Two developers were recently given permission for the development of some 1200 houses on Dog Kennel Lane, Solihull, This is within Blythe ward. I have provided links to the planning application below (also my original 2019 petition objecting to the site being in the councils local plan!) The site navigated the Planning Inspectors ‘Examination in … More Section 106 Funding from Developments
Planning application PL/2025/02393/PPFL relates to the above and asks to change number 19, Rowthorn Drove, Monkspath, Solihull to become a children’s home. I have copied the below text from the planning statement submitted by the applicants: The proposed home will accommodate two children. The property, a four-bedroom house with all bedrooms on first floor as … More Planning application – change of use to Conversion of house (C3) into children’s home (C2).
Petition to object link shown in the text. Fellow ward Councillor Keith Green and I met with the promoters of this site a couple of weeks ago and we can now inform residents that a formal planning application has been submitted. PL/2025/02373/PPOL refers to: Outline development for residential development of up to 120 dwellings, open space, landscaping, … More LAND EAST OF JOSEPH HOUSE, STRATFORD ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL
Taylor Wimpey (developers) are consulting on proposals for some 120 new homes on ‘Land East of Joseph House, Stratford Road’. Full details about their proposals can be found via their dedicated website, where you can also have ‘your say’: http://www.tw-stratfordroad.co.uk This site accompanies the developments off Dog Kennel Lane that received outline planning permission last … More LAND EAST OF JOSPEH HOUSE – STRATFORD ROAD, SOLIHULL
Blythe ward councillors, Keith Green and Ken Hawkins have requested Solihull Planners to examine how trees and hedges on green belt land can be protected from destruction by developers who may wish to circumnavigate planning niceties. In a letter to Mark Andrews, Solihull’s Head of Planning Design and Engagement, they refer to an incident a … More PROTECTION OF OUR TREES AND HEDGEROWS:
Town Centre: The regeneration of the town centre is moving forwards. Already the council is undertaking essential maintenance of the Popular Road car park (the one we used to know as the M&S car park). The works will be finished before the end of November, with some levels open before then. The works have been … More NEW WARD – MONTHLY REPORT
The regeneration of the town centre moves on at pace. The full planning application submitted by the council’s development partners, Muse, can be found on the council’s planning portal and the application is likely to go before planning committee in the next few months. I have provided a link here: The development will breathe new … More Solihull – Town Centre update:
I have mentioned previously my plea for the NHS to seek more substantial sums to address the extra demand in primary and secondary care that will arise through more development. One big complaint from existing residents is that, if its difficult to get a doctor’s appointment now, then what will it be like when we … More NHS S106 SUBMISSIONS – Blythe ward sites
I thought this may be useful for residents to know more about. Anyone can object to a planning application, it does help if the objector has connections with the site concerned. We have seen petitions signed by people objecting to applications in the ward who live abroad! To start with, there has to be a … More OBJECTING TO PLANNING/DEVELOPMENTS
Another sizeable proposal within the 330+ submissions in the councils ‘call for sites’ is land we know as Fulford Green. This has been submitted before and was not included in the now withdrawn local plan. Then, proposal looked for 1800+ homes. It seems the developers. Summix, are now looking for 850 homes and press reports … More Land At Fulford Hall Road, Earlswood – Call for Sites
Ken Hawkins 