Go ahead for next phase of Port Loop.
House by Urban Splash has been given the green light to deliver 98 homes in the next phase of development at Port Loop; Birmingham’s new island community.
All 98 properties will be built off-site in House by Urban Splash’s modular housing factory using modern methods of construction before being craned into place at Port Loop.
Just over half of these homes will be a new house type for Port Loop: Row House. Representing a modern mews house, or Urban Cottage, Row House brings a more compact terrace form to Port Loop’s portfolio at an affordable price range; meaning more people can get on the housing ladder with a home customised to meet their individual lifestyle needs. Each home is 
The remaining properties will be the larger, two and three storey Town Houses which have proven incredibly popular to date and, like Row House, allow customers to influence the design of their new home.
Adam Willetts, Project Director for Port Loop, said: “We’re very excited to move forward with this next phase at Port Loop and introduce Row House to the neighbourhood. The past year has made a lot of people rethink what they look for in a new home, with green space and flexible living top of many people’s wish lists; both of which are key characteristics of life at Port Loop.”
In addition to their own private terraces, the new homes will have large, central communal gardens for residents to use, with some of the Town Houses enjoying an enviable waterfront location overlooking the canal that surrounds the 43 acre neighbourhood. During the past year, these green and blue spaces have proven invaluable to homeowners, with residents using the communal gardens for picnics, exercising and even cinema nights. A one acre public park has also been delivered at Port Loop and is set to host numerous community events over the summer. Furthermore, residents and the local community can take advantage of free kayak lessons aimed at encouraging more people to use the canal around Port Loop.
As part of the approved plans, Urban Splash will be delivering a new section of public tow path, helping to create a cycle loop around the neighbourhood.
Adam continued: “Using sustainable MMC technology, we are able to improve both the quality and speed of delivery of new homes. Following this planning approval, our aim is for the first Row Houses to be available to purchase this spring.”
Located just a fifteen minute walk from Birmingham city centre, prices for the new homes are expected to start from around £300,000 for a two storey, Row House property.
Birmingham-based Glenn Howells Architects are the masterplanners for Port Loop, with the housing designed by Shed KM and GHA. Landscaping has been done by Grant Associates.
Glenn Howells, Partner at Glenn Howells Architects, said: “We are delighted to be masterplanning this transformational project in Birmingham, bringing Port Loop and the canal back to life and providing homes and green community spaces within walking and cycling distance of the city centre.”
In total, Port Loop will deliver 1,150 new homes, in addition to new retail and leisure spaces. The Floating Front Room – an outdoor coffee shop on the canal – is already open at Port Loop, as is YARD, Birmingham’s first Art House.
For further information visit port-loop.com and housebyurbansplash.co.uk.