Birmingham Assay Office reveals new building plans

The Birmingham Assay office has unveiled its submission for a planning application to build a new Assay Office building in the Jewellery Quarter.

The new building proposal has been 18 months in the pipeline and was designed “to ensure that it addresses the needs of the Assay Office as a secure, flexible facility”.

The proposed new Assay Office building will allow the business to continue to diversify and widen its range of services and innovative initiatives.

A snapshot of the render of the new proposed Birmingham Assay Office building.         

 

 

 

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Campaign group formed to save Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter

CAMPAIGNERS have formed a group to try and preserve Birmingham's under-threat Jewellery Quarter.
English Heritage had expressed concern over the preservation of buildings and a loss of skills in the 300-year-old district after it featured on its Conservation Areas At Risk 2011 list as being of ‘medium’ vulnerability.
Marie Haddleton has established Jewellery Quarter Heritage to work with Birmingham City Council to create ‘affordable workspace’, encourage businesses to the area and convert empty buildings back to workshops.
The 84-year-old said the quarter’s heritage is being eroded despite being a conservation area under the protection of the Jewellery Quarter Conservation and Management Plan.


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