Planning History
Initial planning permission was blocked by the High Court following intervention by MacDermid who were given permission previously to store hazardous chemicals on their Eastside site. This meant that all planning applications within a 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) radius of their site had to be approved by the Health and Safety Executive. However, Birmingham City Council had ignored the HSE which led to MacDermid appealing to the High Court. However, planning permission was granted later on.
On October 12, 2006, an outline planning application for the development was presented before the planning committee who decided to defer it due to Section 106 payments.
Through previous consideration of the application an agreement over the Section 106 issues between Birmingham City Council and the applicant was signed and completed on January 31, 2005. It provided for contributions on the overall site with overall site being defined as the Castle Cement site (which Curzon Gate will be situated on) and the Parcelforce site (which will be covered by Curzon Park).
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