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Fourth apartment block planned in Jewellery Quarter street

Developer eyes run-down plot to build 136 apartments in a street already busy with residential schemes

Developers are eyeing this plot in Legge Lane where the old St Paul's School house (left) has now been demolished

Plans for a fourth residential project in the same Jewellery Quarter street have been unveiled.

Developer Property Solutions is eyeing a plot in Legge Lane to build 136 apartments and townhouses on a road already busy with development.

The application site, which is bounded by Camden Drive and Camden Street, comprises disused land and a number of derelict buildings in a very poor state of repair, according to newly submitted planning documents.

Accommodation will comprise 51 one-bedroom and 75 two-bedroom units along with nine three-bedroom dwellings and a single four-bedroom house but no parking.

The Grade II-listed Sloane House, which fronts onto Sloane Street, will be retained and converted as part of the development along with other listed buildings on the site.

The former St Paul's School house on the corner of Legge Lane, which has been vacant for years and had deteriorated into a severe state of disrepair, was demolished earlier this year.

If given the green light, the scheme would join a

Birmingham-based developer Anthony McCourt is currently part-way through building at 29 Legge Lane while Kendrick Homes is hoping to convert the old Ashton & Moore anodising factory at 3-5 Legge Lane into 27 apartments and four commercial units.