Council signs off HS2 Curzon Street design changes after fire fears see timber roof ditched

By Daniel Gayne2025-05-12T11:46:00

Maintainence to keep wooden roof casettes fire safe would have been ’too onerous’ for HS2

Birmingham council’s planning committee has signed off 14 changes to designs for the city’s HS2 terminus at Curzon Street.

Proposals for the Grimshaw-designed station were originally approved in 2020, but the detailed design has evolved since then, leading to a new planning submission at the start of this year.

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