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Investing for a lasting, positive future

With a strong track record for regeneration activity and strategically located next to the UK Central Hub, North Solihull offers investors significant potential opportunities for retail, leisure and community development.

 

Kingshurst Village Centre

The redevelopment of Kingshurst is a once in a generation opportunity to create a high quality, community focused centre at the heart of this important Solihull neighbourhood.

As the third local centre to be regenerated in North Solihull, Kingshurst will build on the success of previous schemes at Chelmund’s Cross and Smith’s Wood. The redeveloped centre will help ensure that Kingshurst becomes a sustainable, well integrated community with enhanced potential to benefit from its close proximity to the economic opportunities at the airport, NEC and the rest of the UK Central Hub.

Kingshurst Village Centre has considerable scope to be redesigned to a high standard so that it offers a range of local services and plays a strong role in building further social capital and local pride.

Based on the Kingshurst Masterplan and approved planning application the new village centre could contain:

  • 79 sustainable homes (the majority being social rented through Solihull Community Housing) all built to Lifetime Homes standards
  • New vicarage for St Barnabas Church
  • 2,001 m2 health uses and community space, including GP, dentist and pharmacy; a Community Wellness Hub
  • 1,207 m2 providing modern, flexible space for a range of retail and high street uses
  • High quality public realm and enhanced links to Kingshurst Park and Kingshurst Primary School
  • 75 car parking spaces to support the new local centre, community space and the Church
  • New internal road layout linking Over Green Drive and Colling Walk
  • Sustainable Urban Drainage (SuDS) and landscaping throughout

View the Planning Application

Chelmsley Wood Town Centre

Working with partners, Solihull Council is developing a long term plan to ensure that Chelmsley Wood Town Centre continues to thrive and serve the needs of the local community as we witness the role of town centres changing locally and nationally. Plans are focused initially on the Northwest Quarter of the town centre, where the Job Centre, former library site and Police Station are located. This key part of the town centre is currently underutilised and physically cut off from the rest of the centre.

With an exciting new masterplan for this vital part of the town centre now in place, we believe this will be the first step in a phased plan of redevelopment which could see the town centre completely transformed over the next ten years.

 

Investment Opportunities

Find out more about the current UK Central Solihull investment opportunities.

How can we help?

We can support you in your investment decision, offering bespoke:

  • Labour market information
  • Commercial property availability
  • Staff employment and training support
  • Travel planning support
  • Links to the local community
  • Local supply chain information
  • Finance and grants