BIRMINGHAM

TREES, ACCURATE TO HEIGHT & CANOPY
BUILDINGS

With its population set to reach 1,240,000 by 2030, Birmingham is also England’s fastest growing city. Housing and commercial and transport development needs are rapidly increasing: with much of the city and surrounding urban areas underdeveloped, Birmingham is set to be a hot spot of activity.

Birmingham’s flagship projects include The Curzon Street Masterplan which outlines proposals for 141 hectares of regeneration envisioned to bring 36,000 new jobs, 4,000 new homes and 600,000 square metres of commercial development. The Smithfield Market redevelopment will also create a brand new innovative and sustainable city quarter with jobs, amenities and over 3,000 much-needed new homes. This 17-hectare development will anchor an expanded city centre, helping to accelerate a wider transformation of Birmingham and supporting long-term economic and social prosperity.

As Birmingham rapidly expands due to new developments like these and much-needed regeneration, the requirement for an open and transparent platform which can visualise and tell the story of this metropolitan giant’s reshaping is key. VU.CITY Birmingham is already meeting this by enabling all parties to see schemes in context – at a macro level and city-wide, to clearly understand where opportunities lie, such as for building densely. The implications of proposals for Birmingham can be readily and easily understood thanks to the platform’s data layers revealing a wealth of information about, for instance, locally- and statutory-listed buildings, tree preservation orders, and consented schemes.

Users of VU.CITY Birmingham include ADG, Sandwell Council, JLL, Iceni, Node and CityScape Digital who have already discovered the model’s many benefits, from being able to instantly understand and assess a site’s challenges and potential, to simplifying the planning application, or improving how everyone involved can collaborate in a simple, single platform.

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VU.CITY Birmingham: Highlights

Consented Schemes Timeline

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Conservation Areas

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Listed Buildings

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Locally Listed Buildings

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Statutorily Listed Buidlings

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Tree Preservation Order

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Trees

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Annual Average Household Income 2021

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Energy Performance Certificates

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Deprivation Index 2021

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Population Density 2021

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Land Registry Query

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BIRMINGHAM COVERAGE

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Create smart cities the smart way

VU.CITY helps organise, visualise, and analyse city data in the clearest and most accessible way to make better decisions.

VU.CITY covers the whole of London and 25 major UK and international cities.

Transform design and planning

Quickly identify and appraise sites. VU.CITY's visualization, design functionality and planning data, allow you to optimise your designs.

Transform design and planning

Build trust and collaboration

Now everyone involved can have a clear, universal understanding of what’s proposed and why, in a single, secure place. VU.CITY makes decision-making democratic and fair.

Build trust and collaboration

Improve
outcomes

Remove barriers and minimise risks early. Have confidence in your designs and plans. Increase buy-in for project success.

Improve outcomes

Test out ideas in situ, from one building to a masterplan. Create your vision and submissions with confidence.

Collate site information in one place

Collate site information in one place

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Make documentation stand up and stand out

Make documentation stand up and stand out

Speed up planning conversations

Speed up planning conversations

Strengthen relationships

Strengthen relationships

Create winning submissions

Create winning submissions

Discover where there is potential for change, and help everyone easily understand what’s involved and why.

Collate site information in one place

Collate site information in one place

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Speed up the planning process

Speed up the planning process

Speed up planning conversations

Speed up planning conversations

Strengthen relationships

Strengthen relationships

Create winning submissions

Create winning submissions

Reduce guesswork and unwanted costs – make the right decisions for the right outcomes, faster.

Appraise site capacity and viability, faster

Appraise site capacity and viability, faster

Save time and costs through collaboration

Save time and costs through collaboration

Reduce planning uncertainties; increase buy-in

Reduce planning uncertainties; increase buy-in

Speed up the planning process with better informed decisions

Speed up the planning process with better informed decisions

Sell or lease earlier to realise profits sooner

Sell or lease earlier to realise profits sooner

Understand designs and plans with ease, and make decisions with clarity to benefit your city and your communities.

Make the best possible decisions, quicker

Make the best possible decisions, quicker

Collate site, scheme and planning information in one place

Collate site, scheme and planning information in one place

Standardise decision-making

Standardise decision-making

Have informed and transparent conversations

Have informed and transparent conversations

Improve how you consult on policies and plans

Improve how you consult on policies and plans

Understand the cumulative effects of planning changes

Understand the cumulative effects of planning changes
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