Editing Bull Ring, Birmingham (section)

===Early proposals===
[[Image:Construction of the new Bullring, Birmingham.jpg|thumb|Construction of the new Bullring in 2001]]
Plans for redevelopments began in the 1980s, with many being just visions. In 1987, the first serious plans were released under a document called "The People's Plan" which had been designed by [[Chapman Taylor|Chapman Taylor Architects]] for London and Edinburgh Trust (LET), who had bought the land following the end of Laing's lease. It proposed the full demolition of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the construction of a new mall described as "a huge aircraft-carrier settled on the streetscape of the city". The mall was a {{convert|500|m|adj=on}} long box with three floors.

A pressure group called Birmingham for People was formed who wanted to aid the redevelopment of the Bull Ring. They distributed leaflets of the proposals to 44,000 homes in the city. However, as a result of local opinion, LET were forced to change their proposals.

In 1988, in response to the calls for a new design, LET released a masterplan of numerous buildings with a wide pedestrianised street leading to St Martin's Church. As part of the design, two high rise buildings of a similar height to the [[Rotunda (Birmingham)|Rotunda]] were proposed to front [[Birmingham New Street railway station|New Street station]] and [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Moor Street station]]. However, lack of local support failed to allow the plans to materialise.<ref name="Remaking Birmingham" />

In 1995, LET again amended their designs through work with the public. However, a retail recession meant that the plans could not begin construction and they never developed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Larkham, Peter J.|title=Conservation and the City|url=https://archive.org/details/conservationcity00lark|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/conservationcity00lark/page/n67 56]|year=1996|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-07947-0}}</ref>