Birmingham planning chiefs have handed the green light to a residential tower set to become the city's tallest building.
Developer Euro Property Investments is behind the project to build a 61-storey skyscraper at the corner of Broad Street and Ryland Street on a site currently occupied by office block Centennial House which will be demolished.
There will be 503 apartments, ground-floor shops, a cinema, gym and workshop facilities and a rooftop restaurant and bar in a glass 'crown' on levels 59 and 60 which is said to be the highest in the 海角视频 outside of London.
There will be 224 one-bedroom and 279 two-bedroom apartments for sale, secure storage for around 250 bikes but no car parking however a new tram stop will be located immediately in front of the building when the Metro is extended.
At 633 ft, it will surpass the BT Tower by 134 ft to become Birmingham's tallest building.
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Birmingham City Council's planning committee approved the development at 100 Broad Street, which was designed by Jewellery Quarter-based practice Glancy Nicholls Architects, at its meeting yesterday.
Committee members were broadly supportive although Cllr Lou Robson expressed disappointment that only 25 of the new apartments would be allocated for affordable housing - a five per cent provision against council policy of 35 per cent.
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"What we are seeing with a lot of these tall buildings is the level of design and expense involved in luxury apartments then comes back to the viability assessment and we're told they can't afford to provide the 35 per cent of affordable housing that's required," she told the meeting.
"We hear this is going to be quite a unique building, certainly in terms of engineering.
"While I find that interesting, it's a shame this level of affordable housing can't be accommodated.
"If we are making significant buildings it would be very nice to think that all of the population could live in them."
Cllr Gareth Moore praised the scheme, saying the design of the tower was broken up to avoid it looking like a "giant tall box" although he did lament the lack of any car parking spaces provided.
Construction is set to commence in 2021 and be completed by 2024.
Court Collaboration received planning permission in December for its 51-storey apartment block project in Jennens Road which could take the record as the city's tallest tower if completed before the Broad Street scheme.