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Major plans to redevelop an entire city block and create a “key gateway” in a Birmingham neighbourhood have been approved.

The developers behind the Phoenix Yard development are planning to transform a plot of land next to Digbeth high street.

The application site is an important location in the city, close to projects such as the Smithfield scheme and HS2 , and based in an area that’s become known as Birmingham’s creative quarter.

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Developers were seeking permission to build two blocks, one up to six storeys and another up to four storeys, which are proposed to be used for commercial and education purposes.

Meanwhile outline planning permission was being sought f

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