So the casual reader can get an idea about the issue I have created another video, this one when walking my dog (Millie) around the area concerned. I reiterate again, this is not about saying ‘No’ to any commercial development, it is about balance and location. Whatever happens when the planning application goes before the … More More on Hillfield Local Nature Reserve
As you will read from the previous posts (4th and 6th June) , the history of the site shows land was designated for commercial/business use from 1979. At yesterday evenings planning committee members deferred a decisions on the application for a change of use, from (essentially) warehouse and distribution, to allow industrial use. I have created … More Solihull Business Park, Monkspath Hall Rd/Highlands Rd
Thornton Road, Frankholmes Drive and part of Monkspath Hall Road were subject to a bit of patching of the road surface yesterday. This was undertaken by Ringway, the former highways maintenance partners of SMBC. They had resurfaced Frankholmes Drive and Thornton Road just over 18 months ago (on a wet and cold November day) and … More Monkspath Hall Rd at Thornton Road – Road resurfacing?
I was walking along the brook, running from the lake towards Highlands Road the other day. I had noticed a reduced flow of water and came across some sort of dam. I think this is ‘man made’ and not the result of otters, especially as some metal fencing (as used by the developers on the … More Hillfield Local Nature Reserve, Monkspath
Application No. 2014/667 relates to an application to vary conditions, to allow the owners of the premises to conduct industrial use on the site, specifically to allow b2 (general industrial) and b8 (storage and distribution) on plot 3. The full application and associated documents can be found via the council’s planning portal via this link: … More Planning Application – Solihull Business Park
Please find posted the latest monthly newsletter from the Rural neighbourhood team – including most of the Meriden sector. Newsletter May 2014 Of note in this months report is information on an arrest for car crime in Dickens Heath – and the subsequent reduction in reported offences; Solihull’s Food Team testing at take-a-ways; the ‘Love Solihull’ … More Neighbourhood Newsletter – May 2014
Please find posted the latest (March) newsletter from the Rural Neighbourhood Team. The report outlines a few issues affecting the whole of the borough, especially scams used by criminals as well as information about thefts from motor vehicles. Newsletter March 2014 Please note, you can meet your local police teams at the following locations: Wednesday … More Neighbourhood Newsletter – March 2014
As a dog lover I get really appalled when encountering dog mess, whether on pavements, roads or parkland. There is really no excuse for dog owners not to pick up any mess; it is so easy to do with plastic bags. I feel self conscious that anyone walking past me and my mutt might believe … More DOG WASTE and BINS
Having shouted out (very loudly) Solihull is such a great place to live (and it is), I am informed of another mass of litter and other debris on the public footpath running from Shelly Lane to Stratford Road. This is an historical footpath, termed in medieval times as the ‘Kings Highway’ (see post from October … More A Bit of Litter on the Kings Highway, Monkspath
My great interest in education drove me to becoming a councillor. I have been a governor at Monkspath Junior & Infants school for some 25 years and being a governor encouraged me to try and make a difference at the next level – some 12 years ago. It comes as no surprise then I sit … More DEMOGRAPHY AND SCHOOL PLACE PLANNING
Ken Hawkins 