November Residents’ Association Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the last Digbeth Residents’ Association meeting are below.  Highlights were:

• We got to watch a bit of telly during the meeting – Inside Out West Midlands discussed the Noise Abatement issues faced by The Rainbow and The Spotted Dog.  The BBC reporters managed to get their hands on the elusive pre-development noise survey – which only looked at potential traffic noise issues and did not consider noise from local commercial businesses.  This prompted Councillor Yvonne Mosquito’s response that there was clearly a mistake on behalf of the planners and a mistake was made by the council, in that checks that should have been done weren’t.
• The planning application for a Backpacker’s Hostel on Cheapside has been approved (despite 54 objections) with conditions – but residents remain in the dark about what those conditions are. More worryingly, John Tighe raised concerns about the Birmingham City Council planning meeting where the proposal was discussed – each complainant present should have had 3 minutes each to speak but in the meeting all individual complainants there were lumped together into one 3 minute slot.

The next meeting will be on Monday 7th December at the Paragon Hotel.

Digbeth Residents Association November 2009