A large parcel of land in north Birmingham earmarked for almost 1,000 new houses has been acquired. Housebuilder Bellway has bought the 123-acre site at Langley in Sutton Coldfield which it hopes will pave the way for a new development of 950 homes east of the town centre.
The site, acquired for an undisclosed sum from New Hall Estates, forms around a fifth of the wider Langley Sustainable Urban Extension area where there are plans to deliver up to 5,500 homes. An outline planning application for the wider site has already been submitted to Birmingham City Council and is under consideration.
The masterplan also includes the provision of more than 200 acres of public open space and the creation of new community facilities and schools, including up to three primary schools and a secondary school with sixth form. The project west of the A38 has not been without controversy after the former green belt land was declassified, with campaigners hoping to halt construction of the new homes at the rural site.
