®Planning appeal decision
Indoor Market, 50 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, B5 4RQ
outline application with all matters reserved for the demolition of existing indoor market building and the construction of new buildings providing up to 60,932sqm of new floorspace containing: up to 1,493sqm of commercial, business and service floorspace ( Use Class E); up to 745 apartments (Use Class C3) or up to 1,544 student bedrooms and associated communal student facilities (sui generis), or any combination of these residential uses but not exceeding a maximum of 1,544 residential units; together with associated plant, car parking and cycle parking facilities and works to the public realm adjacent to the proposed building(s) ”
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robinson N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the diversity, vitality and overall shopping experience in Birmingham city centre
- the effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of listed buildings 42-45 Upper Dean Street, the Church of St Martin in the Bull Ring and the statue of Nelson
What decided it
The absence of any development plan requirement to safeguard or replace the existing market, combined with the finding of no harm to the setting or significance of the nearby listed buildings, meant there was no policy conflict to weigh against the scheme's benefits.
the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing contributions, townscape change and job creation weighed in favour of the scheme, with no harm identified on either main issue to weigh against them
Plan policies cited: BDP policy GA1, BDP policy TP21, UDP Policy TP4, BDP policy TP26
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.