Following a few complaints and comments on local Facebook sites it was my intention to write up another piece about recycling on my website. I then found that at Solihull’s Annual Council in May I was appointed Cabinet Member with responsibility for Environment, Housing and Regeneration. This includes waste and recycling. Solihull Council’s website has … More RECYCLING IN SOLIHULL
Solihull’s Local Development Plan 2013, which planned for development in the borough up to 2023 can be accessed here: http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Portals/0/Planning/LDF/Local_Plan_Final.pdf We now find ourselves planning for 2028 and beyond and this comes under the heading of Local Plan Review. More details about this can be found on the councils website: http://www.solihull.gov.uk/lpr Earlier this year there … More Solihull – Local Plan Review
Quite a bit of mess was left in Hillfield Park and Local Nature Reserve yesterday by school leavers. I am informed some Alderbrook School pupils broke up after exams yesterday so residents are quite naturally pointing fingers at them. I have taken a few photographs and put together a grainy video (to music ‘A Walk In … More HILLFIELD PARK – MESS LEFT BY SCHOOL LEAVERS
Please find posted the latest newsletter for the Rural Area of Solihull, which includes Blyth Ward. Some good results shown by partner agencies, especially regarding off road bikes. Newsletter May 2016
Following on from the previous post (dated 24 April) I have been in contact with Solihull Council’s environment officers who have reported back: ‘The incident was reported to the Environment Agency on Friday . I have just spoken to a representative from the Agency who has inspected the stream & lake. His opinion is that the … More HILLFIELD PARK LAKE – UPDATE
I walked Millie around the lake at Hillfields Park the other day and was alarmed at the black sludge that appears to have come from an outlet from a commercial property on Monkspath Business Park. I took the videos shown below: There was no way Millie (my dog) was going into the water. … More HILLFIELD PARK LAKE – Pollution?
Following a review of anti-travellers measures within the borough’s Parks & Open Spaces it was noticed that a number of the wooden posts placed around the edges of Hillfield Park were rotten. Work has been scheduled to replace the current wooden posts with grass mounding ( as the mounding currently placed along the Monkspath Hall … More HILLFIELD PARK & NATURE RESERVE
Please find posted the February monthly newsletter for the Meriden area; includes all wards within the Meriden Constituency: Newsletter February 2016 final version
The resurfacing of pavements in Monkspath has been widely welcomed as the former hopscotch effect (as a result of utility works) have been covered over by the technique known as ‘slurry surfacing’. However, I have identified a few problems whilst walking my dog, especially around the Stapenhall Road area (but not just confined to there). … More PAVEMENT RESURFACING, Monkspath
The nature reserve is within the boundaries of three Solihull wards; Blythe, St Alphege and Shirley South. As the photographs show there is a bit of a problem with drainage. This is usual in winter because of the amount of clay the park is built on. However, the rains of this winter has caused extra … More HILLFIELD PARK, MONKSPATH
Ken Hawkins 