This is situated within the libary at Dickens Heath and is a concept supported by the by the West Midlands Combined Authority and SMBC. More information can be found by visiting: https://www.yourworkhub.co.uk There are two Open Days this week; Thursday 5th and Friday 6th January. If this might meet your needs why not pop down … More DICKENS HEATH – WORK HUB:
Looking for some great magazines to help with your resolutions to get fit and eat healthy? Just by having a Solihull Library card we can have access to hundreds of titles (I have posted screenshots of some). No Library card? Just drop into any of our libraries to enrol and also see what other services … More FREE E MAGAZINES FROM SOLIHULL LIBRARIES
A9 BUS SERVICE – Confirmation: This really good news and confirmation of the great work undertaken by TfWM in providing a new service through the borough. It will be an hourly service from BVP to Solihull Town-centre, then onto Olton, Yardley and Kingshurst. The route goes along Cheswick Way and Monkspath Hall Road, thereby providing … More
Being the victim of crime is not nice and I know what its like to have your house burgled; ironic as I was at Crown Court on the morning of the break-in, giving evidence (as a police officer). I was though content to be able to arrest the shite a few weeks later when catching … More CRIME PREVENTION – WMP Handbook
A report before next week’s Joint Scrutiny Board meeting, Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Board – includes an Update on access to Primary Care and the Reprovision of Services at Solihull Hospital . This is good news and confirms the reinstatement of a Minor Injuries Unit at Solihull Hospital. Below are some of the … More SOLIHULL MIU Update:
Taylor Wimpey is consulting on a proposed development they will be submitting a planning application for. Hares Croft is the name of the development and is on land off Dog Kennel Lane. The proposals are for 732 new homes. There is also provision for a two-form entry primary school, as well as village centre. I … More HARES CROFT DEVELOPMENT – DOG KENNEL LANE
A report before the joint Birmingham and Solihull Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week mentions some promising news about the reprovision of a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) and Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Solihull Hospital. The trust accepts the strength of feeling in Solihull regarding the urgent care services that are currently available to … More University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) commit to reprovision of the MIU and UTC at Solihull Hospital.
A cracking investment for Dickens Heath in particular as Dickens Heath residents now has access to a high-spec flexible-use office space right on their doorstep. As part of an innovative six-month trial, Solihull Council has teamed up with Third Space Solutions to transform the vacant first floor of Dickens Heath Library into a flexible new … More Cutting the commute – Council trials new flexible workspace in the centre of Dickens Heath
The local authority has a statutory duty to plan for housing in its area. The last time Local Development Plan (LDP) was submitted was in 2013. A new, draft, plan, was submitted to the planning inspectorate last year and this was subjected to detailed examination in public. The submitted plan can be read here: Solihull … More Local Development Plan – update
Planning reference PL/2022/01866/PPFL relates to the ‘Demolition of existing outbuildings, erection of 9 No. detached dwelling houses, formation of pedestrian access point onto Dickens Heath Road, and associated works’ at Wharf Farm, 123 Dickens Heath Road, Dickens Heath, Solihull B90 1QG. You can access the full range of documents on the council’s planning portal via this … More Wharf Farm, Dickens Heath – Planning Application.
