{"id":15513,"date":"2024-04-01T02:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T02:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=15513"},"modified":"2024-03-31T21:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T21:05:41","slug":"rattlechain-lagoon-floating-migrant-motel-plans-lodged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=15513","title":{"rendered":"Rattlechain lagoon floating migrant motel- plans lodged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was today revealed that a new floating migrant motel would be situated at a troubled landfill site in Tividale.<\/p>\n<p>Plans submitted by Jersey registered Swinger Homes Limited to Sandwell Council would see a barge known affectionately as <strong>&#8220;The Babby Copenhagen&#8221;<\/strong> erected at the toxic waste lagoon owned by Rhodia UK Limited. The pink hull clad motel would have 100 rooms with en-suite bathrooms, and would also include two shisha lounges, prayer rooms, a fully equipped spa and manicure complex, heated indoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a mini golf course. There would be parking spaces for 20 camels and five goats and the scheme would create 40 jobs .<\/p>\n<p>Speaking today, West Midland&#8217;s Mayor Andy Street welcomed the plans as being &#8220;vital to the cultural enrichment of the Tividale and Tipton areas&#8221;. He said &#8220;these inclusive plans using Garden City principles are another example of using brownfield land first to protect our precious green belt, and it helps contribute to the Government&#8217;s aim of moving migrants around the country to ease pressure on the South of England.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Rhodia commented &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that local people would welcome this application with open arms.&#8221; In a report to the council&#8217;s planning committee the officer&#8217;s report states, <strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a crap site for residential, but who else would want to live here?&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An artist impression of how the floating motel would look at the lagoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15588\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2009_0507rhodia0023-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15516\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/boundforbabby.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15516\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15516\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/boundforbabby-300x149.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/boundforbabby-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/boundforbabby.png 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Bound for Babby<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was today revealed that a new floating migrant motel would be situated at a troubled landfill site in Tividale. Plans submitted by Jersey registered Swinger Homes Limited to Sandwell Council would see a barge known affectionately as &#8220;The Babby &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=15513\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15513"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15946,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15513\/revisions\/15946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}