JQNF AGM | Tue 2 Dec 7 – 9pm | The Drop Forge

Your fellow residents at the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Forum would be very pleased to see you at our annual meeting, on Tuesday 2 December, 7 – 9pm at The Drop Forge (Hockley Street, B18 6BL) If you live in the JQ then the JQNF is your organisation and this is your chance to see what’s…

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Ladywood Ward Committee | Tue 14 Oct 7pm |

Local residents are invited to attend the LADYWOOD WARD COMMITTEE Tuesday 14 October 2014 | 7- 9pm | Ladywood Health & Community Centre, St Vincent Street West, Ladywood Main Items for Discussion – Starting with a news report from TNT Ladywood News Local police report – hear from Clem Samuels, Ladywood’s new sergeant 20mph Streets for Central…

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JQNF Open Meeting: Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm

There are a lot of exciting projects in development in the Quarter at the moment. To keep you up-to-speed, we’ve teamed up with Birmingham Conversation Trust to present a bumper JQNF Open Meeting on Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm (doors from 6.50pm) at The Coffin Works, Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter. You’ll get a sneak-peak of the…

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Your local Blue Orange Theatre – upcoming shows

Most of you will know that the JQ has its very own theatre on Great Hampton Street, the Blue Orange Theatre, reminiscent of the kind of small scale but high quality theatre you might encounter in the cooler parts of New York.  Want to know what’s coming upon September?  Read on. WEDNESDAY 3 to SATURDAY 6…

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Latest planning applications in the JQ

JQDT Planning Tracker 9th July 2014 – for publication It’s been a while but attached are the latest applications for the Quarter for your delectation!  It’s been a quieter period but the takeaway on George St is back… To view the applications click on the document link above, and then use the blue links to go…

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Planning applications in the Quarter

It’s been a bit quieter since the last planning application update but we have seen development kick off at The Quarter and there seems to be plenty of work going on around the JQ. We’ve missed one application – a change of use from office to resi on 2014/02349/PA for the Dakota Building on James…

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My pub: Lord Clifden in Birmingham

My pub: Lord Clifden in Birmingham

Lord Clifden: Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter How I got here ​ My career as a chef began at the north east at Lumley Castle hotel between Durham and Newcastle in 1998, included various top hotels, and culminated at the Michelin-starred Arkle restaurant at the Chester Grosvenor. In 1996 I took […] Click here to view original…

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The latest planning applications for the Quarter

The latest planning applications are in and there are a few juicy ones.  Click the planning application number links in the title and then click “view related documents” at the bottom: 2014/01487/PA Conversion to a mixed use building on Water St This looks to be a good example of what the JQ should do more…

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New planning applications – Albion Street

This year for the blogs we are putting up the significant planning applications to inform residents.  We won’t bother with the more minor things like replacement windows, BT boxes etc as the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT) looks at these (of which the JQNF is a member), and residents can comment on these individually.  We…

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