Hi iv seen some of your videos I got to tell you as a brummie myself it's so awesome birmingham having skyscrapers looking good will there be anymore skyscrapers coming in the future
@@davidmyers_shorts The Smallbrook Queensway development amply named 'SBQ3' Is going to be a 3 plot BTR scheme including mixed-use retail, commercial, and leisure spaces, along with extensive public realm areas. With the highest Tower reaching 180m! In comparison 1 Eastside Is 155m. Exciting times ahead for Birmingham!
The height restriction in Birmingham is to do with the airport apparently. Which is odd as the incoming and outgoing flights go nowhere near the city centre.
CAA set height limits. Height ceiling above sea level. They worry airplanes taking off and landing could hit a tower in Birmingham, then in London you stand at City Airport and look down the runway and you see Canary Wharf and that’s ok 😵💫.
Was shopping in Birmingham only yesterday and was looking at this. How much height restriction do they want.? looks bloody tall enough to me lol, I also am a night owl lately 👍🏼. Subbed
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I remember when Birmingham wanted to build the tallest building in the UK. The idea was thrown out by the government basically saying that the tallest building had to be in London. Then a couple of years later they built that monstrosity the shard.
That doesn’t make sense….why would the government stop a tall building being built? The could only happen if there was fierce local opposition in the first place……sounds like a made up story to me.
If I remember, I think was for the Radisson (i stand to be corrected) on Smallbrook Queensway. The official explanation was it would exceed the height limit with Birmingham Airport a few miles up the road. BTW, I love the Shard !! I have been up it a few times. Never get tired of the views. Staggering engineering.
If I remember, I think was for the Radisson (i stand to be corrected) on Smallbrook Queensway. The official explanation was it would exceed the height limit with Birmingham Airport a few miles up the road, It wasnt challenged, so I assume he was correct.
It's a great building and it looks good on the Skyline. But why in God's name did they build it the same height as the Octagon building. They should of built it higher than the Octagon and claimed the tallest building in Birmingham title. It doesn't make sense to me other buildings have been approved in Birmingham that are higher.
It’s actually the tallest building in Birmingham, being about 900 mm taller than the Octagon, although the Octagon will appear taller on the skyline
Yeah it’s 155.9 meters
Just subbed, great footage
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Tower A is the larger tower, and the smaller building is Tower B. Octagon is slightly shorter, but the ground level is higher.
Super dumplings video gave me vertigo, video is brilliant
Good site for a base jump
Hi iv seen some of your videos I got to tell you as a brummie myself it's so awesome birmingham having skyscrapers looking good will there be anymore skyscrapers coming in the future
@@davidmyers_shorts The Smallbrook Queensway development amply named 'SBQ3' Is going to be a 3 plot BTR scheme including mixed-use retail, commercial, and leisure spaces, along with extensive public realm areas. With the highest Tower reaching 180m! In comparison 1 Eastside Is 155m. Exciting times ahead for Birmingham!
@FenixLens awesome m8 cant wait for the futuer im a birmingham fan and lookingforawrd to the new ground they building is well
Have you thought about doing a video on the metro extension at Wednesbury?
@daranphilipson1025 I'll have to put that on my list, thanks for the suggestion! 👏
The height restriction in Birmingham is to do with the airport apparently. Which is odd as the incoming and outgoing flights go nowhere near the city centre.
Same reason as London, but why can London build upto 310m and Birmingham only 155m? 🤔
I believe the height restriction was to stop any blocking of microwave transmission from the BT tower.
CAA set height limits. Height ceiling above sea level. They worry airplanes taking off and landing could hit a tower in Birmingham, then in London you stand at City Airport and look down the runway and you see Canary Wharf and that’s ok 😵💫.
@@vordman I’m confused then how is sbq towers one is 180 meters approved ?
@@mauriceturner2750they should build a new one closer or at the top of another building
Was shopping in Birmingham only yesterday and was looking at this. How much height restriction do they want.? looks bloody tall enough to me lol, I also am a night owl lately 👍🏼. Subbed
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I remember when Birmingham wanted to build the tallest building in the UK. The idea was thrown out by the government basically saying that the tallest building had to be in London. Then a couple of years later they built that monstrosity the shard.
That doesn’t make sense….why would the government stop a tall building being built? The could only happen if there was fierce local opposition in the first place……sounds like a made up story to me.
If I remember, I think was for the Radisson (i stand to be corrected) on Smallbrook Queensway. The official explanation was it would exceed the height limit with Birmingham Airport a few miles up the road.
BTW, I love the Shard !! I have been up it a few times. Never get tired of the views. Staggering engineering.
Gordon Brown stopped Birmingham from having the tallest building, in the past.☹️
As Jilted John said in the late 70's : 'Gordon is a moron'.
It was John Prescott with Arena Central after a public enquiry in 2000
If I remember, I think was for the Radisson (i stand to be corrected) on Smallbrook Queensway. The official explanation was it would exceed the height limit with Birmingham Airport a few miles up the road,
It wasnt challenged, so I assume he was correct.
Just subbed on my other channel as well, 👍
1:07 is one undershaft actually approved? Like have they actually began building
Yes approved and preparing to begin construction on the joint tallest building in the UK
@FenixLensjoint tallest in Uk 🇬🇧 or Brum?
It's a great building and it looks good on the Skyline. But why in God's name did they build it the same height as the Octagon building. They should of built it higher than the Octagon and claimed the tallest building in Birmingham title. It doesn't make sense to me other buildings have been approved in Birmingham that are higher.
we got a 3 towers 160m + approved, dont think we can go past 200m
We need a 200 meter + tower
Nice video