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Affordable homes at major Birmingham regeneration scheme to be delivered earlier than initially planned
All 312 affordable homes in a major Birmingham regeneration scheme are to be provided on plots already in development, meaning they can be built more rapidly than expected.
A report going before Birmingham City Council’s cabinet next week has set out a revised business case for the Perry Barr regeneration.
Its residential component was originally intended to be used as the athletes’ village for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which will be held at the nearby Alexander Stadium.
But pandemic restrictions meant the intended partitioning of homes into small flats for athletes had to be abandoned and the council has moved straight to their ‘legacy’ use as normal apartments.
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Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “It is particularly pleasing we now have a way forward that accelerates the delivery of all of the affordable homes we had promised to deliver in the wider scheme.
“Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved, these will now all be provided through the properties that are nearing completion meaning the council is doing its bit to address the desperate need for new homes locally.”
Perry Barr’s residential development has 11 plots, four of which are already in progress.
The cabinet report has recommended the phased delivery of the remaining seven plots to balance the supply of new homes to the market. There will be some 1,400 homes in all.
Dropping the need to fit out the site as an athletes’ village and then convert it to normal homes will save some £18.7m, the council said.
Birmingham earlier this month launched a masterplan for Perry Barr for consultation, which includes a new school and various transport as well as environmental improvements.
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