Land Securities has won outline planning consent for its 139,350 sq m (1.5m sq ft) Martineau Galleries retail scheme in central Birmingham.
At a meeting of Birmingham council’s planning committee, Land Secs agreed to pay £3.6m to the council for public transport improvements under the terms of a section 106 agreement. The developer is now only awaiting the formality of a decision notice.
Some £1.5m of the £3.6m will be spent on infrastructure work which includes the removal of the ‘Bull Street Hump’ – a road feature which prevents the throughflow of traffic from Bull Street to Corporation Street .
Hammerson has already submitted a detailed planning application. According to Geoff Wright, Chief Planning Officer at the council, the application should go to committee next month.
EGi News 28/04/98
