Dave Wedd wrote:
> Just received this - very little time to put in our comments!
>
>
> http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=6
> 7548&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=12189
>
> Planning application S/07902/06/OUT
> The above is the link that can be pasted into the internet
> bit so as to have the page to respond to Birmingham Planning
> Applications.
> It may be some years away, but volunteers had hoped that the
> Dudley Number 2 canal in Selly Oak Park might be connected to
> the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The trouble is, British
> Waterways chap (now left) thought that this was guaranteed -
> but the agents for Sainsbury think it is nothing to do with them.
> Result is that there is no one building a bridge to suit
> taking the canal under the new huge complicated road layout.
> All the Birmingham UDP stresses is having the old canal
> protected as a walking route.
>
> If you want to do something, the Council must put the roads
> in at levels that allow a bridge sometime in the future. If
> the road levels go in wrong, no canal EVER.
>
> Planning application S/07902/06/OUT
>
> Please forward as Closing Date is 7 Feb
I'm rather confused about this. From a quick look at the Birmingham
planning website it seems that this is an application to vary an
existing permission for the site, and does not include the main road
works. Planning permission for these has apparently already been
granted to Birmingham City Council.
Turning to the Lapal Canal trust website, the News page has a section
dated January 2007 which says:
"The Sainsbury's Plan for Selly Oak
"Sainsbury's has now submitted its substantive Planning Application to
begin its "exciting plans" for the regeneration of Selly Oak, much of
which occupies land adjoining the former Lapal Canal near its junction
with the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
"The Planning Application can be viewed online here : application number
S/07902/06/OUT
"A key aspect of this extensive plan is to restore the Lapal Canal with
a basin alongside their new food store, as a focus for the architectural
impact of the development.
"The Lapal Canal Trust, together with British Waterways and the
Worcester & Birmingham Society, have all been consulted about the
planning options and widespread agreement between the various parties
now makes the future of the waterways in this part of Birmingham look
very exciting indeed."
So if those closest to the project are happy why are we being asked to
object?
David Mack
