Two mixed use developments designed to reshape the landscape, bring long-term sustainable change and enable linked development across the wider city centre.
Key Facts
Scale
Birmingham Road Site: 2.8 hectares, £30-35m
Bird Street Car Park: 0.73 hectares, £5-10m
Status
Birmingham Road Site: Initial phase under way, with cinema
(opening Spring 2026) and outdoor public realm improvements
Bird Street Car Park: Initial discussions, due to start 2026
Sectors
Mixed use – residential, commercial, leisure and public realm
Summary
Birmingham Road investment opportunities include three zones looking for partners: Residential - Zone 1: (SOLD), Zone 2a: 60-100 homes and Zone 2b:
60-100 homes. Zone 3: Retail, F&B and Commercial
Details
With a vision to reshape Lichfield centre, the Council owns land in large parts of the city, creating the opportunity for a ‘blank canvas’ approach at a time when the future of the high street is being completely reimagined for the 21st century. The Masterplan covers a 7-acre site at a key gateway location and is the most significant development opportunity in the city centre.
Birmingham road
The redevelopment of the Birmingham Road Site for mixed use (commercial, leisure, offices and residential) will support wider ambitions to extend and diversify what the city centre offers and provide a balance of uses to create a thriving, vibrant and visionary city centre that encourages diversification and promotes the ‘Lichfield Experience’. Alongside a four screen cinema, the complex will include four new food and beverage units as well as the opportunity for residential and a hotel. Partners already on board include Everyman Cinema and The Botanist.
Investment opportunities:
Site 2a residential – 0.5ha / 60-100 homes, high-quality residential
Site 2b residential – 0.5ha/ 60-100 homes, mixed tenure residential,
including affordable housing
Site 3 retail, food and beverage – 10,000 sq m of floorspace, high-quality commercial, blending office accommodation, a hotel, and retail spaces
Partner: Evolve Estates
Planning status: Development underway, open to residential
development partners
Sectors: Mixed use: Residential, Leisure, Commercial & public realm
Development Opportunity:
We are seeking high-quality residential and commercial developers who share their vision to maximize the potential of this site. For more information and to discuss the remaining opportunities, please register your interest here.
Bird Street
Reshaping a single-use car park into a mix of parking, greenery and homes, the Bird Street site provides an exciting opportunity to establish a multi-use development at the heart of the thriving restaurant and retail-focused Market Quarter in Lichfield city centre. Located within the City Conservation Area and surrounded by a large number of listed buildings, the future development of the site will include retained service access to premises in Bird Street and Market Street.
A comprehensive scheme comprising the reconfiguration or redevelopment of retail premises on Market Street could be developed to provide opportunities for the creation of new civic space linking Market Street and Bird Street Courtyard through to the Minster Pool, and allow for a wider mix of complementary uses to be introduced. The public realm could also be substantially enhanced to create a landscaped area, with tree and landscape planting introduced to break up the expanse of hard surfacing.
Planning status: Initial discussions
Sectors: Mixed use: Leisure, Commercial & public realm