Proposals for ‘bonkers’ Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused and one Birmingham councillor described the proposed development as ‘frankly ludicrous’, reports Birmingham Live.
image for illustration: Broad Street Birmingham Public Domain Commons Wikimedia
Birmingham Live writes:
….The proposals for 80 Broad Street would have seen the enormous new skyscraper attached directly to a Grade II listed building while also ‘oversailing’ directly over it…
… The historic building… was once the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and was most recently used as a bar, restaurant and nightclub.
Councillor Gareth Moore… [said] “It’s utterly bonkers, the idea you can stick a tower block over a Georgian mansion is just ridiculous…”
… the planning application… was unanimously refused…
