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>>Title: Jesus Army's Jewellery Quarter plans thwarted >>by developer >>Website: birminghammail.net >>Date: 11/11/2011 >>Link : <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2 >0 >>11/11/11/jesus-army-s-jewellery-quarter-plans-thwarted >- >>by-developer-97319-29756481/">Jesus Army's Jewellery >>Quarter plans thwarted by developer</a> >> >><b>Jesus Army's Jewellery Quarter plans thwarted by >>developer</b> >> >>A PROPERTY developer has scuppered controversial plans >>by the Jesus Army to open a drop-in centre for >>prostitutes and drug addicts in Birmingham’s Jewellery >>Quarter. >> >>The group had wanted to renovate offices at 33 Lionel >>Street near one of the main thoroughfares from the >>Jewellery Quarter into the city’s business district >>but local businesses had appealed to planners to >>reject the scheme. >> >>Officers from the council had been due to approve the >>plans after the police offered no objections. >> >>However, property developer LMM, which owns the >>building next door, has now made a higher bid than the >>Jesus Army for the building, which was accepted by the >>vendor and completed this week. >> >>Tony Haran, a manager at LMM, said: “Historically it >>is a building we have been interested in if the vendor >>would sell it. The Jesus Army emerged later.” >> >>Mr Haran said the company’s mind was focused into >>making a second bid after the planning process looked >>like a fait accompli following emails suggesting the >>success of the application within an hour of the end >>of the planning committee meeting. >> >>He said: “In the end we were left with little option >>as I didn’t think the objections to the plans were >>given proper weight. With the number of high-level >>land parcels in the area and then to have this on >>square one so to speak, would seem a little ironic.” >> >>The surprise development brings to an end the planning >>application battle which sparked a furious backlash in >>the Jewellery Quarter. >> >>There were objections from the owners of bars, >>restaurants and hotels which feared their businesses >>would suffer from an increase in anti-social >behaviour. >> >>More than 250 residents and businesses signed >>petitions urging the city planning committee to throw >>the application out. The protest was backed by the >>Jewellery Quarter Heritage and Regeneration Group. > >thank god for that
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