Councillor at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Blogging about issues in Blythe Ward (Monkspath, Cheswick Green, Dickens Heath and Tidbury Green) and Solihull.
I recently attended a briefing by council officers in respect of an idea to establish two ‘Soups’ in Solihull; one in north and one in the south of the borough. The project follows on from Detroit Soup, ‘A monthly dinner funding micro grants for creative projects in the community’. More can be found on their … More DICKENS HEATH SOUP?
Following on from the event held on August bank Holiday Sunday things have moved on apace. I was unaware until a day or so afterwards that BBC Midlands ‘Inside Out’ team were actually on site filming the gathering. They confirmed as many as 1,000 young people were in attendance with between 500 and 700 vehicles. … More TESCO CAR PARK – RACERS/CAR ENTHUSIASTS MEETS UP-DATE
Thankfully I feel the weather may have put paid to a larger turn out but there were several hundred young people congregated on Tesco’s car park yesterday evening, from about 7.30pm. Those attending said there were about 2,000 but I thought it more like 1,000. However, the noise and associated problems caused annoyance to local … More STREET RACERS MEET-UP – TESCO’S
Last Thursday, 6 August a small team comprising of a member of staff from Tesco, two from Notcutts, four from Solihull Council, myself and ward action team member Alex Insley, cleared litter from the footpath to the rear of the stores by the petrol station. This is a continual eyesore, with lots of debris coming … More Community Litter Pick, Monkspath
Developers have held talks with Council officers and Ward members about proposals for Blythe Valley. Part of the site is shown in the Local Development Plan for housing development and its new owners, IM Properties, have instructed planners, Turley and Co, to work up some specifications. An outline planning application is still to be submitted … More BLYTHE VALLEY MASTER PLAN
At last Tuesdays Full Council (14th) I presented the petition, signed by 99 residents, calling for better screening of the new buildings in Monkspath Hall Road/Highlands Road (please see previous post dated 15 May). I will follow this action up and demand more trees and shrubs to help screen these new buildings from visitors to … More ANOTHER PETITION PRESENETD TO COUNCIL
Please find posted the latest monthly Neighbourhood Report (from police, council and partners). It shows the work being undertaken in the Rural sector, which includes Blythe Ward. Information includes an event at Solihull Arts Complex in September about Broadband in the region. If you have issues and want to know more please pop along. There is … More NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT – JULY 2015
On Tuesday 14 July I presented to Solihull Council the petition, then signed by 277 people, seeking action by the Council, Police and Tesco’s/Notcutts to stop the congregation of vehicles which leads to anti-social behaviour (the image shows myself and ward action team member and Monkspath resident, Alex Insley, with the petition on the car … More Boy Racers – another update
Residents near to the Tescos and Notcutts car park have endured a lot of hassle from cars and motor bikes using the car park at weekends for a meeting place and for some of their owners to use the Stratford Road and car park as some sort of race track. This last Bank Holiday weekend … More Street Racers – Stratford Road, Monkspath
SMBC Highway works planned programme for this financial year (2015-16) has been published and I have posted the document here: Programmes For roads in Blythe ward the relevant pages are:CWay Micro and FWay Slurry Seal (via the tabs at the foot of the spread sheet). The roads identified are seen as being a priority and … More Highway Works Programme 2015
Ken Hawkins 