Richard Cowell

and Agne

Selemonaite City Centre Development and Design

Birmingham City Council

28th

July 2010

CITY CENTRE MASTERPLAN

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Reflection on Birmingham –

successes and comparisons

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Opportunities and Challenges –

Five drivers of urban success

• Delivery and funding

Innovation & Skills

Economic & Cultural Diversity

Strategic Decision taking

Connectiv

ity

Place Quality

‘The Birmingham City Centre Masterplan: The Visioning Study’

Background studies

Revised Eastside masterplan

Glenn Howells

Context with existing neighbourhood and key growth areas

We want to transform the city centregrowing the city core by 25%; raise

liveability; improve connections;strengthen its authentic character and

diversify its economic base.

Objectives

• Liveable City

• Connected City

• Authentic City

• Creative City

• Smart City

The masterplan

Quarters

supporting the authentic character and offer of the city centre quarters

Spatial Strategy

Growing the City Core

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Growing the City Core through five areas of transformation•

Transforming our streets and public

spaces

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Improving

connectivity

through a framework for movement•

Evolution of land uses and

activities

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Locations for

taller buildings•

Role of

heritage

•

Vision and proposals for the city centre quarters

The masterplan

will set out our approach to:

Areas of transformation

Growth and variety of residential areas

GROWTH

Growth and variety of office core and clusters

GROWTH

Major road improvements

& interventions

CONNECTIVITY

Gr. Charles Street (before & after)

Evolution

of spaces and linkages in city centre

20 years ago At present In 20 years

WALKABILITY

City open space network

Centenary Square

Moat Square

Tall building clusters

& height limits within the city centre

BUILDING HEIGHTS

City centre

evolution & heritage

HERITAGE

Strategic urban design & structure principals

EASTSIDE

Eastside

masterplan

Eastside

transformation area

Eastside

transformation area

Strategic urban design & structure principals

SOUTHSIDE

Southside

masterplan

Strategic urban design & structure principals

JEWELLERY QUARTER

Jewellery Quarter

masterplan

Statutory Planning

•

core strategy –

city centre chapter

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Establish the five areas of transformation as strategic allocations

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Identify the primary route network and key open spaces which underpin the masterplan

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Set out broad proposals for land uses across the city centre

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areas/sites and thematic based supplementary planning documents. Early priorities for 2011 will be

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Southern Gateway/Wholesale Markets-

Building Heights

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Public Realm, Streetscape and Way Finding

• Augustinternal consultations

• Septemberlaunch event

• October & Decemberpublic and stakeholder consultation

• December & Januaryreview period

• Februaryformal adoption by Cabinet and Planning Committee

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