Major Selly Oak Student Scheme Set For Backing

Watkins Jones Group is seeking the go-ahead to demolish units 5-8 at Selly Oak Industrial Estate and develop the site with purpose-built student accommodation totalling 523 bedrooms.

Plans have been recommended for approval and will be reviewed at committee on September 30.

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Set around a landscaped central courtyard, and a galvanised canal, Glenn Howells Architects’ designed scheme would bring the site back to life with the formation of two buildings.

11 four-storey townhouses would be built along Elliott Road, while a main 4-6 storey building would wrap around three sides of the site, with its main entrance close to the rejuvenated canal.

The scheme combines 388 cluster bedrooms and 135 studios, including 14 accessible studio bedrooms. 

Boasting a green focus throughout, a large 2,500 sq.m courtyard garden would offer students with a place to study and unwind. An additional strip of landscaped internal communal space is set to overlook the canal.

With the area set to bring new activity and prosperity to the canal and its new area of public realm, other amenities include a gymnasium, study spaces, and lounges. 176 cycle spaces are to be provided.

The companies moving out of the site would be relocated - a process already underway.

Given that Birmingham City Council refused ‘The Triangle’ student scheme – former Sainsbury’s site on Bristol Road – a few months’ back, spearheaded by Weoley & Selly Oak Councillor, Julie Johnson, which is now at appeal, it will be fascinating to see what decision the councillors make regarding a decision here.

Plans are recommended for approval and will be reviewed at committee on September 30, at 11 am.

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