Icknield Port Loop Development
The icknield port loop originally the rotton park loop is a 0 6 mile 1 km loop of the eighteenth century built old bcn main line canal in birmingham england about 2 miles 3 km west of the city centre which opened to traffic on 6 november 1769 and in some definitions includes its straighter bypass built in september 1827 a 550 yard 500 m section of the new bcn main line.
Icknield port loop development. Gha are working alongside architects maccreanor lavington shedkm and grant associates to develop detailed proposals for this 3 15 hectare site near birmingham city centre. A new 43 acre neighbourhood including over 1000 homes a community hub commercial office spaces a new leisure centre and a swimming pool. The port loop masterplan includes a range of spacious modern homes communal gardens a new swimming pool and leisure centre traffic free green streets a vibrant community hub and central birmingham s first new public green spaces in over a decade. Port loop is nestled between birmingham canal old line and the birmingham canal just a 15 minute walk from birmingham city centre.
Its island location was once the industrial heart of the city so the tow paths that served its factories provide superb direct routes to the city centre. You can go by foot or jump on a bike. The pioneering port loop development is being delivered by a joint venture partnership of urban splash and places for people alongside the landowners canal river trust and birmingham city council. Port loop is a major development being delivered by places for people and urban splash in association with birmingham city council and the canal river trust.
Speaking on behalf of the joint venture partners project director adam willets commented. This new image shows how one of birmingham s largest development sites will be transformed with 1 150 new houses. Innovative and forward thinking construction. And now a different sort of revolution is transforming it once again.
Edgbaston reservoir and icknield port loop. Icknield port loop birmingham the proposed scheme includes a mixed use development including up to 1 150 new homes plus retail employment and leisure uses non residential institutions hotels and community facilities. And the first 77 home phase of the long awaited icknield port loop development. The show house at the icknield port loop development the project is a collaboration between homes england which has provided a 7 45 million loan along with joint venture partners urban splash.