Archive for year: 2022

Solihull Council are running a consultation on a proposal to reduce the speed limit on the above roads. To view the plans and supporting documentation visit https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Roa…/Traffic-regulation-orders (scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on the heading Various Roads, Solihull Proposed 20mph Maximum Speed Limits (Full-time and Part-time). Notice, Plans, Statement of Reasons. Current Stage: Consultation until 24 November 2022).

If you would like to discuss any technical aspect of the proposal, please contact Solihull Council highways division on 0121 704 8004. To support or object to the proposal please write to Mr L Stevenson, legal and democratic service, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, The Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB or email tro@solihull.gov.uk stating the reason for the objection/support.

The speed limit changes being consulted upon for Hockley Heath are:

Blackberry Avenue, Hockley Heath – its entire length.

Lindhurst Drive, Hockley Heath – its entire length.

Muntz Crescent, Hockley Heath – its entire length.

School Road, Hockley Heath – from a point approx. 33m west of its junction with Stratford Road, west then north-east for approx. 322m.

Tysoe Close, Hockley Heath – its entire length.

You must respond no later than the 24th of November 2022.

HHPC

The public have been invited to take part in a National Moment of Reflection to mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and reflect on her life and legacy.

The National Moment of Reflection will take place at 8pm on Sunday 18 September, the night before the State Funeral, and be marked by a one-minute silence.

The silence can be marked privately at home, with friends and family, out on doorsteps or the street with neighbours, or at locally arranged community events and vigils.

The Parish Council would like to welcome members of the public wishing to gather for the National Moment of Reflection to the Pavilion at 7.45pm on Sunday 18th September, where tea and coffee will be provided, and the one-minute silence observed at 8pm.

Residents wishing to lay flowers can do so in the Memorial Garden on the corner of the A3400 and Old Warwick Road.

The Parish Council newsletters are delivered locally for a fee and on rare occasions the delivery service cannot deliver the newsletters when needed. The Parish Council would like to create a reserve list of individuals/companies that could deliver the newsletter, if required. If this is something you would be interested in please contact the Clerk to Hockley Heath Parish Council at hhpc2009@hotmail.com. There are approximately 850 newsletters to deliver throughout the Hockley Heath Parish.

https://www.southwarwickshire.org.uk/swlp/

The Parish Council meeting on 20th January 2022 (item 159.3) advised of the call for sites outcome for the South Warwickshire Local Plan. This Local Plan is being devised jointly by Stratford on Avon Council and Warwick District Council. The Parish of Hockley Heath is on the border with both Warwick’s boundary (Aylesbury Road area) and also Stratford’s (Spring Lane area).

A call for sites has been undertaken in which landowners can put forward their land for housing development. The information can be found on the link below on an interactive map that also allows you to click on the greenbelt, showing that Hockley Heath is surrounded by greenbelt land. https://soadc.maps.arcgis.com/…/webappviewer/index.html…

In January, the Parish Council had written to all SMBC Ward Councillors, along with SMBC’s Spatial Planning department, to advise them of the sites currently being put forward for housing development. The Parish Council has also written to staff members developing the South Warwickshire Local Plan and highlighted the duty to co-operate with SMBC and advised them that SMBC determined, through their Local Plan, that Hockley Heath was only suitable for small scale development which was the reason why SMBC only proposed one development in Hockley Heath (School Road).

Irrespective of whether these locations, through the call for sites, lie within the Lapworth Parish or the Tanworth-in-Arden Parish, due their proximity to the Hockley Heath village centre, the greatest impact will be upon Hockley Heath, and both SMBC and South Warwickshire have been advised of this by the Parish Council.

South Warwickshire have not assessed any of the sites put forward in the call for sites for suitability and they are not yet at the public consultation stage for these sites. Once a consultation opens then the Parish Council will respond and inform all residents of the consultation dates.