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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…

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…

Ladywood Ward Committee Meeting | Tue 10th Dec

Local residents are invited to attend the LADYWOOD WARD COMMITTEE Tuesday 10 December 2013 | 7- 9pm | The Oratory RC Primary School, Oliver Road, Ladywood B16 9ER Main Items for Discussion – 20 mph Speed Limit Consultation Ladywood Community Development Trust Chamberlain Gardens Park – ‘Early Win’ Summerfield Area of Restraint Policy The agenda can be viewed within…

Jewellery Quarter Hamper Appeal

The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust and Fellows are launching an appeal that will help families within the Ladywood Ward, one of the poorest in the UK. The aim is to raise enough funds to fill 100 Christmas ‘hampers’ with essential festive treats. Once this target is reached, Tesco has pledged to fill another 20 hampers…

An invite to the JQNF AGM | Tue 3 Dec, 6.30 – 8pm | St Paul’s Church

(Update 1 Dec): For a full agenda click here: JQNF-AGM-Agenda-3-Dec-2013 The JQNF AGM is on Tue 3 Dec, 6.30 – 8pm at St Paul’s Church, with free drinks & nibbles. At the event we’ll let you know what we’ve been up to over the past year and there will be special presentations on: – the proposal…

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…

Community Heritage Open Day at the Library of Birmingham (Sat 2 Nov)

Saturday 2nd November, 1:30pm 4:30pm | Room 104, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2ND For further information and publicity flyer visit www.brumcitycentre.com The Library of Birmingham, Local Community Libraries, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the City Centre Neighbourhood Forum present the Community Heritage Open Day at the Library of Birmingham. This event is the first in…

Pack your bucket & spade – it’s the JQ Coach Trip!

We love where we live. But some of us fancy an ‘away day’… Some of the good folk in your JQNF have organised a day trip for JQ-ers on Saturday 27th July 2013 to… Weston-Super-Mare! Bring your buckets and spades, an appetite for ice creams and fish n’ chips, a bag of Murray Mints for…