Planning Applications in Moseley & Kings Heath Ward that are still live– Monday 28^th February 2011

These are applications, where no decision has been made and residents can still comment on.

Drawings and further details on each of these planning application is available on-line at http://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/ApplicationSearch.aspx

If you wish to comment on any of these applications, you do this by the following means

• e-mailing to planning@birmingham.gov.uk

• telephoning (planning will accept comments on planning application over the telephone) 303 1115 – please remember to quote the planning application number you are commenting on

• post to Planning Management, Birmingham City Council, PO Box 28, Birmingham B1 1TU

The planning applications

2011/01083/PA 16 Queenswood Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9AU Erection of single storey side and rear extension. Registered 21-02-2011

2011/01082/PA 8 Newport Road Sparkbrook Birmingham B12 8QD Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 21-02-2011

2011/01021/PA St Marys Church St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8HW Replacement of existing 4.5m high, 177mm diameter replica flagpole incorporating telecoms antennas with new replica flagpole of same dimensions incorporating telecoms antennas and development ancillary thereto Registered 17-02-2011

2011/00861/PA Hare & Hounds Public House 106 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7JZ Listed Building Consent for the Installation of boundary fence and awning to side elevation Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00860/PA Hare & Hounds Public House 106 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7JZ Installation of boundary fence and awning to side elevation Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00488/PA 2-4 Woodbridge Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8EJ Change of use from retail (use class A1) to restaurant use (to form 2 x A3 units), installation of new shopfront, installation of extraction flue and erection of single storey extension to rear Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00949/PA 26 Cotton Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 9JB Retention of single storey side and rear extension. Registered 15-02-2011

2011/00696/PA 55 Elmfield Crescent Moseley Birmingham B13 9TL Erection of single storey side and rear extension and Juliet balcony to rear Registered 03-02-2011

2011/00472/PA 19 St Marys Row Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 8HW Installation of security camera and ATM security light to front and installation of 3 air condenser units to rear Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00471/PA 19 St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8HW Replacement of non illuminated fascia lettering and installation of projecting sign (AMENDED DESCRIPTION) Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00846/PA 63 Albert Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7HJ Erection of detatched structure to front Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00483/PA 94 Wheelers Lane Kings Heath Birmingham B13 0SF Erection of a first floor side extension Registered 25-01-2011

2010/07289/PA 91A York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RX Change of use from retail (Class A1) to office (Class A2) Registered 30-12-2010

2011/00828/PA 70 Kingswood Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9AP Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 09-02-2011

2011/00786/PA 15 St Agnes Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9PH Listed building consent for erection of boundary wall to front to replace existing timber fence Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00785/PA 15 St Agnes Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9PH Erection of boundary wall to front to replace existing timber fence Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00781/PA 113 Highbury Road Birmingham B14 7QW Erection of conservatory Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00668/PA 24 Dads Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 8PQ Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 02-02-2011

2010/06883/PA 127 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RS Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 09-12-2010

2011/00499/PA 21 Salisbury Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8JS Retention of external steps to front and retention front boundary wall and installation of chair lift Registered 26-01-2011

2010/07009/PA 57 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RB Erection of single storey detached structure to side Registered 14-12-2010

2010/07221/PA 121 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RS Erection of porch Registered 23-12-2010

2010/07194/PA St Dunston School Drayton Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7LP Erection of part two storey and part first floor side extension, and single storey forward and front extensions. Registered 22-12-2010

2010/06891/PA 141 Oxford Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9SH Alterations to front boundary wall and driveway to front Registered 09-12-2010

2010/06263/PA 195 Highbury Road Moseley Birmingham B14 7QS Erection of single strorey rear extension and first floor rear extensions, installation of 3 no dormers to rear and alterations to roof pitch Registered 08-11-2010

2011/00271/PA - 265 Yardley Wood Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9JL - Demolition of bungalow and erection of two detached 5 bedroom dwellings and associated parking Registered 17-01-2011

2011/00238/PA - 14 Goodby Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8NJ - Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 13-01-2011

2010/07168/PA - 1 Chestnut Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9AJ - Erection of 12 no. garages. Registered 22-12-2010

2011/00042/PA - 37 Melton Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7DA - Erection of 1 no. dormer window to front. Registered 05-01-2011

2010/07289/PA - 91A York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RX - Change of use from retail (Class A1) to office (Class A2) Registered 30-12-2010

2010/07249/PA - 153 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7DG - Change of use to part first floor from ancillary retail storage (use class A1) to snooker hall (use class D2) Registered 24-12-2010

