The scheme has been split into phases. Planning consent has been granted for Phase One with work beginning early in the New Year. BAM are the preferred contractor for the works and are currently on site carrying out enabling works. Funding is to be provided by the Department for Transport and Advantage West Midlands.

The Phase One proposals include rebuilding the bus station as well as removing the modern additions to the Queens Building and changing its use to a café/bar.

Pipers Row House will be demolished and the new development will accommodate a state of the art travel shop, retail, leisure and offices.

Phase One also includes building a new pedestrian footbridge across the Ring Road, improving access to the railway station and directly linking it to the new bus station. The Cornhill Bridge across the Birmingham Canal is also to be widened to improve access to the station.

An outline planning application for the remainder of the scheme will be submitted in the New Year. This will include demolition of the railway multi-storey car park and the construction of a new Railway Station forecourt.

Plans will also be submitted to Network Rail for a new railway station and 1200 space multi-storey car park.