 and, to our knowledge, will be among the first in the country to adopt this standard.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Williams, Director at Avison Young, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re\u202fproud to have supported Birmingham City Council Officers on this important disposal. The opportunity to redevelop a waterside location, overlooking Edgbaston Reservoir, is unique, and we are delighted to have secured Keon Homes alongside Midland Heart on behalf of the Council.<\/p>\n \u201cThe project will not only deliver 95 high-quality, affordable homes, but also promises to further activate the waterfront with the delivery of much-needed commercial and community use space, as well as improving the landscape, which serves to enhance the experience for all visitors to the Reservoir.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of new affordable homes for Birmingham families are set to be built in Edgbaston after a deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[4053,235954,855,984,748,51,5034,91701,26107,2266,393,728,4884,1268,6333,26108,26114,26105,3738,12,6985,857,26109,5006,192219,1263,16,15,12339,7858],"class_list":["post-819165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-affordable","tag-ballroom","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-city-council","tag-britain","tag-business","tag-council","tag-council-website","tag-councillor","tag-education","tag-england","tag-environment","tag-great-britain","tag-homes","tag-housing","tag-leisure","tag-libraries","tag-local-authority","tag-local-government","tag-news","tag-residents","tag-schools","tag-social-services","tag-tourism","tag-tower","tag-transport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-waste","tag-west-midlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116211285645481492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819165","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=819165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Apartment_Block_B_C_Visual.png\"\/)
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