CAMPAIGNERS dedicated to preserving Birmingham’s Ringway Centre pledged to continue their efforts to protect the brutalist landmark today.

The High Court refused the group’s bid for a judicial review of plans for the site, which would see the 1960s building bulldozed to make way for three high-rises. 

It followed a previous rejection on the matter by the court in June. 

Campaigners from the group, made up of a coalition of organisations such as Brutiful Birmingham and 20th Century Society, argue that the project risks losing part of Birmingham’s modernist heritage and contradicts the city’s own net-zero plans.

In a statement, the Save Smallbrook campaign said: “We have lost a legal argument, but not the argument that matters.

“We will continue to campaign for Birmingham's heritage, zero carbon, social housing and local democracy.

“Keep supporting in whatever way you can. We still need your help and financial support in opposing the power and money of the developers.”