New Street Station Compulsory Purchase Order

New Street Station is one of the biggest and busiest railway stations in the United Kingdom, and the hub of the local and national rail networks.

Regenerating New Street Station
The proposed regeneration of New Street Railway Station, the Gateway Project, has local, regional and national support. To progress the regeneration of the station, the city council has made a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to acquire the necessary land and interests to take forward this key development.

Since the re-built station opened in 1967, passenger usage of New Street Railway Station has increased significantly, particularly since 2000 with overcrowding and closures on safety grounds becoming more frequent. Not only is the station deficient in terms of its operation for passengers, it also detracts from the quality of the surrounding urban environment and the image and perception of the city.

The Birmingham Gateway Project
The project partners (Birmingham City Council, Network Rail, Centro and Advantage West Midlands) have established the Birmingham Gateway Project, not only to address the immediate and long term issues of the station (including the provision of facilities required by the Disability Discrimination Act (1995)) and safety concerns resulting from the levels of overcrowding, but also wider implications for the economy and prosperity of the city and the region, as well as the national rail network.

The Gateway scheme enables the station to continue operating throughout the redevelopment, which means that the impact on both rail services and the functions and facilities of the city centre will be minimised. Furthermore the Birmingham Gateway Project Team will work to minimise the disruption and disturbance to all parties affected by the delivery and implementation of the proposals.

For more information about the project please visit New start for New Street on the birmingham.gov.uk website, and the official New Street New Start site.

Improving access
The proposals, which were granted outline planning permission on 4 July 2007, comprise three main built elements:

the station building itself
the reconfiguration of the Pallasades Shopping Centre, and
two proposed tall buildings on Station Street.

The proposals for the station incorporate an expanded concourse and passenger waiting areas, improved access onto the station platforms, and an atrium which will introduce natural light into the station concourse.

To the south of the station a new pedestrian entrance and two tall towers (the Southside towers) will be created. This will be facilitated by the acquisition of Stephenson Tower and other interests.

Documentation
A copy of the Order Map and accompanying schedule together with the Statement of Reasons setting out the city councils reasons for making the Compulsory Purchase Order are attached. At the end of the document is a list of other supporting background documents.

Documents BCC1-BCC50 are displayed below. Documents BCC51-BCC87 can be viewed on a connected page.

Copies of other documents, which are not currently available electronically, can be inspected at the following locations:

Legal and Democratic Services, Ingleby House, 11-14 Cannon Street, Birmingham B2 5EN (telephone 0121 303 2066)

and at

Planning and Regeneration Services, 9th Floor, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham B1 1TU (telephone Alpha Tower reception on 0121 303 3157).

Documentation
Gateway: Statutory Notice of Making of the Order (see attachment below)

Order Plans (see attachment below)

CPO form (see attachment below)

CPO Schedule Table One (see attachment below)

CPO Schedule Table Two (see attachment below)

Statement of Reasons (see attachment below)

Plan 01 (see attachment below)

Plan 02 (see attachment below)

