 In September 2011 Wahid Samady and Michael Ross were reported to have bought Birnbeck Pier for an undisclosed sum ; Samady had also been awarded planning permission for a new development at the nearby Royal Pier Hotel site , just yards from the pier . In August 2012 further reports suggests the sale had not proceeded and that Urban Splash were still the owners . It was bought by <unk> Estates of which Wahid Samady is Chairman and Michael Ross a Director in 2014 . In 2015 The Victorian Society included the pier on its list of the ten most endangered buildings . 
