Decision over plan for historic hall is delayed

A RUMPUS over whether Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel should be allowed to have a marquee in its grounds will be dealt with at a later date.
The Chester Road venue had recently applied for retrospective planning permission for the structure, designed for weddings and larger functions.
The plans were due to be considered by Solihull's planning committee earlier this week but were withdrawn by the hotel at the eleventh hour.
This follows concerns from organisations including Historic England and the National Trust about the impact on one of the borough's oldest buildings.
With the council's conservation experts also unhappy and planners set to refuse permission, the application was pulled and a fresh one is due to be submitted in the coming weeks.
In the report which would have been considered by councillors, there were concerns that the plans were out of keeping with the Grade I-listed Hall, which sits inside the area's wider conservation area.
Although the hotel business, which opened in 2011, had argued that hosting large events would help offset the significant costs of maintaining the historic building.

Castle Bromwich Hall: The Jacobean mansion dates to the 1500s and has had a long and colourful history. It fell into decline following the Second World War and underwent extensive renovations when it was bought by its current owner around a decade ago. The hotel officially opened its doors several years back.