OUR PLANNING PERMISSION
Our original planning application for Peddimore was approved by Birmingham City Council in September 2019. Full details of the planning permission, including all documents submitted as part of the planning application, can be accessed from the planning pages of the city council website.
This “hybrid” planning permission provided approval for the full detail of some parts of the development including the site’s infrastructure, and approval for the principle of other parts of the development.
In 2021 a Section 73 application was submitted and approved to make minor modifications to the original (2019) hybrid planning permission. This included improvements to landscaping around the edge of Development Zone 1A; increasing the overall maximum floorspace limit to allow for the provision of mezzanines in Unit B; and a slight increase in height parameters on DZ1A to accommodate stair towers. Full details about this application can be found on the Council’s website here.
The first employment use on the site began in 2023, with the opening of a 2.3 million square feet, state-of-the-art fulfilment centre for Amazon.
Over 120,000 tree species have been planted across the wider site as part of the creation of extensive and accessible new green infrastructure and attractive landscaping. As part of this, a wrap around 4.3km walking and cycling route has been created, providing employees and local people with opportunities for recreation and wellbeing. A new roundabout has been delivered on the A38 along with internal access roads. A new footbridge over the A38 has also been installed, connecting to the new leisure paths around the site for walking and cycling as well as to the separate Langley Urban Extension.
The buildings on the site are located in “Development Zones”, which are approved in principle for manufacturing and logistics uses. The development zones set some parameters for the buildings and ensure flexibility to meet market demand and future occupier requirements.
The detailed design of each building needs to be approved by the Council through “Reserved Matters” planning applications. The purpose of Reserved Matters planning applications is to agree the detailed layout, scale and design of the buildings, including access points, parking plans, landscaping and drainage.
IM Properties has previously submitted two planning applications to Birmingham City Council for the delivery of two buildings within Development Zone 1A (DZ1A), both of which were approved.
This included a Reserved Matters application for Unit B, which has become Amazon’s building, and a separate application for Unit A. Although yet to be developed, Unit A will sit at the gateway into the site from the A38.
Peddimore site layout
New planning applications
In early 2025, IM Properties is submitting two Reserved Matters applications for further new development at Peddimore.
This includes working with The Padel Club to develop Birmingham’s first dedicated Padel Club facility on the Hub plot at the gateway to the site – further details are available here.
We are also preparing an application for the site’s next employment building within Development Zone 1B. Further details of this are available here.
Please note that the proposals being brought forward by international insulation manufacturer Rockwool, which has recently purchased 114 acres of land from Birmingham City Council to build a new manufacturing hub within Development Zone 2, does not form part of IM Properties’ landholding at Peddimore.
Midlands Land Portfolio Ltd (part of Severn Trent Water) has also submitted a planning application for employment development on land it owns to the south of Development Zone 2 (this is completely separate to the land IM Properties control).