Neighbours fear noise from children at Legoland centre
RESIDENTS of a Birmingham city centre apartment block have complained their lives could be made a misery by the sound of happy groups of children at a planned Legoland.
The city council’s planning department received just two objections to plans for a new Legoland Discovery Centre at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham city centre.
And one is an objection from representatives of residents of the Symphony Court complex across the canal in Brindleyplace worried about the noise from children playing.
A report to the planning committee, which is due to meet today (Thursday), to decide the application, states: “Objection from the managing agents for the blocks of apartments known as Symphony Court, Brindley Place, on the grounds of noise nuisance for large groups of children at the site and the impact from any potential advertisement signage.”
The second objection is from an unnamed individual resident echoing those complaints.
According to the planning application, the Lego attraction’s owner, Merlin, estimates that at the busiest times of year up to 2,500 children will attend for an average two-hour visit during its opening hours from 10am to 6pm.
Planning officers have dismissed the complaints, pointing out that up to 15,800 people can file in and out of the main arena, formerly the NIA, at the same time for a concert or show late at night.
The plans for Legoland Discovery Centre are expected to be approved.