Canalside site line up for new homes
Plans to develop 61 new apartments at a canalside site have been given the green light by Birmingham City Council.
The scheme on Scotland Street, which includes the 14,000 sq ft Lockside House office building, is the first in the city by Consortia Developments, a London-based property development and asset management business specialising in new homes.
Consortia had existing permission to convert Lockside House into 16 apartments under a permitted development rights application.
The developer has now won planning permission to add a roof extension to the building and to develop the adjacent car park, creating a total of 17 one-bed and 44 two-bed homes at the site.
Originally built as a workshop, and part of a series of buildings known as Scotland Works, Lockside House housed a number of manufacturing businesses in the late 1800s.
In the early 20th century, a plate and sheet glass merchant occupied the premises.
The brick-built building, sandwiched between Scotland Street and the towpath of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, is typical of workshops from the late Victorian era.
