Plans for a new hotel and apartment block off have been passed despite and the effect on a nearby listed building.
The , on land where the , has been given the green light by Birmingham City Council planners despite reservations by environmental health officers.
Warwickshire-based developer Regal wants to build the 22-storey block, containing 189 one- and two-bedroom apartments and shops, cafés or restaurants on the ground floor.
A second element of the project would see an 18-storey Innside hotel again with retail, leisure and a restaurant.
Meanwhile, councillors agreed to defer a proposal for the part-demolition of the Grade II-listed building at 78-79 Broad Street which currently houses the ‘Big Bite’ takeaway, which is part of the scheme.
Peter Douglas Osborn (Con Weoley) told the planning committee meeting: “This is a way of creating a sense of place at that end of Broad Street, which is very welcome and will benefit the people living in the nearby flats.
However, Coun Gareth Moore (Con Erdington) added: “We are tinkering with a listed building. This is a unique building and I have concerns that we are messing around with a Grade II-listed building.”
A council officer responded to say the “vast majority” of the building was being retained.
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Plans for the scheme were passed subject to section 106 agreements.
The proposals would see 188 apartments and a ground floor retail unit in one block, with the hotel and retail and leisure areas in the other.
The project would be built on the site of a car park on land between Sheepcote Street and Oozells Way.
The plot was once home to a Jewish synagogue from the 1960s until it was relocated in 2008 and Regal Property Group has been eyeing the site for redevelopment for more than a decade.