Option GQ3
Original Document
Gun Quarter as a residential as well as business area. This option would envisage a substantial expansion of the existing housing area and a major reduction in the old industrial area, which is already substantially vacant. The option would help considerably to meet Birmingham’s housing needs, could help to foster a more mixed family-oriented residential community and would greatly improve the surroundings of the existing estate and neighbouring schools. This option would also require improved linkages to the city centre. The option would work with Option 2 above, enabling the upgrading of selective industrial areas and at the same time providing coherent residential neighbourhoods.
Plain English Translation
Gun Quarter as a residential as well as business area
If we follow this plan, the Gun Quarter will have a lot more housing and a lot less industry. We will get rid of a large chunk of the industrial area, which is not used much anyway. This will be a great help for Birmingham’s housing needs. It may also mean that a more mixed, family-friendly community develops. And we will improve the nearby estate and schools.
For this to work, we will need to make better links to the city centre. As in ‘Gun Quarter for high-end business’ (above), we will want to improve some of the industrial areas of Gun Quarter as well as providing good residential neighbourhoods.