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Dudley No. 2 Canal Feasibility of Restoring a 220-Year-Old Birmingham Canal from Selly Oak to California Dudley No. 2 Canal Feasibility of Restoring a 220-year-old Birmingham Canal from Selly Oak to California This Study was mainly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Lapal Canal Trust has also received grants and donations from the Headley Trust, the GJW Turner Trust, Henry James Sayer Charity, Worcester Birmingham & Droitwich Canal Society, Inland Waterways Association, and members of the Lapal Canal Trust. (Extracts from Lapal Canal Trust Facebook page www.Facebook.com/lapalcanaltrust and www.lapal.org have been added to this report) 2 Contents 1. Introduction and Summary ........................................................................................................ 5 2. Restoration Proposals ................................................................................................................. 7 3. Engineering and Costs ............................................................................................................... 16 4. Habitat ....................................................................................................................................... 22 5. Policy Review ............................................................................................................................. 22 6. Funding ...................................................................................................................................... 23 7. Social and Economic Benefits ................................................................................................... 26 8. Economic and Social benefits of Canal Restoration ............................................................... 28 9. Costs and Forecast Local Economic Benefits .................................................................... 39 10.Conclusions ..................................................................................................................... 43 Appendices 1. Report on laser mapping in Selly Oak Park – Ken Pearson, Axon Laser Scanning ........................... 49 2. Topographical Report – Based on information provided by Midland Surveys ............................... 53 3. Report on Linking Paths – Prepared by Lapal Canal Trust ............................................................. 57 4. Proposal for Marina at California – Prepared by Lapal Canal Trust................................................ 61 5. Birmingham City Council Pre-Planning Application Advice – Ben Plenty, Planning Officer, Birmingham City Council .............................................................................................................. 65 6. Summary of Ground Condition Desk Study – Main Report by Bob Manders of Acivico ................. 69 7. Planning Policy Review – Jenny Smith, Moss Naylor Young .......................................................... 91 8. Habitat – Victoria Hillman, Moss Naylor Young .......................................................................... 101 9. Archaeological Report – Alex Jones, AJ Archaeology................................................................... 107 10. Plans ......................................................................................................................................... 130 The Lapal Canal Trust is a registered charity (No 1013845) and non-profit limited company (Reg No 2721675) established in 1990 to restore the closed section of the Dudley No 2 Canal. It works very closely with the four other local canal societies, , Birmingham Canal Navigation Society, Worcester Birmingham & Droitwich Canal Society, Coombswood Canal Trust, and the local branch of the Inland Waterways Association. It also works with other local community groups and has wide support 3 4 1. Introduction and Summary This eport as ommissioned y th Lapal anal Trust o vis on h feasibility d ost f restoring h Dudley o. 2 anal etween arborn Road nd arnes ill (California) The port presents o local uthorities, blic n ivate bodies, nding gencies n other interested parties h valu of estoration, d hus contains range o tudies f ignificance to e project. Th proposed estoration resented n his eport raws ogether roposals dentified in various tudies. n ocuses he lengt anal scribed. The Atkins eport f recommended not o eopen he unnel, o e locks o ake the canal ver he ll through Woodgat Valley rk, his ould llow any more people o benefit rom h canal. he decision to use he oute hroug the rk makes ssible the proposal o il he marina so nin metres igher han h historic canal level The report reviews he engineering nd ost of storing ive identifiable ections. he restoration is easible and h valu of h social enefits o he community s reater han he cost; he estoration ce ompleted ill e elf-financing it future aintenance cost covered y nco fro boat orings. Many eople woul nefit om the canal. uc s residents, outh roups, edestrians d alkers, cyclists, nglers nd oaters, There are no bitat ssues ignificant pportunities or nvironmental nhancement from the creatio il life orridor, reintroducing the many pecies und long canal oute. Thus reating n rea he ocal ommunity an njoy d av a tak in. he urrent abitat s largely nmanaged d of oor uality, t s egraded hrough ant of beneficial se, d ends ing trangled undergrowt nd y-tipping. Th restoration f h Dudley o anal provides significant umber f pportunities o t th objectives dentified ithin h policy ramework et y h Birmingh Develop Plan. A restored canal would meet the Plan’s aims to restore heritage features, omething hich ill b secured hrough evelop proposals her appropriate. ith ll his n ind it an e concluded hat he planning licy ramework or restoratio o he Dudley o 2 anal is ghly favourable, pecially h local lanning uthority vel. The study dentifies tential ources unds and th Lapal anal rust as also commissioned specialist onsultant o vis on funding. aving eceived h best ossibl advice, h Trust is el ositioned o raise the funds needed, but learly ill e a difficult nd ime-consuming task. This tudy onsiders he wider ocial n conomic nefits n xplains ow he restored canal ill oost he local conomy providing ew stinations n lping o nhance he Weoley astl sit as tourist estination. Generally, he use of anals creasing ith ore boats ing ilt registered. 5 The stud which includes a detailed review of the canal’s history recommends the use of numerous interretation oards to exlain the local history and the industrial heritage of the canal which has shaed elly a. he study also recommends the rovision of a shared surface towath suitable for all users including wheelchairs, with seating enches rovided at reasonabl regular intervals. Canal restoration can help facilitate a wide variety of enefits to their local areas including: • facilitating housing growth and renewal - by unlocking land due to increased roerty values associated with waterfronts. • providing options for sustainable transport - towpaths, well designed or suitably adapted, roviding ecellent off-road walking and cycle routes. • placemaing, lace-shaing and ecoming a catalyst for urban renaissance - canals can add to local character and distinctieness and instigate investment. • stimulating and the visitor econom, sustainale tourism and recreation - by improving the attractiveness of an area, e a draw in themselves and helping to link attractions. • Imroving health and well-eing - by roviding attractive locations for eercise and an environment that is conductive to reducing stress. • Mitigating the imact of climate change - through caron reductionsin, drainage and flood management and imroving iodiversity and environmental sustainaility. The conclusions of this feasiility stud may e found on p43/ , and a summary of lanning implications on p65, which together with the various illustrations form the essence of the currentl roposed roject. 6 2. Restoration Proposals. The length of canal descried in this report forms the eastern end of the original udley o.2 Canal, which was still in use until the 1930s, after the rest of the canal ceased working due to the collapse of the Lapal Tunnel in 917. his lon tunnel had linked it to alesowen, udley and the Black ountry since 1798. he route can e divided into stages, from orcester iringham canal to Harborne ane Bridge, crossin Selly a ark, thence to Bottetourt Road, Bottetourt oad to the east end of the proposed arina and then the arina itself. The route through attery ark, elly a was within a disused ndustrial area, inaccessible and unavailale. his was unfortunate as this is the first length from the orcester and irminham Canal and thus searated the largely unobstructed length etween elly a ark and Weoley Castle fro the ain canal syste However the developent of the elly a hopping ark has cleared the ath for the canal, thus allowing elly a ark to e reconnected to the canal syste he route through the elly a hopping ark required the developer to leave the corridor clear and to undertae basic reparatory works as art of the developent thus whilst the waterway has not een reinstated the canal can e recreated without the need to alter the new developent The canal route fro elly a to the aal Tunnel entrance is filled in but enerally unobstructed. he study is art of an overall schee promoted by the aal anal Trust for restoration from the Worcester and iringha Canal at elly a to the Dudley o.2 anal at awne Basin, Halesowen (This is covered y the tkins Feasiility Study) oth ends are art of the “Birmingham level” of canal as was the entire Dudley No 2 Canal when it was opened in 798 The canal once passed through a two-ile
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