Corstorphine & Wright’s application to redevelop the iconic former Beatties department store has been approved by the City of Wolverhampton. Our submission revised the existing planning permission to ensure a sustainable and long-term future for the site.
This proposal, for our client Eden Property Group, will see this Wolverhampton landmark redeveloped into a scheme that will retain the former Beatties department store’s commercial space, and also include 306 residential units.
Historic features of the building such as the convex corner façade has been preserved. The Corstorphine & Wright design team has also reintroduced the original concave faced to ground level on Victoria Street. The development respects the rich history of the building and through mixed-use redevelopment, we can introduce and strengthen communities, re-energise the streets, and repopulate our urban centres both day and night.
At Corstorphine & Wright, we specialise in the innovative and sustainable transformation of vacant buildings, for example, our work at the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool and The Store House in Leeds. As demand for revitalising these well-built, centrally located structures grows, our approach minimises carbon emissions through reusing and retrofitting existing structures. This scheme embraces adaptive and regenerative reuse, extending the lifespan of existing structures and materials. The project also includes improvements to the existing building’s energy performance and carbon reduction measures in line with the UK’s net-zero targets. These include better insulation, efficient heating and cooling systems, and water-saving measures.
