Keen readers may have already been made aware of this great new2s via the media reports that followed the announcement of the grants. A super early Christmas present for Solihull was the news of a successful bid and two grants awarded to Solihull Borough Metropolitan Borough Council by the Department for Communities and Local Government … More Homeless Grants for SMBC
I thought I would have posted in 2017 before now but ‘Man flu’ got to me in the end. However, 2016 saw 10,602 actual visits to this website, with 25,250 views from the 59 posts made. I should really have posted more because there is so much going on and will focus more this year. … More Happy New Year to Video bloggings
An interesting report came to Solihull Cabinet last week, with cabinet being asked to ‘approve the development of an affordable ‘extra care’ housing development at Marlene Croft, Chelmsley Wood, being partof the former Coleshill Primary School site’. The full report can be read here: http://eservices.solihull.gov.uk/mgInternet/documents/s43012/EXTRA%20CARE%20HOUSING%20DEVELOPMENT%20CHELMSLEY%20WOOD.pdf This is a significant investment by the Council with £1.400m … More Extra Care Housing Development, Chelmsley Wood
On Wednesday 30 November 2016 Solihull’s Planning Committee (made up of fellow elected councillors) approved the planning application by IM Properties who sought to build on Blythe Valley Park; 750 homes, a 250 room care facility, a 200 room hotel and a commercial centre for the new development and existing offices. There was opposition from … More BVP – Rationale for support
The Councillors Commission, launched by the Local Government Research Unit in partnership with the De Montfort University and the Municipal Journal, has produced an interim report on the role of councillors based on the 20 round tables and 147 written submissions. The report identifies the constant themes with which councillors are continually engaging, such as … More ROLL OF COUNCILLORS – REPORT via Centre for Public Scrutiny
Planning Application PL/2016/02759/PPFL refers to the – Erection of 54 dwellings following the granting of outline permission 2014/1163/S (PL/2014/01985/OLM) for 220 dwellings for land at Tanworth Lane, Cheswick Green, Solihull. | Land Adjacent To Mount Farm Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull. In brief, permission was granted to for the erection of 220 houses (subject to reserved matters … More MOUNT DAIRY FARM – APPLICATION FOR AN ADDITIONal 54 HOMES
Always a difficult subject and one not to be taken lightly following the decision by the House of Commons to vote themselves a 10% pay rise earlier this year. The issue about Allowances for Councillors is sometimes complex. Should people get an allowance for a task they are willing to undertake? Should the allowance be … More INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL REVIEW OF MEMBERS’ ALLOWANCES
As you may know, the Council introduced changes in April 2015 to the way we work out the contribution people make towards their non-residential costs. When the changes were introduced, this meant some people who had previously paid nothing had to pay something towards the cost of their care. Therefore, to help support those who had … More Have your say on proposals on removing the cap on non-residential care charges from April 2017
Solihull Council is encouraging members of the public to support its annual rough sleeper estimate. The Council, along with a number of local authorities in the West Midlands, is planning to submit this year’s rough sleeper estimate for the evening of Thursday 10 November 2016. This will take into account reports made between Monday 7 … More Solihull’s annual rough sleeper estimate
The draft proposals to allow the borough to meet its housing needs have been published and will be discussed at next weeks Cabinet. The agenda for the meeting can be found via this link (agenda item no. 6): http://eservices.solihull.gov.uk/mgInternet/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=130&MId=5731 The report to Cabinet members, of which I am one, explains the history, rationale and the … More LOCAL PLAN REVIEW
Ken Hawkins 