S&K Buildings Set for Approval

Plans for 456 rented homes at S&K Buildings, Digbeth, has taken a major step forward with Birmingham City Council recommending the development for approval.

Plans will be heard on December 9, at 11 am.

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The mixed-use Digbeth scheme from Taylor Grange will see the S&K Buildings transformed into a BTR scheme of 479 apartments, with commercial units, amenities, public terraces & a new riverside walkway.

The visually pleasing S&K Building will be retained and refurbished before undergoing a 2-storey upward extension, with demolition across the site, and the formation of six blocks of 6-7 and 8-10 storeys.

Encompassing the emerging Rea Valley Urban Quarter, the project will provide a healthy combination of 1-3 bedroom apartments and duplexes, alongside a restaurant/bar, gym, and private amenity spaces, including courtyard(s), terraces and balconies.

A new tree-lined riverway public realm will be created adjacent to the River Rea, allowing for fluid connections between Cheapside and Bradford Street, with commercial units and public terraces along the way.

Approval is recommended here, subject to a S106 legal agreement to provide 48 affordable apartments; as well as the payment of c. £116K to cover the cost of two off-site bridge removals bounded by Moseley Street, Charles Henry Street & Rea Street South.

Should this be funded via other means, the money would be put into improving the public realm around the site.

Plans for S&K Buildings will be heard on December 9, 2021, at 11 am.

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