RegenerationBirmingham
Smithfield Birmingham: regeneration plans, status and map.
A new city quarter on the former wholesale markets site below the Bullring: homes, a park, a new home for the Bull Ring Markets, workspace and leisure, delivered by Birmingham City Council and its development partner in phases.
PlannedBirmingham City Council · as at October 2026
What is planned, and where it stands
Each line as published by the body named, with the date it was published.
The scheme will provide a new residential neighbourhood with more than 3,000 new homes and a park, a new home for the Bull Ring Markets, and culture and leisure attractions.
Birmingham City Council, July 2025The council’s Planning Committee approved revised plans for the 17-hectare site in 2024.
Birmingham City Council, July 2025In July 2025 the council’s Cabinet and the Enterprise Zone Partnership Board agreed £172.8 million of grant funding for the scheme, subject to approval of a full business case for each phase.
Birmingham City Council, July 2025The council said delivery will be completed in four phases over 10 years.
Birmingham City Council, July 2025Major infrastructure works were expected to start later in 2026, temporary markets early in 2027 and the first housing block later in 2027.
Lendlease, July 2026
Our developments nearest Smithfield Birmingham
The 2 developments we sell nearby, nearest first. Drive times by road without traffic, and walking times, routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM).
Smithfield Birmingham on the map
The scheme, our developments and the stations, schools and hospitals round it. Nearest stops: Birmingham New Street (750 m), as the crow flies.
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- HS2 Curzon StreetUnder constructionThe Birmingham terminus of HS2’s London–Birmingham line.Source: HS2 Ltd
- Smithfield BirminghamPlannedA new city quarter of homes, a market and public space on the old wholesale markets site.Source: Birmingham City Council
- Metro Eastside extensionPartly openThe West Midlands Metro extension through Curzon Street to Digbeth: open to Millennium Point, the rest due in 2028.Source: Transport for West Midlands
The guides, and the other schemes nearby
Status as published by Birmingham City Council and the bodies cited; each fact links to its source. Travel times routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map charted 20 October 2026.
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