Big Brum towers set to get go-ahead

Birmingham City Council is set to give the go-ahead to six new towers delivering almost 2,000 new beds. The council’s planning committee is set to give approval to schemes proposed by Court Collaboration and Woodbourne Group tomorrow. Court Collaboration – following its acquisition of a multi-storey car park at Brindley Drive from the council in 2021 – is expected to get the nod to transform the site into a £180m 46-storey and 15-storey development providing 518 build-to-rent homes (pictured, above). CarneySweeney is advising on planning. Woodbourne’s £360m Curzon Wharf plans (pictured, below) propose a total of four buildings, including Birmingham’s tallest tower – a 53-storey development of 498 BTR homes. The scheme also includes a 14-storey co-living building comprising 265 flats and a 41-storey student accommodation block comprising 732 beds, plus 130,000 sq ft of office, R&D and life sciences spaces, 15,000 sq ft of leisure, and 3,000 sq ft of retail space. In total the scheme will provide 993,046 sq ft of mixed-use space alongside Birmingham’s waterfront. The 2.5-acre site currently holds a vacant 1960s industrial scheme. It is located close to Dartmouth Circus, just off the A38 Aston Expressway coming into the city. Woodbourne purchased the land in 2019 for £5.5m from a fund managed by Downing. Turley and CBRE have been advising Woodbourne.   To send feedback, e-mail samantha.mcclary@eg.co.uk or tweet @samanthamcclary or @EGPropertyNews Image © Court Collaborations See more Birmingham planning information>>