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# Objections to new apartments in Birmingham’s gay village dropped following £1million offer from developers
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/objections-to-new-apartments-in-birminghams-gay-village-dropped-following-1million-offer-from-developers/
- Published: 2024-01-07T12:57:22.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-07T12:57:22.000Z
- Description: Opposition to new apartments in Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ village has been dropped by the Nightingale Club – which is opposite the proposed development – and councillors following a pledge from the developers to pay just over £1million in noise reduction measures. The controversial 12-storey block of apar
- Author: Catherine Muxworthy
- Tags: Birmingham, LGBT, LGBTQ, Nightingale Club

Opposition to new apartments in Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ village has been dropped by the **Nightingale Club** – which is opposite the proposed development – and councillors following a pledge from the developers to pay just over £1million in noise reduction measures.

The controversial 12-storey block of apartments has been given the green light following a **Birmingham City Council** planning committee at the end of December 2023\. Opposition from the Nightingale Club was withdrawn after the developers offered to fund up to £1.05million of noise abatement work at the venue.

While there were still concerns from some councillors, including Cllr **Colin Green** (Sheldon, **Liberal Democrats**), who voted against the scheme, concerns about the impact on the area’s nightlife with more residents living in the heart of the LGBTQ+ village were withdrawn.

In the same meeting, the council also agreed that the developers did not have to ensure any of the homes were ‘affordable’ – despite having a rule in principle that at least 35% of homes in major developments must be affordable.

The council planning committee meeting (**December 21**), approved the application to demolish the existing buildings – the former **Amusement 13** nightclub and derelict office on the corner of **Lower Essex Street** and **Kent Street** – and granted permission to build the new block which will house 46 new flats, 111 of which will be one-bedroom, while the remaining 35 will be two-bed apartments.