Plans to complete next phase of £700m Paradise scheme get go-ahead

Plans to complete next phase of £700m Paradise scheme get go-aheadPlans submitted to Birmingham City Council to complete Phase Two of Paradise, the £700m redevelopment of the heart of the city, have been given the go-ahead.The three applications were for a new 180,000 sq ft commercial building, Three Chamberlain Square, designed by FCBStudios, and a 17-storey hotel on the corner of Paradise Street, designed through a collaboration between hotel experts ISA Architecture & Design and Paradise masterplanners Glenn Howells Architects.Meanwhile, a series of new public squares and pedestrian routes through the development, designed by Grant Associates landscape architects, will build on the success of the new public realm like Chamberlain Square, Congreve Street and Centenary Way and see the restored statues of James Watt and Joseph Priestley returned to the area.Planning and development consultancy Turley worked with the design team and MEPC on delivering the planning applications for Phase Two.