Presentation by Waheed Nazir, Strategic Director for Economy at Birmingham City Council, at the Planning Inspectorate annual conference on 8 March 2016

1. Birmingham’s Growth Agenda
Waheed Nazir
Strategic Director, Economy
Birmingham City Council

2. Growth Agenda
• Housing
- 150,000 additional people
- 89,000 homes
• Employment
- Over 100k new jobs needed
- Growth: Automotive, Aerospace, Life Sciences etc.
- 407ha of employment land required

3. Birmingham Development Plan
• Planning for growth:
- 51,000 additional homes
- 270,000sq.m retail
- 745,000sq.m office
• 6,000 homes - Urban Extension
• 70ha major employment growth

4. Managing Regional Growth
• 38,000 shortfall
• ‘Duty to Cooperate’ a
challenging substitute for RSS
• Opportunity via the Combined
Authority

5. The Council as developer
• Over 2,000 new homes completed
since 2009/2010
• Up to 700 completions projected in
2015-16
• Council remains the largest developer
in the city
• ‘INReach: set up to develop market
rent homes across the city

7. Growth
• Planning for:
- 12,800 new homes.
- 700,000 sqm. office.
- 160,000 sqm. retail.
• Strengthen role as visitor and
business destination.
• Five Areas of Transformation.
• Improved public realm and network
of open spaces.

8. Areas of Transformation Supporting growth of the City Core

9. City Centre Enterprise Zone

10. Infrastructure Investment

11. Infrastructure Investment

12. Westside Paradise Circus

13. Snow Hill District

14. Birmingham Smithfield

15. Birmingham Smithfield

16. High Speed Rail (HS2) World class arrival

17. High Speed Rail (HS2) Paternoster Place

18. High Speed Rail (HS2) Metro extension

19. Metro Expansion

20. Business Investment

21. Inward Investment
Voted
43Top 100
Most competitive global cities

22. Waheed Nazir
Strategic Director, Economy
Birmingham City Council