2010/06994/PA - 7 Coppice Road Land Adjacent Moseley Birmingham B13 9DP Erection of a 5 bedroom detached dwelling Registered 14-12-2010

2010/06557/PA - land adjacent to 107 Edgbaston Road Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9PJ - Demolition of 6 no. garages Registered 23-11-2010

2010/06555/PA - Land adj to 107 Edgbaston Road Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9PJ - Erection of 1 no. detached dwelling Registered 23-11-2010

2010/06456/PA - 201 Russell Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 8RR - Conservation Area Consent for demolition of existing bungalow Registered 17-11-2010

2010/06143/PA - 201 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RR - Erection of a dwellinghouse Registered 02-11-2010

2010/05923/PA - 69-71 Wake Green Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9PT Removal of condition 4 attached to previous approval E/C/17962/002 to allow occupation by persons other than those of pensionable age and provision of 11 new car parking spaces Registered 20-10-2010

2010/04782/PA - 18 Amesbury Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8LD - Erection of two storey rear and single storey side extension Registered 18-08-2010

2010/05774/PA - 145-147 Station Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7TA - Removal of existing office/storage building and erection of a 3 storey residential dwelling Registered 13-10-2010

2010/04473/PA - 120-126 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8EE - Application for a new planning permission to replace an extant planning permission 2007/02961/PA in order to extend the time limit for implementation for the demolition of buildings and development of two buildings comprising of a ground floor unit fronting Alcester Road with use as A1 (Retail) and 50 residential apartments above, comprising 32 no. two bedroom units & 18 no. one bedroom units, associated access & parking Registered 04-08-2010

2010/02795/PA - 36 St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8JG - Installation of roller shutters to front Registered 20-05-2010

2010/02353/PA - Moseley Court Yardley Wood Road Birmingham Installation of electrnic communications Registered 30-04-2010

2009/05931/PA - Meteor Building St Mary's Row Moseley Birmingham B13 9EG - Demolition of existing car dealership buildings and its redevelopment to provide a mixed used scheme comprising a medical practice / surgery, retail food store and 14 sheltered residential apartments, together with a new access, car parking and landscaping works Registered 27-11-2009

2009/02256/PA - 92 Billesley Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 9RA - Erection of a two storey side and rear and single storey front extension to include porch. Registered 19-05-2009

2009/01429/PA - 41 Ascot Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9EN - Erection of single storey side & single storey rear and front porch extensions. Registered 30-03-2009

Planning Applications in Moseley & Kings Heath Ward that are still live– Monday 28^th February 2011

These are applications, where no decision has been made and residents can still comment on.

Drawings and further details on each of these planning application is available on-line at http://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/ApplicationSearch.aspx

If you wish to comment on any of these applications, you do this by the following means

• e-mailing to planning@birmingham.gov.uk

• telephoning (planning will accept comments on planning application over the telephone) 303 1115 – please remember to quote the planning application number you are commenting on

• post to Planning Management, Birmingham City Council, PO Box 28, Birmingham B1 1TU

The planning applications

2011/01083/PA 16 Queenswood Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9AU Erection of single storey side and rear extension. Registered 21-02-2011

2011/01082/PA 8 Newport Road Sparkbrook Birmingham B12 8QD Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 21-02-2011

2011/01021/PA St Marys Church St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8HW Replacement of existing 4.5m high, 177mm diameter replica flagpole incorporating telecoms antennas with new replica flagpole of same dimensions incorporating telecoms antennas and development ancillary thereto Registered 17-02-2011

2011/00861/PA Hare & Hounds Public House 106 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7JZ Listed Building Consent for the Installation of boundary fence and awning to side elevation Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00860/PA Hare & Hounds Public House 106 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7JZ Installation of boundary fence and awning to side elevation Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00488/PA 2-4 Woodbridge Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8EJ Change of use from retail (use class A1) to restaurant use (to form 2 x A3 units), installation of new shopfront, installation of extraction flue and erection of single storey extension to rear Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00949/PA 26 Cotton Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 9JB Retention of single storey side and rear extension. Registered 15-02-2011

2011/00696/PA 55 Elmfield Crescent Moseley Birmingham B13 9TL Erection of single storey side and rear extension and Juliet balcony to rear Registered 03-02-2011

2011/00472/PA 19 St Marys Row Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 8HW Installation of security camera and ATM security light to front and installation of 3 air condenser units to rear Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00471/PA 19 St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8HW Replacement of non illuminated fascia lettering and installation of projecting sign (AMENDED DESCRIPTION) Registered 25-01-2011

