Plans revealed for Birmingham Soho Hill mixed-use scheme

Developer Pickstock Group has unveiled proposals to transform the Bill House site on Soho Hill in Birmingham into a mixed-use community development.

In a bid to reinvigorate the area, the plans include 115 new houses and flats alongside an 80-bed care home.

The 2.5-acre site has been vacant in recent years, due to fires and anti-social behaviour. Pickstock Group Development Director Liam Davies said that the scheme offered “a dynamic approach to different housing typologies, offering affordable housing, open market sale and lease options, alongside a supporting care provision offer”.

Adam McPartland of project architect Glancy Nichol said: “This will be a comprehensive redevelopment of a brownfield site that is sensitive to the local characteristics, providing multi- generation living aligned with the needs of the local community. The scheme will contribute to the wider regeneration and delivery aspirations for the area.”

RPS Planning Director Jacob Bonehill added: “These proposals offer an opportunity to deliver much needed new homes and employment opportunities beyond the city centre.”