Curzon Gate

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The site on which the development will be constructed.

Curzon Gate (also known as Curzon Gateway) is a small area covering a site formerly occupied by Castle Cement which is set for redevelopment in Birmingham, England.

The land, now cleared of the silos, is part of the larger Eastside development. It is located next to Curzon Park and opposite Ventureast, both of which are developments. It is bounded by a railway viaduct and a road junction. It is adjacent to the Digbeth Branch Canal.

The Castle Cement containers were removed in 2005. The development will be mainly residential and will consist of two 12 and 11 storey towers. The entire development is expected to be completed in 2007/08. It will contain 260 private residential dwellings and 748 student units and a two-storey car park. For the community created there, there will be a café on the ground floor of one of the towers, a gym, retail facilities and a public open space. The 11 storey tower will be primarily for student residences.

The curvature of the road junction will give one of the residential buildings its shape. The proposed dwelling mix would be 120 x 2-bed flats (including 17 duplex units), 99 x 1- bed flats (including 17 duplex units) and 41 studio flats and 210 parking spaces and would be in a development of the following heights:

3-6 storeys fronting the canal with an additional seventh storey at the corner facing the

proposed access road (south-western corner of the site)

2-7 storeys facing the railway viaduct
6-9 storeys fronting on to the new central street
12 storey tower fronting on to Curzon Street.

It will be a modern, contemporary designed development which will see ivory coloured stonework on the ground and first floor. The upper floors would have glazed curtain walling, powder coated windows, galvanised steel balconies and a standing seam roof.

The land receives its name from Curzon Street railway station and five underground railway tunnels are located directly underneath the site where they terminate. The recreation of the tunnels had been proposed for railway expansion in Birmingham however the proposals did not develop. These railway tunnels terminated at the Digbeth Branch Canal however when the Castle Cement silos were constructed, the tunnels were filled in up to Lawley Middleway.

On October 12, 2006, an outline planning application for the development was presented before the planning committee who decided to defer due to Section 106 payments.

Through previous consideration of the application a Section 106 between Birmingham City Council and the applicant was signed and completed on January 31, 2005. It provided for contributions on the overall site with overall site being defined as the Castle Cement site (which Curzon Gate will be situated on) and the Parcelforce site (which will be covered by Curzon Park).

The developers are the Eastside Partnership and the agent are Drivers Jonas.