JQ News
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…
Read MoreLadywood 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…
Read MoreJQNF 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…
Read MoreYour 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…
Read MoreThe latest planning applications for the JQ are mostly about listed buildings.
It’s been a quiet couple of months on the planning application front (thankfully, as it’s been a bit manic prior to that). The latest applications are on the attached document and if you want to study the plans, just click the blue hyperlink for each one. They include listed building applications for the: George…
Read MoreLatest 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…
Read MorePlanning 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…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreNew 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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