Office conversion scheme comes under fire
Plans to convert a former Birmingham City Council office building into apartments has come under fire from the authority’s own councillors.
Birmingham-based developer SevenCapital is behind the scheme to convert the former Honeywell House block in Erdington into 85 apartments.
The scheme is permitted under Government planning legislation which aims to reuse existing offices for residential use to ease the demand on new homes.
Internal layout plans show 69 one-bed apartments and 16 two-bed apartments.
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