2011/00846/PA 63 Albert Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7HJ Erection of detatched structure to front Registered 10-02-2011

2011/00483/PA 94 Wheelers Lane Kings Heath Birmingham B13 0SF Erection of a first floor side extension Registered 25-01-2011

2010/07289/PA 91A York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RX Change of use from retail (Class A1) to office (Class A2) Registered 30-12-2010

2011/00828/PA 70 Kingswood Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9AP Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 09-02-2011

2011/00786/PA 15 St Agnes Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 9PH Listed building consent for erection of boundary wall to front to replace existing timber fence Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00785/PA 15 St Agnes Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9PH Erection of boundary wall to front to replace existing timber fence Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00781/PA 113 Highbury Road Birmingham B14 7QW Erection of conservatory Registered 07-02-2011

2011/00668/PA 24 Dads Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 8PQ Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 02-02-2011

2010/06883/PA 127 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RS Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 09-12-2010

2011/00499/PA 21 Salisbury Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8JS Retention of external steps to front and retention front boundary wall and installation of chair lift Registered 26-01-2011

2010/07009/PA 57 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RB Erection of single storey detached structure to side Registered 14-12-2010

2010/07221/PA 121 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RS Erection of porch Registered 23-12-2010

2010/07194/PA St Dunston School Drayton Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7LP Erection of part two storey and part first floor side extension, and single storey forward and front extensions. Registered 22-12-2010

2010/06891/PA 141 Oxford Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9SH Alterations to front boundary wall and driveway to front Registered 09-12-2010

2010/06263/PA 195 Highbury Road Moseley Birmingham B14 7QS Erection of single strorey rear extension and first floor rear extensions, installation of 3 no dormers to rear and alterations to roof pitch Registered 08-11-2010

2011/00271/PA - 265 Yardley Wood Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9JL - Demolition of bungalow and erection of two detached 5 bedroom dwellings and associated parking Registered 17-01-2011

2011/00238/PA - 14 Goodby Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8NJ - Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 13-01-2011

2010/07168/PA - 1 Chestnut Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9AJ - Erection of 12 no. garages. Registered 22-12-2010

2011/00042/PA - 37 Melton Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7DA - Erection of 1 no. dormer window to front. Registered 05-01-2011

2010/07289/PA - 91A York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RX - Change of use from retail (Class A1) to office (Class A2) Registered 30-12-2010

2010/07249/PA - 153 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7DG - Change of use to part first floor from ancillary retail storage (use class A1) to snooker hall (use class D2) Registered 24-12-2010

2010/06994/PA - 7 Coppice Road Land Adjacent Moseley Birmingham B13 9DP Erection of a 5 bedroom detached dwelling Registered 14-12-2010

2010/06557/PA - land adjacent to 107 Edgbaston Road Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9PJ - Demolition of 6 no. garages Registered 23-11-2010

2010/06555/PA - Land adj to 107 Edgbaston Road Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9PJ - Erection of 1 no. detached dwelling Registered 23-11-2010

2010/06456/PA - 201 Russell Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 8RR - Conservation Area Consent for demolition of existing bungalow Registered 17-11-2010

2010/06143/PA - 201 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RR - Erection of a dwellinghouse Registered 02-11-2010

2010/05923/PA - 69-71 Wake Green Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9PT Removal of condition 4 attached to previous approval E/C/17962/002 to allow occupation by persons other than those of pensionable age and provision of 11 new car parking spaces Registered 20-10-2010

2010/04782/PA - 18 Amesbury Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8LD - Erection of two storey rear and single storey side extension Registered 18-08-2010

2010/05774/PA - 145-147 Station Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7TA - Removal of existing office/storage building and erection of a 3 storey residential dwelling Registered 13-10-2010

2010/04473/PA - 120-126 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8EE - Application for a new planning permission to replace an extant planning permission 2007/02961/PA in order to extend the time limit for implementation for the demolition of buildings and development of two buildings comprising of a ground floor unit fronting Alcester Road with use as A1 (Retail) and 50 residential apartments above, comprising 32 no. two bedroom units & 18 no. one bedroom units, associated access & parking Registered 04-08-2010

2010/02795/PA - 36 St Marys Row Moseley Birmingham B13 8JG - Installation of roller shutters to front Registered 20-05-2010

2010/02353/PA - Moseley Court Yardley Wood Road Birmingham Installation of electrnic communications Registered 30-04-2010

