Connaught Square plans approved
Planning consultant CSJ Brooke Smith has secured renewed planning consent for the Connaught Square development. The Birmingham-based company has won approval for mixed-use plans on the two-hectacre derelict block on High Street in Digbeth.
The property is located between the Irish Club and the newly rebuilt Digbeth Coach Station. It previously had consent for redevelopment for a mix of retail, office, residential and commercial space.
This would allow space for 660 open market and affordable homes and serviced apartments as well as 247,569 sq ft of commercial space.
The renewed consent for the same mix of development, secured on behalf of the administrators for Naus (Connaught Square), provides permission for a further three years. It now gives the scheme, which has been mothballed for some time, “a realistic chance of being built out”, said Louise Brooke-Smith, director at CSJ Brooke Smith.
She said: “This area has always been a gateway to the city for travellers coming by coach. Reflecting this and the recently issued Big City Master Plan, which endorses the area for major regeneration, we hope that the extension of the life of this planning permission will help bring about the redevelopment of a site that will generate significant employment and commercial opportunities.”
