Birmingham City Council has given the green light to a 48-storey residential tower block designed by Metropolitan Workshop despite concerns over its impact on the city’s two cathedrals and other heritage buildings.

The build-to-rent project, which is the London and Dublin-based practice’s first in the city, will replace a low-rise run of disused commercial units on Snow Hill Queensway.

Designed for developer Hub, the project received seven votes in favour and six votes against at a meeting of the city council’s Planning Committee on Thursday last week.

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