A 48-storey residential skyscraper designed by Metropolitan Workshop is set to get the go-ahead for a prime site in Birmingham city centre, despite fears over its impact on the neighbouring grade II* Catholic cathedral and nearby grade I-listed Anglican counterpart.

Metropolitan Workshop cites Richard Seifert & Partners’ grade II-listed Alpha Tower in the city and Marcel Breuer’s Flaine ski resort in the French Alps among its influences for 2 Snowhill Plaza.

The practice’s plans for developer Hub would deliver 462 build-to-rent homes, along with terraces on the 46^th, 24^th and 14^th floors – as well as at podium level. There would also be a commercial unit fronting Snow Hill Queensway.

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