Carters Green Improvements
Entered by: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and Fitzgerald Contractors

Sandwell Council planners and highways officers worked in partnership with local contractors and the Business Improvement District to create a vibrant local centre using innovative technology and design.
The highways improvements and high-quality public realm have revitalised Carters Green, creating an inclusive, safe space for pedestrians and significant environmental benefits. Creative design has incorporated local history into the landscape and created a setting for the listed clock tower.
The opening in January 2020 was welcomed by local businesses, residents and visitors and marked the 120th anniversary of the death of Alderman Reuben Farley, a key figure in the area’s history.
HS2 Phase One West Midlands Stations
Entered by: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
HS2 is the new high speed rail network that will connect major cities across Britain. It will enhance the lives of future generations by delivering a transformational rail system that is admired around the world. Connecting the West Midlands to London on Phase One, the new stations will be located in Birmingham City Centre for the northern terminus and at Interchange Station, Solihull, providing improved connections to the NEC and Birmingham International Airport. Each design will set a new benchmark for a fully inclusive and accessible station coupled with a high level of comfort, innovative and iconic design, and sustainability.
Perry Barr Regeneration

Entered by: Birmingham City Council
More than 5,000 new homes will be delivered over the next 20+ years at Perry Barr, along with new public transport and active travel routes, education and employment, and high-quality public spaces. The delivery of the first phase of the Perry Barr Residential Scheme (PBRS) residential scheme providing more than 1000 homes and enhanced sustainable transport infrastructure to support this level of growth, is both an exemplar scheme in its own right – demonstrating inclusive, resilient placemaking – and a catalyst for the longer-term development of the area. Planning tools, including Masterplanning, CPO, negotiation, strategic planning, and development management have been key.
Ross-on-Wye Neighbourhood Plan

Entered by: Place Studio
The Ross-on-Wye Neighbourhood Plan addressed a wide range of issues of long term concern to local people. By working with the plan Steering Group, and drawing on the outcomes of a huge variety of highly active community engagement activities, an innovative and challenging plan emerged. There was also close working with Herefordshire Council and some landowners and developers. The plan has passed examination but, although the referendum is now delayed, it is already being used to assess planning applications, and some of the associated practical projects are also on their way.
Wolverhampton Interchange

Entered by: City of Wolverhampton Council and Ion Development
Wolverhampton Interchange is transforming the commercial gateway to Wolverhampton city centre by providing a fully integrated multi-modal transport hub (including a state-of-the-art train station). It is delivering new commercial floor space for high value jobs and capitalising on Wolverhampton’s strategic connectivity within the region and to major UK cities. The complexities of a project of this nature have been managed through a masterplanning approach to align the project partners, including City of Wolverhampton Council, Midlands Metro Alliance, Ion Development, Network Rail, West Midlands Trains and the Canal and River Trust, and ensure the successful delivery of this multi-phased project.
Worcestershire Parkway

Entered by: Worcestershire County Council
Development of a new rail station and associated infrastructure at the intersection of the Birmingham to Bristol and Cotswold railway lines in Worcestershire, known as Worcestershire Parkway, providing a strategic rail interchange. The development comprises of new platforms on the Birmingham to Bristol railway line and one platform on the Cotswold railway line, a new station building, a Public Right of Way footbridge over the Birmingham to Bristol railway line, car and cycle parking including a minimum of 25 spaces for electric vehicles, flood attenuation area, reptile compensation area and a new access and roundabout on the B4084.
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