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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

UNBELIEVABLE: Ludicrous plan to build skyscraper over georgian building in birmingham rejected - Caught on Camera

An artist's impression of a tall block on metal stilts over a Georgian building.
The plans were drawn up for a site which the developer described as in a ‘state of dilapidation and disrepair’. Photograph: Marrons

Councillors in Birmingham have unanimously refused to grant planning permission for a controversial 42-storey skyscraper on top of a Grade-II listed former hospital.

The proposal for the city centre site included a large glass tower block, including more than 300 flats and a cafe and roof terrace, erected on top of a Georgian building that has stood there since the early 19th century.

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