Category: St Alphege with Monkspath & Hillfield

SOLIHULL STREET RACING  – PUBLIC SPACE PROTECTION ORDER (PSPO):

9 January 2026

This relates to Damson Parkway, Elmdon, and Bickenhill Parkway in Marston Green but I feel this information may be useful for Monkspath residents. The Council is consulting with residents on a proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle vehicle anti-social behaviour in Solihull neighbourhoods and request feedback on the proposals. If approved, the proposed … More SOLIHULL STREET RACING  – PUBLIC SPACE PROTECTION ORDER (PSPO):

Planning application – change of use to Conversion of house (C3) into children’s home (C2).

5 January 2026

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).

LAND EAST OF JOSEPH HOUSE, STRATFORD ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL

30 December 2025

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

Fast. Fierce. Fatal.

25 November 2025

I am posting this campaign overview from West Midlands Fire Service. Lithium-ion battery fires are one of the fastest-growing fire risks in homes today. In November 2024, a young couple tragically died in a Coventry house fire caused by the battery on an e-bike. It had been converted from a standard pedal bike. Such battery … More Fast. Fierce. Fatal.

PROTECTION OF OUR TREES AND HEDGEROWS:

16 October 2025

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: