Call to preserve St Paul’s Square three storey limit

Oct 15 2009 by Neil Elkes, Birmingham Mail

A THREE-storey limit on homes and offices surrounding Birmingham’s historic St Paul’s Square must be preserved, according to city conservationists.

The council’s Heritage and Conservation Panel have told the developer behind an apartment conversion that they are against taking the building up to five storeys high.

Developer Wardcrop Assured Tenancies wants to convert the Blackthorn House office block, on the fringe of St Paul’s Square, into three luxury penthouse apartments, as well as build five new homes at the rear.

Panel members will insist the Planning committee does not allow the building to go to five storeys.