Comments on: Big City Plan public consultation http://digbeth.org/2008/11/big-city-plan-public-consultation/ Culture, pubs and a whole lot more... Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Trengrouse http://digbeth.org/2008/11/big-city-plan-public-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Richard Trengrouse Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:35:21 +0000 http://digbeth.org/?p=248#comment-231 The draft conservation strategy for Digbeth is very much against murals or the painting of buildings. In fact it seems to imply that all murals including the one on the FOE gable end and the painted elevations of the Custard Factory should be scrubbed back to the brickwork. This not yet City Council policy but if it is not ammended at this stage it could put paid to a lot of interesting developmnets in the area. There is still time to comment go to the City Council Website click on environment/planning: then click on building conservation: then strategies and you will find the Digbeth Conservation Strategy The draft conservation strategy for Digbeth is very much against murals or the painting of buildings. In fact it seems to imply that all murals including the one on the FOE gable end and the painted elevations of the Custard Factory should be scrubbed back to the brickwork. This not yet City Council policy but if it is not ammended at this stage it could put paid to a lot of interesting developmnets in the area.

There is still time to comment go to the City Council Website click on environment/planning: then click on building conservation: then strategies and you will find the Digbeth Conservation Strategy

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