CityPark4Brum

2023

• April - CityPark4Brum updates its supporters

• March - CityPark4Brum submits objection to planning application

• Jan - Lendlease submits planning application

 

2022

• CityPark4Brum responds to Lendlease Smithfield plan

• Consultation on Lendlease plans launched, which includes a small park

• Birmingham City of Nature plan revealed

 

2021

• Joint venture contract announced between Birmingham City Council and Lendlease for £1.9bn scheme

 

2019

• Nov - The Greener Birmingham survey reveals two thirds of people support the building of a new city park

• 20th June - Councillors call for Smithfield rethink after welcoming park plan

• ​June - Take part in the Greener Birmingham survey and ask again for a city centre park.

• 14th Feb - Council decides that a committee should consider park case further

• 15th Jan - Council Leader Ian Ward announces Lendlease as developer & welcomes opportunity to work with CityPark4Brum (see 47 - 51 minutes)

• 14th Jan - Petition submitted to council with 10,000 supporters

 

2018

• 10,000 supporters! - Birmingham Mail article

• Spatial Affairs Bureau release Birmingham Markets Park counter proposal to the Smithfield Masterplan

• CityPark4Brum interviewed on BBC WM Breakfast show (12th September)

• Birmingham Post article: The city needs a Green Heart

• Greener Birmingham coalition open letter to Birmingham City Council: A city with a Green Heart

• Birmingham Mail article: Here's why Birmingham city centre should have a massive park

• Birmingham Press article on CityPark4Brum campaign

 

2017

• Birmingham Mail article: '10 reasons why Birmingham will be the most amazing city in the world' mentions "Birmingham's own Central Park'​

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