Affordable housing and a new home for local businesses on Stirchley High Street

Together we’re building affordable homes and sustainable businesses

Stirchley Co-operative Development (SCD) are a group of local people in housing and worker co-operatives who are building an affordable and eco-friendly residential and retail premises in the heart of Stirchley. We are developing land on Pershore Road to house three local businesses along with 39 apartments.

Construction has started on site and is due to finish in autumn 2024

View our plans here

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As a community-based development run on co-operative principles, this project is quite different to typical profit-driven developments. We’ve answered the common questions here. You can email us at [email protected] with any others. Stirchley Co-operative Development includes: Artefact Projects, Birmingham Bike Foundry, Loaf Bakery and Cookery School & Housed members

Stirchley Co-operative Development are receiving EU funding from Interreg's NEW CHARM project and are a sub-partner of GreenSquareAccord, who is also part of the project. CHARM stands for Circular Housing Asset Renovation & Management. The main project objective of CHARM is to optimise (re)use of material and natural resources. Other objectives are to demonstrate innovative approaches for housing renovation and asset management that prevents downcycling. The building sector is responsible for more than 60% of resource use in Europe, with more than 30-50% of material use taking place in the housing construction sector.