(An early information post, with dates for upcoming roadshows to explain the changes in the image below). Residents in Solihull will benefit from a new weekly food waste recycling collection this autumn, helping to turn their waste into renewable energy and fertiliser for local farms. Solihull Council will begin the service for most households from … More New weekly food waste collection coming to Solihull.
Two weeks late posting this but I am very pleased to have been re-elected to serve in (the newly named) St Alphege with Monkspath and Hillfield ward. This was an ‘all up’ election with the first three being elected for between one and four years.
Another piece of excellent news for the town centre is a ‘soon to be’ planning application by ‘Heartwood Collection’ to transform the former Missoula Luna to become ‘The Muddy Fox’ on the High Street, a contemporary ‘pub with rooms’ in the listed building. Solihull Council has announced it has entered an agreement with the award-winning Heartwood … More THE MUDDY FOX COMES TO SOLIHULL TOWN CENTRE
The councils Education Sufficiency Strategy (2025-2028) is to be adopted at the Children and Education Decision Session next week. The full report and appendices can be reached via this link: https://democracy.solihull.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx… The strategy is a rolling one, updated regularly, to take into account the numbers of pupils in our schools and how planning for school … More Solihull Education Sufficiency Strategy
I have cribbed most of this from the Dept of Transport webpage. Network Rail (NR) is proposing to close the railway station at Bordesley, Birmingham, on or after 4 June 2029. NR has developed plans to increase the capacity and connectivity of the Midlands Regional Rail network by providing more services into Birmingham’s Moor Street and … More Bordesley railway station closure
I wish to update you regarding action I promised following the nasty collisions that took place last year. At my cabinet decision session on Tuesday evening I agreed officers’ recommendations for road safety measures on Church Hill Road. It was recommended that both pedestrian crossings on the road should be raised, creating a tabletop to … More Road safety measures on Church Hill Road
This is taken from Dept. of Transport website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport If you can drive a tank in the Army, then why not a train? Lowering the train driver age from 20 to 18 will give younger people the chance to build rewarding careers in the UK railway industry. School leavers will soon be able to become … More All Change! – Doors opened for school leavers to become train drivers
I thought it may help to explain how we maintain our highways in the borough. Each year a report comes to my decision session as Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure. This years report is at my decision session next Tuesday, 10 February and can be found here (Highways Asset Management and Service Priorities 2026/27 … More HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE IN SOLIHULL
A motion was put to Solihull Council yesterday evening about rail services in Solihull. Whilst welcoming the motion I felt it did not reflect the needs for the whole of the borough, which has train lines running through it. I therefore proposed an amendment, as shown below, and am pleased to report it received an … More Restoring Rail Transport Frequency in Solihull
The go-ahead for the redevelopment of Solihull’s town centre is set for approval at its planning committee meeting on Friday 6 February. It is important to recognise at the outset this has only been achieved through the decision we made to purchase Mell Square a few years ago. Different owners in the past 15 years … More SOLIHULL TOWN CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT
Ken Hawkins 