Tag: housing
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Ladywood and the Local Plan
In the 2024 document, Ladywood is designated as its own distinct Growth Zone under Policy GZ11 (Ladywood Regeneration Initiative Growth Zone). In 2025, the approach changes, with Ladywood reclassified as a Housing Regeneration Area (HRA). The HRA designation is formalised under Policy HN9 (Housing Regeneration) in the current 2026 document. The 2024 document proposed the…
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Local plan: community led-development, protecting existing housing and the new local plan
Approaches to regeneration The 2026 Plan appears to have become less prescriptive about how regeneration and housing delivery should take place, particularly in relation to mechanisms for securing community benefits and supporting alternative models of development. This is significant because some of the provisions contained in earlier versions of the Plan have either been removed…
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Local Plan: will reducing affordable housing threshold result in more social housing?
The 2026 Local Plan now under consultation is broadly in continuity with the 2024 proposal to lower the required affordable housing threshold. The policy uses a value-zone approach: the City Centre is the core zone; there is a higher-value zone covering the southern part of the City Centre and the northern part of the city;…
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Response from our councillors
In response to our letter, Ladywood Unite is addressing the council response forwarded to us by our new councillors. We are committed to providing an informed view of how the regeneration is affecting residents. _________________________________________________________________________________ 6 July 2026 Dear Councillors, Ladywood Unite met to review your reply, and we would like to thank you for…
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Letter to our new councillors
Sent 13 June 2026 Dear Councillors Humphreys and Harper-Nunes, We are looking forward to working with you to address the ongoing challenges related to the Ladywood Regeneration, Demolition and Displacement Project, and we are grateful for your engagement with our group. Beyond the major and substantive issues of demolition, displacement, and affordable house building, there…
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Resident Steering Group | Who Really Speaks for Ladywood
Ladywood Unite understands that the council’s Ladywood Residents Steering Group has met twice. No announcement has been made about who is on it yet. It was described as a platform for residents to shape decisions about our community’s future. But many of us have begun to ask: who is on the group, who actually chose…
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Questions regarding Berkeley Group’s Ladywood household displacement targets
It is deeply concerning that 30% of residents — nearly half of those living outside the towers — appear to be facing displacement as a result of the Ladywood regeneration plans. Below, a resident has written to the Berkeley Group seeking clarification. We await their response. Dear Berkeley Group, I am writing re: the fourth…
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How Berkeley Homes has got its hands on the Ladywood redevelopment profits
Thank you to Richard Hatcher for writing the below post about the Ladywood Regeneration on Birmingham Against the Cuts. The post highlights how the developer selected for the Ladywood Regeneration, St Joseph Berkeley Group, became the preferred developer. Unsurprisingly, Birmingham City Council has not been forthcoming in revealing details about who in the council received…
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Happy holidays from Ladywood Unite + 2025 next steps
Ladywood Unite – 2024 reflections and plans for 2025 Thank you A heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported Ladywood Unite this year. We deeply appreciate every door you knocked on, email you sent, complaint you submitted, protest you joined, petition you signed, meeting you attended, blog you contributed, survey you took, press interview you…
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MP Candidate Shazna Muzammil commits to Ladywood Unite 6 asks
Dear Members of the Ladywood Unite Executive Committee, Thank you for your crucial role in advocating for the residents of Ladywood. I deeply appreciate the time you dedicated to our meeting, as well as the insights shared by the lady in Church. It’s evident that the uncertainty you all face is unjust. The community is…
