A canalside music pub in Birmingham which has been under threat of demolition will discover its fate next week.
Developers have been eyeing the site of the The Flapper, on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal near Arena Birmingham, for several years as a place to build new apartments.
After originally lodging plans in late 2017 to build 66 apartments, the project went back to the drawing board after being withdrawn in summer 2018 only to return in May with revised designs for 27 units.
The scheme would also include storage for 27 bicycles, a £30,000 refurbishment of a listed crane outside and electricity provision for canal boat moorings.
Members of Birmingham City Council's planning committee will meet next Thursday to discuss the application which has been recommended for approval by the authority's officers.
Stratford-based development team Baskerville Wharf and Whitehorse Estate have owned the site since 2010 but the pub has remained open throughout as they worked up their plans.
Public support for The Flapper has gained increasing momentum in recent years, with a petition calling for it to be saved receiving more than 12,500 signatures.
There were also 480 letters against the previous scheme and a further 222 opposing this latest incarnation of the proposals.
Developers have pointed to the fact there are other canalside pubs in the area such as the Malt House, Tap and Spile and Canal House.
A report prepared ahead of the committee meeting said: "The scheme has generated significant local opposition and there is clearly substantial support for the Flapper, not only as a local community facility but also a live music venue for the wider area.
"Redevelopment of this site would lead to the loss of a canalside public house and small-scale live music which operates as a viable business.
"However, given that there are a number of alternative bars, I do not consider that loss of The Flapper would significantly diminish the diversity of offer within the city centre or people's day-to-day needs."
