National deafblind charity Sense has been given the go ahead to build a major new £14 million community centre in Selly Oak.

The new Touchbase centre, to be built at The Dingle in Bristol Road and first unveiled in 2013, will provide both services for the disabled and facilities for the wider community.

To be built this year and opened in 2016, it will also create about 130 new jobs in addition to a further 100 roles relocating from other Sense facilities in the region.

Birmingham's planning committee voted unanimously to approve the centre which will include places for art and fitness sessions, a designated family and children's area, nursery and café.

It will also support Birmingham City Council's social care department in providing specialist services for those with multiple disabilities.

Committee member Peter Griffiths (Lab Kings Norton) said: "This is a fine example of a voluntary agency working with the city council. I'm very much in favour of it."

Commenting on the planning application last month, Sense chief executive Gillian Morbey said: "One of the biggest and most ambitious fund-raising schemes we are developing at the moment is Touchbase Birmingham which will be a new pioneering centre for disabled people and the wider community.

"It is based in Selly Oak but with a wider reach across Birmingham. It is our vision that people with disabilities engage and enjoy life with able bodied people and the communities in which they live in.

"Construction of the building will commence in 2015, with the creation of up to 130 jobs, helping to support the regeneration of the local area. It will open in late 2016."

Selly Oak councillor Karen McCarthy said: "It is great news that Sense's planning application for the Dingle site has been approved. This will be a real asset for Selly Oak."

The development comes at a time of major regeneration in Selly Oak with decontamination work under way at the Battery Park site ready for the construction of a new Sainsbury's store and life sciences business park.