Staple Lodge Road - Wychall Farm, Kings Norton 14/07/06

The Wychall Farm development seen above is phase II of a £40m regeneration project replacing 500 council properties – a mixture of high-rise blocks (demolished in phase I) and Smiths houses, as seen here. The houses, some of which have had to be repurchased by the Council as they had been bought by the residents, are to be replaced with 350 Housing Association homes developed by Bromford Corinthia.

Although most of the homes are now derelict and demolition is well underway, it is intersting to note, as we look around the estate, that some of the homes are still occupied.