{"id":46323,"date":"2026-04-10T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46323"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:44:45","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-council-doorstep-birmingham-city-council-issues-late-update-on-black-sabbath-pub-the-full-story-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46323","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (council) doorstep\u2019: Birmingham City Council issues late update on Black Sabbath pub &#8211; the full story so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Crown_65_Station_Street_Digbeth_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2043059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Crown_65_Station_Street_Digbeth_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2043059.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Crown_65_Station_Street_Digbeth_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2043059.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Crown_65_Station_Street_Digbeth_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2043059-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Crown_65_Station_Street_Digbeth_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2043059-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-04abb8cfafa90c3bc25be12c68d0934f\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Crown,65_Station_Street,_Digbeth-geograph.org.uk-_2043059.jpg\">The Crown, 65 Station Street, Digbeth by\u00a0P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birmingham City Council issued a statement to the press about proposals for The Crown on Station Street hours before the pre-election period began, as <em>Birmingham Live<\/em> asked what it really meant for the Grade II-listed city centre pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Birmingham Live<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the clock struck 9am on Friday, March 20, Birmingham City Council entered its pre-election period\u2026 &#8216;purdah&#8217;\u2026. At 4:15pm the night before, an email landed in the <em>BirminghamLive<\/em> inbox, reading: \u2018Birmingham City Council welcomes early plans to revitalise city\u2019s famous Crown pub and surrounding site.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 It&#8217;s an emotive subject. The pub, closed since 2014 and currently under the ownership of Japanese hotel firm Toyoko Inn, sits listed but empty, its future in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest statement from the council said it had &#8216;welcomed the early-stage proposals being explored for the future of The Crown\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Tokyo Inn &#8211; which has owned the pub for 12 years &#8211; was quoted in the update as saying: \u2018Toyoko Inn is at an early stage of exploring options for its site\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 It added that a project team would now &#8216;move into a period of engagement and workshops with stakeholders, led by Birmingham City Council, as early design and planning discussions progress over the coming months&#8217;\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/birmingham-city-council-issues-late-33641503?\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: The Crown, 65 Station Street, Digbeth by\u00a0P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Birmingham City Council issued a statement to the press about proposals for The Crown on Station Street hours before the pre-election period &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46323\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[770,36,29,694,16,647],"class_list":["post-46323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-birmingham","tag-culture","tag-heritage","tag-local-authority","tag-planning","tag-public-houses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46323","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46325,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46323\/revisions\/46325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}