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Turley is proud to sponsor a study tour at this year’s Young Planners’ Conference in the West Midlands

We are delighted to sponsor a study tour at this years RTPI Young Planners’ Conference in the West Midlands which takes place in Birmingham on 13 and 14 October.

We have a team of 19 young planners attending this year’s conference, the theme of which is “Planning for Legacy – Regeneration and Place”.

Turley, alongside Howells, has sponsored Paradise Study Tour. Paradise is a transformational mixed-use development and quality public realm in Birmingham’s civic heart, adjacent to grade I Town Hall and grade II* Council House, City Museum and Art Gallery. This tour will provide a whistlestop overview of the site’s history, current development milestones achieved and set out the future of the regeneration scheme. Paradise stands as a shining example of urban regeneration, having received numerous prestigious awards and making a lasting, transformative impact on the city.

We are proud of the work we do across the West Midlands region and as Head of our Midlands Planning service, and with roots in the area, Tom Armfield explains why Birmingham is the perfect host for the conference:

"The region has always been at the forefront of planning thinking and how it shapes the places we want to live, work and play in. As Europe's youngest city with 40% of its population under-25, and a bright future as evidenced by our booming skyline, it is only fitting that Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region take centre stage as hosts of this year's young planners conference, following our spectacular hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

"In Birmingham specifically, we've come a long way from the visionary ‘Big City Plan’ crafted over two decades ago, which laid the groundwork for transformative projects like the Paradise redevelopment. Today, we are guided by the recently published ‘Our Future City Plan’, a forward-looking framework that will steer the city's growth for the next two decades. The rich history and the ambitious future plans provide a wealth of knowledge for the next generation of planners, making Birmingham an ideal backdrop for this conference which focuses on ‘Planning for legacy – generation and place."

Our work in the West Midlands

We have been working in the West Midlands for over 20 years. During this time our regional expertise and knowledge has grown immensely, and we have had the pleasure to work on a range of high-profile projects including:

Typhoo Tea Factory

We led the planning application preparation and negotiation on behalf of Stoford that facilitated the BBC’s planned relocation to Typhoo Wharf in Digbeth. We secured full planning permission in March 2023 for partial-demolition, upward extensions and change of use of the former Typhoo Tea Factory – a building which had stood vacant and partially derelict for the best part of 40 years.

Port Loop

Sitting on the western fringe of Birmingham City Centre, the Port Loop Site comprising 22.4 ha of largely vacant and underutilised land. Since 2015, we have been advising the Joint Venture Partnership between Urban Splash, Places for People, the Canal and River Trust and Birmingham City Council on its vision for delivering a unique ‘canalside neighbourhood’.

Transforming Nuneaton

Transformative regeneration on Abbey Street in the heart of Nuneaton Town Centre to create new opportunities for economic and community development. The project will deliver the town’s first new hotel in five years, a state-of-the-art cinema and leisure uses, a community medical hub and a series of locally-managed spaces for start-up businesses and local makers.

The West Midlands is one fast-growing regions outside of London and is home to world-leading sectors, transformational infrastructure, large-scale brownfield regeneration projects and a rapidly increasing diverse population. With the triumph of the Commonwealth Games and the recent announcement of the Deeper Devolution Deal for the West Midlands Combined Authority, the region finds itself in an opportune position to shape its legacy through urban and cultural regeneration. Our involvement in the West Midlands has shaped the region, with many exciting projects under construction and in the pipeline.

If you are attending the conference and would like to meet up please contact a member of the team:

Midlands
North
South East
Wales

11 October 2023

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