At last Tuesdays Full Council (14th) I presented the petition, signed by 99 residents, calling for better screening of the new buildings in Monkspath Hall Road/Highlands Road (please see previous post dated 15 May). I will follow this action up and demand more trees and shrubs to help screen these new buildings from visitors to … More ANOTHER PETITION PRESENETD TO COUNCIL
Please find posted the latest monthly Neighbourhood Report (from police, council and partners). It shows the work being undertaken in the Rural sector, which includes Blythe Ward. Information includes an event at Solihull Arts Complex in September about Broadband in the region. If you have issues and want to know more please pop along. There is … More NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT – JULY 2015
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
Ken Hawkins 