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An investigation is underway after it emerged the iconic Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium was demolished without all the proper permissions.

During the last month, bulldozers have reduced the historic racetrack to rubble - ending nearly 100 years of racing and speedway in the city.

The A34 Walsall Road site, opposite One Stop Shopping Centre, is earmarked for a development of 400 new homes.

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But now Perry Barr councillor Jon Hunt has discovered not all the formalities were completed and approved by Birmingham City Council before the bulldozers moved in.

In a reply to a question posed by the councillor, the council said its legal and property team had launched an

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