Dept of Environment and Rural Affairs: Local authority collected waste management – annual results 2022/23 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) All regions had decreases in their recycling rates, except London (no change). Solihull however saw the proportion of household waste sent for recycling increased last year: The authority with an increase of over 5 percentage points in … More RECYCLING – SOLIHULL
This report is before the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Planning this week (agenda can be found via this link: https://democracy.solihull.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=700&MId=9947 The covering report is shown here: I have posted the Annual Report here; Section 9 outlines – Challenges in Delivering the NZAPLocal government plays an essential role in combatting climate change andreducing greenhouse … More Solihull – Net Zero Action Plan Annual Report 2022/2023
A press relaese from SMBC in realtion to the Local Plan is as follows: After publication of the long-awaited revision to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2023, the Inspectors undertaking the independent examination of the Solihull Local Plan wrote to the Council last month pointing out that the new NPPF has transitional arrangements … More Solihull Local Plan – Update 15 February 2024
The Local Government Boundary Commission has publishd their proposals they will now consult on. These can be found via this link (I have provided shortcuts further along this post): https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/solihull Pretty well most wards are affected, certainly my own ward, Blythe, which is the largest ward in the borough. It has by far the largest … More WARD BOUNDARY CHANGES – SOLIHULL
An update review of school places in Solihull is within a report to the councils Children’s Services, Education & Skills Scrutiny Board on Wednesday next week (17 January). I have posted the link to the report here: https://democracy.solihull.gov.uk/documents/s116314/mainstream%20demography%20v3.pdf With the pdf version found here: Paragraph 3.3 gives a taster: Solihull is currently experiencing a drop … More Mainstream School Demography – Solihull
This is an outline application for the erection of up to 450 dwellings (Class C3), including affordable housing and custom/self-build homes, together with a care or retirement home accommodation on land off Tythe Barn Lane and Tilehouse Lane, Dickens Heath. The land is in the green belt and comprises of farm land, stables and four … More Planning Application – PL/2023/02656/PPOL
This post created to capture images and videos of the flooding that occured in parts of Blythe ward this morning. Images/videos will reflect each disticnt area of the ward. DICKENS HEATH: This community was partivulary affected as all access/egress roads had differebt levels of flooding. I was ubnable to access the village myself but took … More BLYTHE WARD FLOODING
The Council’s Governance Committee will be discussing the proposed ward changes at their meeting next week (Tuesday 19 September). In brief, the changes are necessary because of the sheer difference in the number of electors within each of th 17 wards in the borough. Blythe ward has by far the most electors and this brings … More Local Government Boundary Commission Periodic ElectoralReview of Solihull Borough
The night of Saturday 2 September into the early hours of Sunday 3 September saw a rather large gathering of Boy Racers on Tesco’s car park, Stratford Road, Monkspath. I thought it might be useful to update you about how we might move forwards in addressing the increasing noise from Tesco car park in the … More BOY RACERS RETURN TO BLYTHE WARD
This relates to the wards within SMBC, not the parliamentary boundaries and will have implications for Blythe ward, which is the largest in terms of residents in the borough, substantially more so than most other wards. The Boundary Commission last undertook such work in 2000/02, where Blythe ward was created for the 2004 local election. … More A NEW POLITICAL MAP FOR SOLIHULL MBC?
