News

Druids Heath Together Summary Reports

28th September 2023

Over the past 24 months The Pioneer Group have been working with the community, gathering views and understanding what people want for Druids Heath to shape the emerging vision and masterplan for the regeneration. The Pioneer team have come to an end of their two year project and have completed eight engagement phases. Summaries of the final Phases are now available to download in Regeneration for All page of our journey.

Whitsun Family Fun Day Event

7th June 2023

At the start of June we held our Whitsun Family Fun Day, giving residents the opportunity to explore the plans and get the latest regeneration updates. The event was well attended with over 100 residents taking part in activities and sharing their views on the regeneration. We had some great conversations around our new boards, bringing to life the vision for the Village Green, the design priorities and example housing that have been generated from conversations with residents and stakeholders over the masterplanning process.

We also shared the Resident's Charter and Neighbourhood Offer and regeneration timeline including next steps.

Whitsun Community Fun Day

3rd June 2023

On 3rd of June we will be at Manningford Hall for our fun day, speaking to you about the regeneration and next steps. We're joined by Birmingham City FC Community Trust who will be running football skills and penalty shoot outs, plus much more! All welcome.

Our Spring Newsletter

May 2023

We’ve been feeding your ideas and comments as well as our work to understand the cost of improving existing homes against building new homes into the overall vision for Druids Heath. We’ll be putting all these together to create a new updated masterplan which we will share with you in the summer.

Six Engagement Phases Completed

May 2023

Over the past 18 months, The Pioneer Group have been working with the community, gathering views and feelings on the regeneration to shape the emerging vision and masterplan for Druids Heath. The team have been reporting regularly on findings to Birmingham City Council as well as communicating feedback on the Druids Heath Together website and social media.

To date, the team have completed six engagement phases. Summaries of these are available to download in Regeneration for All page of our journey.

The team are making good progress in the sixth period of engagement and the findings for the next phases will be published soon.

Moving into the South

February 2023

Over the last year we’ve been listening to your ideas for the regeneration, turning these into concepts for the first version of the masterplan, which up to this point includes the East of Bells Lane.

We now have permission to bring the South of the estate into the holistic regeneration so we can maximise opportunities and work together.

We’re still busy speaking to you about what you want for the estate, and your feedback will be used to create an updated masterplan that includes the South soon. It will include the concepts you’ve told us about that you want to see across the whole estate.

Exploring solutions for existing homes is as much a part of the vision for the estate as building new ones. The works and cost required to improve existing homes, such as energy efficiency improvements, are being evaluated against the cost of building new ones and will be included as part of the next version of the masterplan, along with these proposals for the South.

We’ll update the masterplan from your feedback soon – keep up to date by signing up for updates.

Druids Heath Levelling Up Fund Update

January 2023

We’re disappointed to share the news that Birmingham City Council’s £20million Levelling Up Fund bid towards the regeneration of Druids Heath was unsuccessful.

While it’s not the news we had hoped for, we will not let this setback detract us from progressing the regeneration for the residents of the estate.

None of the hard work will go to waste; we are continuing to co-design an exciting and ambitious first draft of the masterplan involving residents, businesses and community groups and we remain committed to delivering on the vision for better homes, improved community facilities and green spaces.

In the interim, we will be looking at other ways to deliver some of the benefits proposed in the Levelling Up Fund bid, alongside exploring alternative funding opportunities.

For updates on progress, sign-up to our mailing list

Early Sites

16th December 2022

Before Christmas we submitted planning applications for three sites in the Pennyacre and Bells Farm areas that will create 51 new homes for some of the people who have already moved out of the tower blocks.

This includes new houses and apartments on the former Royal British Legion site, 12 apartments next to the corner shop on Brockworth Road and plans to build on some of the land by Sherston Covert, with proposals to improve the remaining green space.

To see the full plans follow this link and select Druids Heath and Moneyhull.

Masterplan Version 1

16th December 2022

Following conversations with residents over the summer, a first version of the masterplan is now available. Key features include a village centre, parks and play facilities, new community amenities, sports pitches and better connectivity around the estate and surrounding areas.

This is the first attempt to turn ideas into a vision for Druids Heath. What do you think to the plan? Does it reflect what you want from the estate? To share your ideas come along to a drop-in or email talkdruidsheath@birmingham.gov.uk or druidsheathtogether@pioneergroup.org.uk

Our Autumn/Winter newsletter

November 2022

Over the summer we have been listening to what you have told us about Druids Heath and turned your ideas into concepts and are asking what you think of them. We have started to put these all together into a plan of what Druids Heath could look like, including where new homes might be built and where we could create new facilities.

Our Summer newsletter

September 2022

Our Summer newsletter shares the Levelling Up Fund bid the Council has made to the government to kickstart the regeneration and create a new centre for Druids Heath. There is also exciting news about plans by Birmingham City Football Club Community Trust to create a new home for their community trust in Druids Heath and the opportunities this would bring with training and sports programmes. The newsletter also celebrates the new website where you can find out more about the regeneration journey.

Our Spring newsletter

April 2022

Our Spring newsletter explores what regeneration means to you, the residents of Druids Heath, how you can help us understand the big questions and what you like about the estate and how we will work together towards creating a masterplan. The newsletter also has some of the key things you have told us so far and answers to questions you have asked.

Our first Druids Heath Together newsletter

November 2021

Our first Druids Heath Together newsletter provides an update on the rehousing programme, the former Royal British Legion building and how we will engage with residents working together with The Pioneer Group.