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Belgrave Middleway

A distinctive, urban village that regenerates a long-standing vacant brownfield site on the former Joseph Chamberlain College and Birmingham Sports Centre site.
Size
438 dwellings
Location
Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Status
On Site
Contractor
Designers
Chetwoods Architects
Client
Galliard Homes and Aspley House Capital
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The development comprises a mix of two, three and four-bedroom townhouses and one and two-bedroom apartments, with private and shared courtyard gardens, landscaped public realm and a linear park.

A key part of the scheme is its innovative approach to the design of the landscaped amenity realm. Space that would typically have been subdivided into individual private gardens is organised as individual private patios set within secure larger communal private gardens.

These communal gardens will provide a generous and varied shared space that is suitable for flexible and multi-purpose use. Each garden creates a strong sense of identity, a place for residents to meet and interact, engage with nature, have flexible places to sit, read, play, and grow communal food.

The three new neighbourhood areas are organised around a linear park that accommodates an urban forest and creates a north-south connection through the site to the surrounding neighbourhoods while reinforcing existing pedestrian routes to the city centre.

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Project Highlights
  • Creating 438 new homes
  • Urban village with three new neighbourhood areas
  • Regenerates long-standing vacant brownfield site
  • Innovative approach to provision of amenity spaces
  • Actively enhances local ecology and biodiversity
  • Enhances area’s existing connections and public routes

A comment on the project

"We are excited by the opportunity to regenerate a currently underutilised and unloved plot of land to create an attractive neighbourhood that will not only transform the site but will also make a positive contribution to the wider Balsall Heath area."
Michael Watson
Architectural and Technical Director, Galliard Homes