Fear of Birmingham Conservation Group being Disbanded

The group is a team of specialist planning officials, who work closely with a committee of expert volunteers on the local authority’s Conservation and Heritage Panel to ensure that the bulldozers of developers do not ride roughshod over the city’s rich architectural heritage.

The volunteers are drawn from a range of interest groups including the Victorian Society, Civic Society, Jewellery Quarter Association, Moseley Society, 20th Century Society and Sutton Coldfield Civic Society.

The advice from both the group and the panel has shaped many major projects in recent years such as the restoration of the Town Hall, Fort Dunlop and Baskerville House.

The saving of £350,000 from a recession-hit planning department budget could affect the future of Birmingham's historic buildings and the Conservation Group.

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