{"id":39942,"date":"2024-05-14T16:08:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39942"},"modified":"2024-05-13T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:48:07","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-proposals-for-bonkers-broad-street-skyscraper-over-listed-building-refused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39942","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Proposals for \u2018bonkers\u2019 Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39157\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Broad-Street-Birmingham-Public-Domain-Wikipedia-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>Proposals for \u2018bonkers\u2019 Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused and one Birmingham councillor described the proposed development as \u2018frankly ludicrous\u2019, reports <em>Birmingham Live<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=217914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broad Street Birmingham <\/a><\/em><em>Public Domain Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Birmingham Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.The proposals for 80 Broad Street would have seen the enormous new skyscraper attached directly to a Grade II listed building while also \u2018oversailing\u2019 directly over it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The historic building\u2026 was once the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and was most recently used as a bar, restaurant and nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Gareth Moore\u2026 [said] \u201cIt\u2019s utterly bonkers, the idea you can stick a tower block over a Georgian mansion is just ridiculous&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the planning application\u2026 was unanimously refused&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/proposals-bonkers-broad-street-skyscraper-29060182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposals for \u2018bonkers\u2019 Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused and one Birmingham councillor described the proposed development as \u2018frankly ludicrous\u2019, reports Birmingham Live. image for illustration: Broad Street Birmingham Public Domain Commons Wikimedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39943,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39942\/revisions\/39943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}