The JQ Plan: summary released

Original web page at The JQ Plan: summary released Neighbourhood Plans give people the opportunity to help shape the future of the community they live and work in. The Jewellery Quarter was designated a Neighbourhood Planning Area in 2014. CLICK HERE to find out more about the Neighbourhood Plan , including the background. A group…

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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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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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Does the JQ need another secondary school?

St Georges Court

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…

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JQNF Open Meeting: Sat 12 Oct

We’re having an Open Meeting on Saturday 12 October (12 – 3pm) at the Drop Forge. This will be a drop-in ‘surgery’ style event where you can pop in for five minutes or stay all afternoon! The idea behind the Open Meeting is for you to find out more about the Jewellery Quarter Neighborhood Forum (JQNF)…

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JQ Quiz Night: Tue 24th Sept

Hot on the heels of the JQ trip to Weston and the 24 Carrots Summer Market, we’re organising a JQ Quiz. Tuesday 24 September | 7pm | Fredericks, Frederick Street | £5 entry Quiz teams will be drawn out of the hat so no need to have your own team. A great opportunity to meet…

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Who Lives in a House Like This? It’s over to you…

The Jewellery Quarter is a housing estate.  Well, it was when it was first developed, but then shiny precious things started to be made in the yards of those houses and Hockley changed forever.  It’s over 100 years since new houses were built in the Jewellery Quarter.  Now we have a few being built behind…

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Have Your Say… Family Housing in the JQ

Towards the end of 2012, the JQNF secured a grant from urban design watchdog CABE to help develop proposals for family housing in the quarter.  That grant is being spent here in the JQ at MADE on Newhall Square, our local urban design organisation. It ties in neatly with the results from last year’s open…

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