More than 500 question Birmingham urban farm car park plans
A council planning officer stated the proposal would “provide social, economic and environmental benefits to the local community with no undue impact on character, amenity or highways considerations”.
By Tom Cramp
BBC
July 21, 2023
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A food organisation wants to create a farm and community garden on levels five and six of the Vyse Street car park in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
Thirty-nine parking spaces would be lost, reducing the total to 514.
The proposal has been recommended for approval and the city’s planning committee will meet on Thursday.
The organisation, Slow Food Birmingham, said goods and produce would travel to and from the project via electric cargo bikes and an electric van/milk float.
A biodiversity centre, featuring a kitchen, café and education space, would take up part of level five alongside a community garden.
Level six, the car park roof, would be more geared towards production.
