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
With other ward councillors I was invited to a briefing regarding Blythe Valley Business Park yesterday morning. Blythe Valley Business Park has been in existence for many years now but it appeared to stagnate a few years before the financial crash and the previous owners of the site (Liberty) published plans to regenerate the area … More BLYTHE VALLEY PARK
I am pleased to show the link to the borough elections held last Thursday 7 May: http://www.solihull.gov.uk/About-the-Council/Voting/electionresults/Local-election-results-2015 Of 7,155 votes cast in Blythe ward I received 5,302, or 74%, with a majority of 4,288. This makes my majority the largest in Solihull Borough, something that only normally happens in wards like St Alphege. I am … More Local Elections Results
Its great to be back doing the real work now the election is over (will post a bit more about that later this weekend). One of the first tasks is to try and right what I think is a wrong. The new buildings on Monkspath hall Road/Highlands Road, known as Solihull Business Park, are said … More HILLFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE – PETITION
Concern has been raised regarding Shelly Farm Community Centre, Monkspath. For those who do not know, it is situated off the main car park in Farmhouse Way, between the school grounds and Shelly Crescent. I can not remember how long the centre has been in existence but my wife, Jan, was on the first committee … More SHELLY FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE, Monkspath
An on-going issue since the aircraft hanger sized buildings have been developed. Readers can read more of previous posts via this link: https://cllrkenhawkins.co.uk/2014/06/04/planning-application-solihull-business-park/ (4 June 2014) and https://cllrkenhawkins.co.uk/2014/08/11/solihull-business-park-Monkspath/ (11 August 2014). These posts show the background to the development. I have left following things up for two reasons; one was because I wanted to see … More SOLIHULL BUSINESS PARK/HILLFIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE
We near the time when lots of people will be saying what they will do for this and that and people I know have convinced me it is appropriate to evidence WHAT I ACTUALLY do, especially for school governing, and highlight how we all can do our bit. Candidates sometimes talk about being passionate about education. … More Being a School Governor and Volunteering
Following the formal consultation into the proposals for parking restrictions in Shelly Lane and Hay Lane, officers have collated responses and have reported to ward councillors as shown in the table below: Representation Officer Response General A letter was received from Monkspath School which detailed their recent plan to install an additional access onto Shelly … More SHELLY CRESCENT/HAY LANE – parking restrictions.
Ken Hawkins 