> Lauren Rainbow, Birmingham Labour’s LGBT+ officer…added she had contacted planning officers to ask what consultation had been carried out with the LGBT+ community. “Wherever a big change is happening, we have to see consultation with the communities most affected.
Some next level NIMBY bureacracy. I know it seems like something really small but it’s the straw on camel’s back scenario. Planning is so so difficult in the UK, you shouldn’t have to consult the LGBT community every time you want to provide housing for someone.
No doubt the new tenants will be homophobes and NIMBY the club out of existence. Another vital queer space gone…
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It’ll be fine😬
What happened to the idea of a residential district and an entertainment district.
Clubs and flats shouldnt be next door.
IIRC when they built the massive flats next to MoS (Ministry of Sound) there was a caveat the owners had to suck up the noise. Then covid and everyone moved in and MoS was shut. When it reopened there were loads of complaints and the council told them words to the effect of “¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
But I can’t find anything in the complaints by the residents.
I don’t think the fact it’s a Gay club is really a feature in this story.
If you build a block of flats next to a noisey music venue which pre-exists your flats – then the onus is on you to ensure that those flats are going to be suitable to dwell in.
If you can’t sell or rent them out because there is too much noise then that’s your own damn fault.
A similar thing happened in Manchester when people moved in next to a music venue, Night & Day, and then complained to the council it was too loud.
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I hate how this is controversial but:
housing > night clubs
> Lauren Rainbow, Birmingham Labour’s LGBT+ officer…added she had contacted planning officers to ask what consultation had been carried out with the LGBT+ community. “Wherever a big change is happening, we have to see consultation with the communities most affected.
Some next level NIMBY bureacracy. I know it seems like something really small but it’s the straw on camel’s back scenario. Planning is so so difficult in the UK, you shouldn’t have to consult the LGBT community every time you want to provide housing for someone.
No doubt the new tenants will be homophobes and NIMBY the club out of existence. Another vital queer space gone…
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It’ll be fine😬
What happened to the idea of a residential district and an entertainment district.
Clubs and flats shouldnt be next door.
IIRC when they built the massive flats next to MoS (Ministry of Sound) there was a caveat the owners had to suck up the noise. Then covid and everyone moved in and MoS was shut. When it reopened there were loads of complaints and the council told them words to the effect of “¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25642151
Great article on the legal issues of the MoS solution:
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Deed_of_easement
But I can’t find anything in the complaints by the residents.
I don’t think the fact it’s a Gay club is really a feature in this story.
If you build a block of flats next to a noisey music venue which pre-exists your flats – then the onus is on you to ensure that those flats are going to be suitable to dwell in.
If you can’t sell or rent them out because there is too much noise then that’s your own damn fault.
A similar thing happened in Manchester when people moved in next to a music venue, Night & Day, and then complained to the council it was too loud.