Planners back new public realm at Paradise Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has granted planning permission for new public realm at the southern end of the £700m Paradise estate in Birmingham.
The plans aim to improve city centre connectivity with new public spaces and pedestrian routes through Paradise, Colmore Row, Westside and the Jewellery Quarter.
The approved links, designed by landscape architect Grant Associates, include the new Ratcliff Passage alongside the Town Hall, Ratcliff Square, and Western Terrace leading to Easy Row, with a newly renovated subway route through to Alpha Tower and Arena Central.
Birmingham City Council has granted planning permission for new public realm at the southern end of the £700m Paradise estate in Birmingham.
The plans aim to improve city centre connectivity with new public spaces and pedestrian routes through Paradise, Colmore Row, Westside and the Jewellery Quarter.
The approved links, designed by landscape architect Grant Associates, include the new Ratcliff Passage alongside the Town Hall, Ratcliff Square, and Western Terrace leading to Easy Row, with a newly renovated subway route through to Alpha Tower and Arena Central.
The move follows a recently awarded permission for a 17-storey, 152-bedroom hotel on the corner of Paradise Street, and construction starting on the Octagon apartment tower at the northern apex of the Paradise site.
Phase one of the Paradise development has already been completed, with One and Two Chamberlain Square. Overall, the scheme comprises almost 2m sq ft and will see 10 new buildings offering offices, shops, bars, cafés, restaurants, a hotel and housing.
Rob Groves, regional development director with Paradise development manager MEPC, said: “The success of the existing public realm is reflected in what we are now proposing with more high-quality stonework with a variety of tones and finishes alongside mature trees and greener elements. With two green lights for both the public realm and new hotel now awarded, we have brought cutting-edge new designs for exemplar new public realm which will continue to knit Paradise into the wider city centre.”
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