The new service started today. The full time table and route can be accessed via TfWM webpage via: https://legacy.wmnetwork.co.uk/plan-your-journey/find-a-timetable/#/route/cen_390A9_%20_H_y11_1-1 This is a great addition for the borough, especially Blythe ward, whilst some services in the region are being cut or changed. I note bus stops do not have the new service shown on them and … More NEW A9 BUS SERVICE – BVP to Kingshurst
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
Copied from the SMBC news page: Made even more special as I have been a governor at Monkspath J&I School for over 30 years. Green-fingered Year 4 pupils from Monkspath Junior and Infant School planted flowers in Hillfield Park as part of on-going environmental developments in the Solihull borough to support local wildlife. With help … More Green-fingered pupils help with planting at Hillfield Park
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
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
Copied from SMBC news report today: Local residents will soon benefit from some exciting environmental improvements taking place in Tudor Grange Park and Hillfield Park this autumn. Solihull Council’s contractors, Ebsford Environmental, are carrying out extensive pond and brook restoration, bringing positive improvements to the parks’ nature and biodiversity. The work involves coppicing trees, clearing … More Pond and brook restoration at Tudor Grange Park and Hillfield Park
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.
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
This is an update from National Highways and BAM Construction: As you may know, we had taken the decision to temporarily halt our work on the network during the periods up to and immediately after the Commonwealth Games to reduce the potential for additional disruption during a time when traffic was expected to be busier … More Works Update on the M40/M42 Interchange Post-Commonwealth Games
Ken Hawkins 