Park Central application submitted
Crest Nicholson has applied to renew its planning consent to build more than 400 apartments inside a 20-storey tower block in Birmingham city centre.
The site would represent the final phase of the developer's Park Central regeneration scheme.
Alongside Birmingham City Council and Optima Community Association, Crest Nicholson has already developed the majority of the 61 acres of the former Lee Bank area of the city.
The planning application to Birmingham City Council regards the 20-storey Haddon Tower building and the former Springvale Shopping Precinct. The former tower and shopping precinct were demolished by Crest Nicholson in 2006 to prepare for the project.
The proposed scheme for the site comprises an anchor 78,511 sq ft food store alongside retail and leisure units; under croft car parking and more than 400 private and affordable apartments. A further six further residential buildings, clustered around a new landscaped courtyard, have also been proposed.
The outline application for The Retail Quarter was originally granted following a Public Enquiry in 2008.
An application to renew the outline consent was submitted in December 2010 but was deferred by Birmingham City Council in May 2011 following a formal objection to the supermarket element of the scheme by Tesco.
