Birmingham Council has been given the go-ahead to build more than 6,000 new homes on green belt land.
The Birmingham Development Plan (BDP) has been approved by the Planning Inspectorate, which includes plans for 6,000 houses in Langley and a 71 hectare strategic employment site at Peddimore.
The inspector said the council needed 89,000 new homes to meet demand so the 'exceptional circumstances' justified the development on green belt land.
The BDP outlines how the council intends to build 51,500 homes across the city by 2031.
Waheed Nazir, the council's acting strategic director for economy, said the BDP was 'critical in supporting the city’s growth agenda and our ambition for it to be an enterprising, innovative and green city'.
He added: 'Crucially, the inspector has endorsed both our approach to the release of land on the Green Belt and the dealing with the housing shortfall.'
