Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Results Dated 20th November 2018 http://www.theroyaltyharborne.co.uk/ Consultation funded by Birmingham City Council Local Innovation Fund Copyright © 2018 Harborne Royalty Trust Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review Contents Page 1. Introduction and background 2 2. Summary and conclusions 6 3. Consultation Respondent Statistics: 1,180 in total P1 Location 8 P2 Consultation feedback 9 P3 Gender 9 P4 Age groups 10 P5 Do you consider yourself to be disabled as set out in the Equality Act 2010? 11 P6 Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion or belief? 11 4. The Questions Q1 Would you like to see the Royalty restored as community facility? 12 Q2 Which community facilities have you used or visited in Harborne in the past two 12 years? Q3 If the Royalty had a cinema would you use it? 13 Q4 How many times have you been to a cinema in the last 12 months? 14 Q5 Do you think Harborne should have a new live performance venue? 14 Q5a If you said Yes, what sort of live performance would you like to see? 15 Q6 What sort of activities would you like to see at the Royalty? 16 Q7 If you have children or grandchildren, do they attend any after school or weekend 17 activities? Q7a If you selected any of the above, would you like to see these activities at the 17 Royalty? Q8 What facilities would you like to see provided in a restored Royalty? 18 Q9 How would you travel to the Royalty? 19 Q10 Would you like to see the Royalty demolished and rebuilt as apartments? 20 Q11 Do you have any additional comments regarding the design or future use of the 20 proposed facilities? Q12 Do you believe a restored listed building can contribute to the vitality of a High 22 Street? APPENDICIES A HRT Consultation Survey Story Boards 23 B Respondent post code Analysis 26 C Gender Statistics by Age Bands 27 Page 1 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review 1. Introduction and background The Harborne Royalty Trust (“HRT”) was established in 2016 as an unincorporated not for profit organisation. The HRT was established to find ways to save and restore the Royalty, a Grade II listed building located on Harborne High Street. The Royalty was opened on the 20th October 1930 and was designed by the renowned period architect, Horace G Bradley. It contained many Art Deco features which HRT had intended to restore. The aims and objectives of HRT are as follows: To work in partnership to ensure the preservation of the Royalty in Harborne, a Grade II listed building of historical importance and to ensure its ongoing conservation and care for public use; To ensure the advancement of community development by providing a multi-use community building, ensuring urban regeneration and provision of social and community infrastructure for the general public; To ensure the advancement of the arts, culture and heritage by ensuring the provision of mixed-use performance, exhibition, entertainment and community space for the benefit of the general public and local community; To ensure the advancement of the arts, culture and heritage by protecting the unique art deco features of the building, its influence on early cinema design; To undertake any other activities that shall further the attainment of the objectives to ensure the preservation and continued use of the building for the benefit of the public, as decided by the trustees. Page 2 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review The Royalty is owned by True Pearl Ltd, a company we believe is registered in Mauritius. HRT has tried, on a number of occasions, to engage with the owner to discuss future plans for the Royalty but to date nothing tangible has been forthcoming. Following the establishing of the HRT it became clear that the Royalty is a much-loved building by the local community and plans for a public consultation were taken to Birmingham City Council who kindly agreed to fund it via a Local Innovation Fund (“LIF”) grant of £5,000. This grant enabled HRT to work with an architect to generate display boards which were used at several public consultation events in Harborne. The LIF has also enabled HRT to engage with Birmingham University to begin a heritage project which will form a historical record of the life of the Royalty. In addition, HRT has engaged with Birmingham City Council Planning Department who have been supportive of HRT plans regarding planning proposals. The public consultation process was launched on Tuesday 11th September 2018 and a number of local events were held as follows: Saturday 15th September: The Harborne Club Sunday 16th September: Moor Pool Hall Saturday 22nd September: St Peter’s Church Hall Friday 28th September: Café Nero, Harborne High Street Sunday 30th September: Harborne Primary School Saturday 6th October: Quinborne Community Centre Consultation event at Moor Pool Hall Page 3 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review In addition, Trustees undertook consultations on Harborne High Street on Farmers Market days and at the Harborne Carnival. The Fires: In fact, there have been two fires, one in 2016 which caused minor damage having been caught early and one on Wednesday 19th September which caused major damage to the infrastructure. This fire has been widely reported by the BBC, Birmingham TV and most of the local radio stations and newspapers. As of today’s date, HRT is still of the understanding that the fire was started “under suspicious circumstances”. Picture courtesy of the Birmingham Mail Picture courtesy of ITV.com Page 4 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review Picture courtesy of the Birmingham Mail HRT decided to complete the public consultation despite the devastating fire, such was the support and public outpouring following the fire. It is inevitable that the consultation period could have been extended and drawn in many more responses however, HRT took the decision to close it on the original expected date Monday 22nd October 2018 to enable a comprehensive survey to be provided to interested parties. HRT is grateful to the 1,180 respondents who spent time to complete the survey and of course to Birmingham City Council for arranging the Local Innovation Fund grant which enabled this consultation. HRT would also like to thank Miller Kendrick, RIBA Chartered Architects and Crendon Insurance Brokers Limited for their help and support. Page 5 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review 2. Summary and conclusions Over the short consultation period of just over five weeks, 14th September 2018 to 23rd October 2018, HRT received 1,180 valid responses. Set out below is a summary of key consultation results: Q1. Would you like to see the Royalty restored as community facility? Q3. If the Royalty had a cinema would you use it? Yes 9% No 3% Maybe 88% Page 6 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review Q5. Do you think Harborne should have a new live performance venue? Yes No 19% Maybe 6% 75% Q10. Would you like to see the Royalty demolished and rebuilt as apartments? 2% Yes 3% No Maybe 95% Q12. Do you believe a restored listed building can contribute to the vitality of a High Street? Yes 2% 5% No Maybe 93% Page 7 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review 3. Consultation Respondent Statistics: 1,180 in total P1. Location of respondents We asked respondents to identify their location by asking for a valid post code. The results can be summarised as follows: Number Percentage Harborne (B17) 745 63.1% Local environs 350 29.7% Subtotal (1) 1,120 92.8% Wider Birmingham 67 5.7% Subtotal (2) 1,162 98.5% Other 18 1.5% Total 1,180 100.00% These results prove that there is a significant local interest in future plans for the Royalty. HRT decided to launch the consultation on a local basis as it is highly likely that these are the people who will use a restored and revitalised community hub. Further details of respondent post codes are set out at Appendix B. Page 8 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review P2. Consultation feedback We asked all respondents the question “Would you like to receive updates about the development of our proposal and future engagement activities?” Out of a total 1,180 responses 809 (68.6%) have given consent to be contacted by HRT with updates on progress. Would you like to receive updates about the Responses = 1180 development of our proposal and future engagement Yes 809 68.6% No 371 31.4% P3. Gender We asked respondents to disclose their gender and the results were as follows: Q1. Gender Responses = 1180 Male 306 25.9% Female 858 72.7% Prefer not to say 16 1.4% Page 9 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review P4. Age Groups We asked respondents to disclose their age within age bands as follows: Q2. Age groups Responses = 1180 0 - 15 2 0.20% 16-24 67 5.70% 25-34 266 22.50% 35-49 466 39.50% 50-59 185 15.70% 60-64 84 7.10% 65-74 91 7.70% 75-84 19 1.60% The above statistics yield a bar chart as follows: Q2. Age Groups 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 - 0 - 15 16-24 25-34 35-49 50-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 A further analysis of disclosed gender by age group is set out in Appendix C. Page 10 of 27 Harborne Royalty Trust Public Consultation Review P5.