It's all change at some of city's landmark sites

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE

- BY ALEXANDER BROCK Local Democracy Reporter

BIRMINGHAM is a place that is constantly evolving, with huge developments taking shape across the city all the time.

Amid this constant change, a number of Brum’s most iconic sites are set to be transformed in the coming years.

Sports venues such as Villa Park and Edgbaston Stadium will be changed forever as massive schemes get under way in a bid to attract social and economic benefits to the city.

Elsewhere, the historic Jewellery Quarter has seen a major development in the heart of the neighbourhood given the green light by council planners.

Other plans for the planned transformation of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, which could ensure the future of the attraction, were also approved in 2025.

Here's a look in detail at how the above four attractions could change in the years to come.

Villa Park - major proposals to extend Villa Park’s North Stand were officially approved by council planners in 2025.

Aston Villa was previously seeking permission to add nearly 6,000 seats to the stand, taking the stadium’s capacity to almost 49,000.

Along with the new club shop and The Warehouse venue, the expansion of the stand is set to ‘modernise’ the stadium's surroundings and complete the transformation of the wider northern precinct.