Planning Application – Page 3

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…

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…

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…

Does the JQ need another secondary school?

Shortly before Christmas signs appeared on lampposts on Albion Street advertising the proposal to turn St George’s Court office building into a new secondary school; the fourth in the successful model of Perry Beeches. Perry Beeches II on Newhall St was and is warmly welcomed by Jewellery Quarter residents and businesses, and has an important…

Fancy getting involved in the future of the Jewellery Quarter?

The Jewellery Quarter is entering an exciting phase and you can play a part in it. The Localism Act of Parliament (stay with us) gives communities the power to set the rules for planning & development in their area by creating a NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN. It means that old rules can be shaken up, new rules…

Show us your assets!

What would you save in the Jewellery Quarter for the community? The Post Office? The Lord Clifden? The cemeteries? Under new Localism laws the local community can apply to designate a building or piece of land as an ‘Asset of Community Value’. This is where you come in – to help us register them with…

The All-New Birmingham Assay Office

For some time the Assay Office, currently located on Newhall St, has been looking for a new home to enable it to expand and diversify. Thankfully it has found a site in the Jewellery Quarter and now a planning application has been lodged with Birmingham City Council. The site fronts Icknield St(the Middleway ringroad) and…

Bank’s Disabled Access Proposal Doomed to Fail?

Barclays Bank on the corner of Frederick Street/Warstone Lane has applied for planning permission to provide an accessible entrance for disabled customers. To overcome the existing steps, the Bank proposes to install a vertical, enclosed platform lift on the pavement (see application: 2012/03950/PA). The idea that high street banks should be accessible to everyone is…