Massive canalside development for Digbeth

A MASSIVE canalside development scheme has been approved by the side of the Grand Union Canal in Digbeth.

The site is the old Digbeth central bus station in Birmingham with the development including 2,000 homes together with a diverse mix of leisure and retail amenities and will include two acre of public space, Roger Fox reports.

New waterfront destination

The scheme will open up 220 yards of previously inaccessible Grand Union Canal frontage, described as 'creating a new waterfront destination'.

The joint developers are HUB Residential and National Express who have secured planning permission for the mixed-use regeneration scheme with phase one a six acre site bordering the Grand Union Canal, with the possibility of moorings.

First phase

This first of six phases will involve building 214 homes across a single building ranging in height from 7 to 15 storeys with the tallest of the buildings rising to 25 storeys to be built in phase two.

The buildings will include a mix of shops and office space in addition to homes.