I received this email from one of the councils ecology officers today – some brilliants news about Orchids, some of them rare to our area. ” I am pleased to say that as a result of the annual management undertaken by the conservation volunteers the floristic diversity at the LNR is increasing. There were in … More HILLFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE, MONKSPATH
This post is a follow-up to the a post dated 3 February 2016 (see https://cllrkenhawkins.co.uk/2016/02/03/school-place-planning-in-blythe-ward/ ). That post was to outline school place planning within the ward as a result of planning applications, especially the recent application by IM Properties to develop Blythe valley Park. A short while ago Cllr Alex Insley and I had … More SCHOOL PLACE PLANNING – Blythe Ward
Together with councillors from neighbouring wards and planning committee members with Solihull Council I received on Friday a brochure from Applegreen who intend a proposal to build a new motorway service station adjacent to Junction 4 of the M42. We councillors have been invited to a briefing session they intend to hold next week in … More PROPOSAL FOR NEW MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA –
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?
Not a usual post for me but a discussion, occurring on another social media platform, (twitter) made me feel I can add value to. Here, television presenter Nick Knowles was mentioning how we should value the police and the job they do. One issue is the confrontation police have to deal with and I have heard … More How would Dixon of Dock Green cope today?
Funding Background In June 2013, the government announced the Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) Grant in Aid (GiA) national funding available for Spending Review 2013 (SR13). In a change to previous annual arrangements, a 6 year funding commitment was given by DEFRA. The agreed funding for flood defences in 2015/16 was identified as £370m, … More Flood Defence Grant in Aid Bid – Dickens Heath
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