The
Longbridge Area Action Plan
February
2008
This submission
document has been formally endorsed by Birmingham City Council and
Bromsgrove District Council
Below is a map of the what was West
Works, North Works and part of South Works
At the moment we
only have as the saying goes the bare bones, until the developer St
Mowden comes up with detail plans of the various buildings,
including the Austin Centre, we will just have to wait and see what
is proposed at the planning stage.
I will only
concentrate on what is been called the Longbridge Village, which is
been built on the North Works site. This is where the Austin Centre
will be built. (shown by the Red Star)
Work on clearing the site, to get it ready for building work will
start in the Spring 2008 and will be completed by Summer 2009. Work
on the Austin Centre will start in the Summer 2010, to be finished
in the Summer of 2011
The Austin Centre will be a high quality mixed-use building to
accommodate cultural, community, health and public services. Within
this building will be a Heritage Centre which will provide a
visitor attraction.
The above is taken from the Longbridge Area
Action Plan.
As soon as there
are any further details, I will let you know.
John (Webmaster)
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Longbridge Heritage and Learning Centre
(Actual
Name to be decided)
A committee has
been set up under the umbrella of the Federation of Austin Clubs to
support the idea of creating a 'Heritage' Centre on the
Longbridge site.
The purpose is
to channel the feelings and aspirations of people who wish to see a
permanent place, where current and future generations can exhibits,
artefacts and visual presentations telling the story of 'The
Austin'.
The developer St Modwen has been most helpful in allowing Gillian
Bardsley, the BMIHT Archivist from Gaydon, along with Colin Corke
and myself, John (Webmaster) to take pictures and
video. They have also made it possible for BMIHT
to rescue any remaining documents and artefacts from the
site prior to the demolition and part occupation of the site
by the Nanjing Automotive Company (NAC) who now own the MG
marque.
Below
is example of the various signs saved.
Removing
the Conveyer Bridge over the A38
'K'
Gate where it all started
Yes
the Rover & MG signs were saved along with a section of the
famous gate itself. These were kindly donated into the
safekeeping of BMIHT by St Modwen.
So to give the committee a flavour of what the wider interested
parties across the world would like to see.
Please take the trouble to respond, by contacting me via
this Link,
as we wish to have a Centre that attracts widespread support
and is therefore able to be self financing for many
years.