2009/05931/PA - Meteor Building St Mary's Row Moseley Birmingham B13 9EG - Demolition of existing car dealership buildings and its redevelopment to provide a mixed used scheme comprising a medical practice / surgery, retail food store and 14 sheltered residential apartments, together with a new access, car parking and landscaping works Registered 27-11-2009

2009/02256/PA - 92 Billesley Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 9RA - Erection of a two storey side and rear and single storey front extension to include porch. Registered 19-05-2009

2009/01429/PA - 41 Ascot Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9EN - Erection of single storey side & single storey rear and front porch extensions. Registered 30-03-2009

Planning Applications in Moseley & Kings Heath Ward that have had a decision made since Friday 24^th January 2011

The planning applications

2011/00421/PA 70A Avenue Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7TG Non material amendment attached to planning approval 2009/04253/PA - installation of roof lights Decision Made 24-01-2011 Approve

2010/06650/PA - 77 Melton Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7ET - Erection of single storey rear extension. Registered 29-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06131/PA - 38 St Agnes Road Moseley Birmingham B18 9PW - Installation of replacement garage doors to front. Registered 02-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/07109/PA - 141 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7DG - Change of use from retail shop (A1) to betting shop (A2) Registered 20-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/07267/PA - 40 Trafalgar Road Moseley And Kings Heath Birmingham B13 8BH - Change of use from use class C2 to C3 residential dwelling, and erection of single storey rear extension Registered 29-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/07258/PA - 42 Trafalgar Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8BH - Change of use from residential institution (Use Class C2) to residential dwelling house (Use Class C3) Registered 29-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06358/PA - Sarehole Mill Gardens Moseley Birmingham - Retention of 3 no. detached dwellinghouses with first floor rear windows removed and associated parking Registered 12-11-2010 Refused

2010/07220/PA - 8 Greenend Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9TJ - Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development for the erection of a single storey rear extension and erection of pitched roof to existing detached garage Registered 23-12-2010 S64 Perm Required

2010/07183/PA - 46 St Agnes Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9PN - Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 22-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06888/PA - 48 Billesley Lane Moseley Birmingham B13 9QS - Replacement windows to front elevation Registered 09-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06884/PA - 75 Grange Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7RN - Erection of single-storey rear extension Registered 09-12-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06615/PA - 139 Russell Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8RS - Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 26-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06786/PA - 8 Prospect Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9TB - Erection of single storey rear extension Registered 06-12-2010 Refused

2010/06156/PA - 64 Oxford Road Moseley Birmingham B13 9SQ - Installation of replacement windows to front elevation Registered 03-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/05777/PA - Moseley Hall Hospital Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8JL - Erection of a perimeter fence Registered 13-10-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06261/PA - Land 9-33 Heathfield Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7BT - Demolition of existing buildings, erection of 2/3 storey 56 unit extra care building including retention of locally listed building facade, communal facilities, landscaping and car parking Registered 08-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06233/PA - 232 Wheelers Lane Billesley Birmingham B13 0SR - Erection of single and two storey rear, and two storey side extension, porch and canopy to front Registered 05-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/06125/PA - 5 Park Hill Moseley Birmingham B13 8DU Change of use from 6no. self contained flats to 2no. family dwellinghouses (house type 1: 1no. 5 bed, 8 persons house, house type 2: 1no.4bed 7 persons house). Registered 01-11-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

2010/05487/PA - Shilpa Medical Centre 1c Ashfield Avenue Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7AT - Extension to existing buildings and conversion to 10 flats Registered 27-09-2010 Withdrawn

2010/03978/PA - 120 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B15 3SN - Installation of 5 no. non-illuminated advertising hoardings Registered 12-07-2010 Withdrawn

2010/03512/PA - 100 High Street Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7JZ - Change of use from Retail (Use Class A1) to Restaurant/Cafe (Use Class A3) and installation of a new shop front and roller shutters Registered 21-06-2010 Approve subject to Conditions

Meteor Ford application recommended for approval at next weeks Planning Committee

The planning application for the former Meteor Ford site at the corner of Oxford Road and St Marys Row is going back to Planning Committee next week on Thursday 3^rd March. The planning application involves the creation of a food retail unit, doctors surgery and sheltered accommodation.

The planning application was previously considered by the Committee on 10^th February where the Committee voted 7-6 in favour of ‘deferring the decision minded to refuse’. In plain English this was informing the Planning Officers to come back with another report providing legal reasons to refuse the planning application.

The planning officers have come back with this report – see http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/democracy/Pages/AgendaDetail.aspx?AgendaID%3d59320 – in which they are re-iterating why the Committee should approve the application. The report also contains the comments by the legal counsel acting on behalf of the applicants.

The Legal Council makes the following points:

1) The applicant will appeal against any refusal

2) If the appeal is found in favour of the applicant they will seek costs against the Council for refusing the application.

3) If costs are awarded against the Council, then a complaint will be made to the Standards Board and the Council Ombudsman for maladministration – I can only assume this would be against the Councillors who vote against the application.

4) The paragraph under the ‘District Auditor’ section is very carefully worded and I would welcome others views. My reading of this paragraph is that it is a veiled warning that the Councillors who vote against the application would be personally financially liable for any costs incurred by the Council in a successful awarding of costs against the Council. However, that’s my reading of this paragraph and would welcome others views.

Update on Moseley Road baths – 22^nd February 2011

At the moment Moseley Road baths is temporarily closed. Background to this closure can be read at http://martinmullaney.blogspot.com/2011/01/update-on-moseley-road-baths-14-th.html

As of yesterday, the funds to repair the fire exit in pool 2, which in turn will allow the pool to re-open, have been released by the Council Finance department.

I will be attending a contractors meeting next week, along with Council officers, to agree start and finish dates for the repair work.

It is anticipated that the repair work will require, at most, five weeks. So allowing at least a week for the contractor to move onto site, we are mostly likely looking at an 18^th April re-opening date. However, this will be confirmed next week.

The repair work is quite complex, since a structural frame will need to be constructed above the fire exit lintel so as to allow the steel lintels to the replaced. The structural frame which will be required take the weight of roof that the lintel is presenting supporting

In the meantime, the water in pool 2 is being maintained on a slow circulation. This is so as to stop the tile grout inside the pool drying out and possibly cracking, plus it maintains the sand filters.

Additional to all this, several meetings have taken place between senior Council officers to look at ways in which the restoration works for the rest of the baths could be done in phases as part of a Heritage Lottery bid.

Update on Kings Heath Library temporary closure – 18^th February 2011

At the moment Kings Heath Library is temporarily closed. The background to this closure can be read at http://martinmullaney.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-on-kings-heath-library-temporary.html

And at http://martinmullaney.blogspot.com/2011/01/update-on-kings-heath-library-temporary_14.html

Work to install the permanent scaffolding, which will allow the library to re-open, will be finished on Saturday 19^th February – this is one week ahead of schedule. Our plan is to re-open the library on 5^th March.

Mindful that we are one week of ahead of schedule and that the library is increasingly suffering from a leaking roof – a new leak has appeared in the last week which resulted in some ceiling plaster falling onto the library below – we are using the opportunity to get a quote for putting one layer of bitumen felt across the entire flat section of the roof and hopefully having this in place by the re-opening date of 5^th March.

If we can get this felt installed, this will keep the library water tight for at least 5 years, whilst we find the money to completely refurbish the roof and skylights. It will hopefully stop any more ceiling plaster falling into the library, during that period.

Between now and 5^th March, the staff will be putting all the computer equipment back into the IT room and library itself – all the equipment is presently filling the entire Children’s Section.

I attach several photos, which I took on Thursday 16^th February.

Photographs 1 and 2 show the permanent scaffolding

Photograph 3 shows the two boxed in vertical sections of the permanent scaffolding. The remaining vertical sections of the permanent scaffolding will be boxed in by Saturday.

Photographs 4 and 5 show the bowing of two of the skylights

Photograph 6 shows a crack in the roof felt which has allowed water to penetrate the concrete flat roof, which in turn has resulted in part of the plaster ceiling underneath to fall off into the library. You will also notice previous attempts to seal this crack with special sealing paint.

Photograph 7 is a general photograph of the flat roof. As you walk around this roof, you see small cracks in the felt, which is letting in water.

Moseley Tesco application is 'deferred minded to refuse'

The planning application for the creation of a food retail store and doctors surgery on the former Meteor Ford site on the corner of Oxford Road and St Marys Row, Moseley, was heard this morning at Planning Committee.

The planning officers recommended approval in their report. However, the Planning Committee did not agree with the report and voted (I am informed 6 votes to 5 votes) to ‘defer the decision minded to refuse’. Many of the Committee concerns revolved around traffic congestion and parking issues

What this means is that the planning officers will now be tasked with writing a report that gives legal reasons for refusing the application. It will then go back to Committee at a later date for refusal.