BCC1	Birmingham Unitary Development Plan, Birmingham City Council, 2005
BCC2	City Centre Strategy, Birmingham City Council, 1992 (see attachment below)
BCC3	A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal: National Strategy Action Plan, The Social Exclusion Unit, 2001 (see attachment below)
BCC4	Sustainable Communities in the West Midlands: Building for the Future, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2003 (see attachment below)
BCC5	The Regions White Paper: Your Region, Your Choice - Revitalising the English Regions, Cabinet Office/Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2002
BCC6	Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005 (see attachment below)
	and
	Planning and Climate Change, Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC7	Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2006 (see attachment below)
BCC8	Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2005 (see attachment below)
BCC9	Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2001 (see attachment below)
BCC10	Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the Historic Environment, Department of the Environment/Department of National Heritage, 1994 (see attachment below)
BCC11	Planning Policy Guidance 24: Planning and Noise, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 1994 (see attachment below)
BCC12	Transport 2010 - The 10 Year Plan, Department for Transport, 2000 (see attachment below)
BCC13	Transport White Paper: "Future of Transport: a network for 2030", Department for Transport, 2004 (see attachment below)
BCC14	Towards a Sustainable Transport System Supporting Economic Growth in a Low Carbon World, Department for Transport, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC15	The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy, Government Office for the West Midlands/Department for Communities and Local Government, 2008
BCC16	Birmingham and West Midlands Rail Capacity Review, Department for Transport, 2006 (see attachment below)
BCC17	Connecting to Success: West Midlands Economic Strategy, Advantage West Midlands/West Midlands Regional Assembly, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC18	Connecting to Success: West Midlands Economic Strategy - Delivery Framework: Consultation Draft, Advantage West Midlands/West Midlands Regional Assembly, 2007 (see attachement below)
BCC19	Regional Housing Strategy, West Midlands Regional Assembly, 2005
BCC20	White Paper: 'Delivering a Sustainable Railway', Department for Transport, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC21	West Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy, Strategic Rail Authority, 2005 (see attachment below)
BCC22	Taking Birmingham Forward: Community Strategy for Birmingham 2005-2010,Birmingham City Council/Birmingham Strategic Partnership, 2005 (see attachment below)
BCC23	Birmingham Urban Design Study, Tibbalds Colbourne Karski Williams, 1990 (see attachment below)
BCC24	Places for Living, Birmingham City Council, 2001 (see attachment below)
BCC25	Places for All, Birmingham City Council, 2001 (see attachment below)
BCC26	High Places: a planning policy framework for tall buildings, Birmingham City Council, 2003 (see attachment below)
BCC27	Developing Birmingham: an economic strategy for the city 2005-2015, Birmingham City Council/Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Birmingham and Solihull Learning and Skills Council, 2005 (see attachment below)
BCC28	Report of the Director of Planning and Regeneration to Planning Committe: New Street Station Issues Report (App No C/05066/06/OUT), Birmingham City Council, (see attachement below) Committee Minutes, Birmingham City Council, (see attachment below)
BCC29	Report to Birmingham City Council Planning Committee, 30 November 2006, C/05066/06/OUT (outline planning application) (see attachment below) Committee Minutes, Birmingham City Council, 30 November 2006 (see attachment below) Decision Document, 4 July 2007
BCC30	S106 Agreement between Birmingham City Council and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited relating to land at New Street Station, July 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC31	Report to Birmingham City Council Cabinet: Birmingham Gateway (Birmingham New Street Station), 27 February 2006 (see attachment below)
BCC32	Report to the Leader, Birmingham City Council Cabinet: Birmingham Gateway (Birmingham New Street Station), June 2006 (see attachment below) Appendix to report to the Leader, Birmingham City Council, June 2006 (see attachment below)
BCC33	Report to Birmingham City Council Cabinet: Birmingham Gateway (Birmingham New Street Station), 26 February 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC34	Lighting Places: a lighting strategy for the city centre and local centres of Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC35	The Birmingham City Centre Masterplan: the visioning study, Professor Michael Parkinson, European Institute for Urban Affairs, Liverpool John Moores University, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC36	The Birmingham Prospectus, Birmingham Strategic Partnership, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC37	Birmingham Gateway Business Case Executive Summary, Network Rail/Birmingham City Council/Centro/Advantage West Midlands, 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC38	West MIdlands Local Transport Plan, 2006
BCC39	The West Midlands Advice to Government on the Regional Funding Allocations (see attachment below)
BCC40	Council Plan 2007-2010, Birmingham City Council, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC41	Pedestrian Movement and Open Space Framework, LDR/HLN Consultancy, prepared Birmingham City Council, 1988 (see attachment below)
BCC42	Briefing Note on the Development of the High Level Output Specification, Department for Transport, 2006 (see attachment below)
BCC43	Letter from Peter Gibson-Leitch, Project Manager, Advantage West Midlands, 2007 (see attachment below)
BCC44	Letter from Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive, Centro, to Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council, May 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC45	Letter from Graham Dalton, Director of Projects, Department for Transport, 2008 (see attachment below) Appendix D: Section 31 Grant for major local transport schemes, Department for Transport (see attachment below)
BCC46	Letter from Mick Laverty, Chief Executive, Advantage West Midlands, 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC47	Big City Plan charter, Birmingham City Council/Urban Initiatives, 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC48	Report to Birmingham City Council Cabinet: Birmingham Gateway (Birmingham New Street Station), 10 March 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC49	Letter from Clive Dutton, Director of Planning and Regeneration, Birmingham City Council, to Warner Estates Holdings plc, 2008 (see attachment below)
BCC50	Birmingham 2026: Our Vision for the Future, draft community strategy, Be Birmingham, 2008 (see attachment below)