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
An application to build a dormer bungalow on green belt land opposite no. 26 Houndsfield Lane, Tidbury Green went before the planning committee in September last year. A previous post on this issue can be viewed via this link: https://cllrkenhawkins.co.uk/2013/12/09/houndsfield-road-tidbury-green/ The application would not normally have come before the planning committee but was requested to do … More Planning Appeal – Houndsfield Lane
I have attached below my written submission to the Planning Inspectorate to object to the appeal b y Bloor Homes in respect of the refusal by Solihull Planning Committee for them to develop the land prior to April 2023. Objection letter to Planning Inspectorate I will inform residents when the appeal will be heard. This … More Land at Tanworth Lane, Cheswick Green – Appeal by Bloor Homes
Please find here the link to the borough’s Medium Term Financial Plan 2014 – 2017. Budget_book_2014-15_-_2016-17 The plan allows for a transparent plan as to how Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will set out its income and spending over the next three years. For instance, based on projected income council tax is forecast to rise 2% next … More Medium Term Financial Strategy – Solihull
An application to build 57 houses on green belt land off Creynolds Lane has been on-going for two years now. The applicants cite special material considerations that they need to build house on green belt land they own (currently farm land) to pay for a golf academy and floodlight golf driving range. Their formal planning application … More Shirley Golf Club – Planning application
Ken Hawkins 