Solihull and Hockley Heath Parish Council are working together to hold a community clean up day. All the specialist equipment will be available on the day, we just need your help. Can you clean a road sign? Pick Up litter? Cut back hedges? etc etc. If you have a bit of time to spare, please come along on the day. More details are on the poster below.
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Aylesbury House: Press Release
On Wednesday night there was an outbreak of fire at the site owned by Spitfire Homes at Aylesbury House, Aylesbury Road, Hockley Heath.
There were no casualties as the site is secured and derelict. The building that was largely destroyed was an outbuilding and fortunately did not affect the listed building of Aylesbury House itself.
The site is the subject of a planning application to renovate and refurbish the Historic House into 5 properties which is currently in a state of dereliction and to erect 14 new build properties.
Whilst awaiting determination of the planning application the site has been secured to all perimeters and a security firm has been employed to provide visits on a regular basis. Spitfire have in response to this incident increased on site security presence to 24 hour cover and have made a separate and urgent application to the planning authority to demolish what remains of the fire affected building as this now represents a health and safety risk to the public.
Spitfire confirm that they have complied with all advice provided by their Health and safety consultants and the local building inspector.
Spitfire Properties LLP
When the power goes out, it can leave people feeling unsure about what to do. Research by the Energy Networks Association (ENA) found that 72% of people don’t know who to contact during a power cut, with many wrongly thinking they should call the electricity supplier they pay their bill to.
From September 2016, there will be a new telephone number for people to call to report or get information about a power cut in their area.
The free and easy-to-remember number, 105, will put callers through to their electricity network operators – the companies responsible for repairing their local power network and restoring power.
Residents can call this number regardless of who their electricity provider is and it can be called from mobiles and most landlines in England, Scotland and Wales.
The number can also be used for any welfare concerns related to a power cut, or for concerns about the safety of over or underground electricity cables or substations.
105 has been jointly funded by electricity network operators and is the first three-digit number to be approved for use by the private sector.
Councillor Robert Hulland, Cabinet Member for Resources and Delivering Value, said: “Families and businesses in Solihull need to know where to turn if they find themselves without power, particularly during severe weather or other incidents. The 105 number will cut through the confusion and put people in touch with the information they need, when they need it.”
For more information, visit www.powercut105.com
Please find attached details of a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order, for various locations within Solihull, from Monday 22nd August to Wednesday 21st September 2016 (each location to be closed for a maximum of five days/nights between these dates. One of these locations affects Stratford Road in Hockley HEath
If you would like to discuss any technical aspect of the Notice, please contact the Council’s Highway Services Division on 0121 704 8004. or for more information on Solihull’s permanent, temporary or experimental Traffic Regulation Orders, please visit:
http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Resident/Parking-travel-roads/roadworks-and-restrictions/tros
On 11 August SMBC Cabinet approved consultation on the Solihull town centre masterplan. The purpose of the consultation is to seek public and stakeholder views on a development framework providing for a modern 21st century vision looking at the issues of living, working, leisure and transport. Solihull is the heart of the borough’s civic, economic and cultural activity and a sub-regional centre of choice. We want to maintain and enhance its attractiveness to all and hear from the community.
If you would like to make comments on the masterplan, please go to: www.solihull.gov.uk/masterplan or contact SMBC at masterplan@solihull.gov.uk.
This notice advises that the consultation period starts on 8th August 2016 for the application of Hockley Heath as a Neighbourhood Area. This will then allow the development of a Neighbourhood Plan for Hockley Heath to commence.
The closing date for the consultation will be four weeks later on the 8th September 2016. Further details on this can be found at
www.solihull.gov.uk/About-the-Council/Consultations/currentconsultations
Hockley Heath Parish Council believes that it is appropriate that the complete and well established parish is designated as a Neighbourhood Area. This is exemplified by the previous village plan where volunteers worked together to form a united picture and the Parish Council understands that the residents, businesses and workers in the village and settlement wish the issues and interests to be co-ordinated.
In accordance with section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the body making the application to designate Hockley Heath as a Neighbourhood Area is Hockley Heath Parish Council, as a parish council established in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1972.
Solihill Councils Planning Officer – Gary Palmer, recently attended a meeting where he spoke about progress with the Solihull Local Plan Review. Please take this opportunity to have a look at this presentation as it describes how you can look at the call for sites which have been proposed. There a quite a number in Hockley Heath and you may wish to make comments on them.
Aplegreen plc have unveiled plans for a new motorway services area at Junction 4 of the M42.
Please see the attached publicity flyer
Warwick District Council are now in receipt of plans to convert / extend Aylesbury House to form 5 dwellings, demolish 6 outbuildings and develop 14 new dwellings all with associated engineering, landscaping and access works.
If you would like to view the application, please go to Warwick District Council planning website. The reference numbers are:
W/16/1169 and W/16/1170/LB
A consultation on the Mayoral West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Functions Scheme starts on Monday 4 July at 9:00am and runs until midnight on Sunday 21 August.
Having negotiated and accepted the Devolution Agreement with government, the seven constituent councils and the Combined Authority have approved the creation of a mayoral combined authority. This includes the election of a mayor and the associated Mayoral WMCA Functions Scheme. It is this Functions Scheme that is being consulted on.
The ‘Scheme’ is the legislation that says how the Mayor and the WMCA will make decisions, who will be responsible for what and how the Mayor will work with the WMCA board.
Findings from the consultation will be sent as part of the Mayoral WMCA Functions Scheme to inform the decision making of the Secretary of State (SoS) and Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) before an Order could be laid before Parliament.
It will give the SoS an understanding of what the public think of the functions and responsibilities of a Mayoral WMCA and how the Scheme meets the SoS’s key tests of whether they promote efficient and effective governance and their impact on local community identity.
The consultation is available on the WMCA website, along with the supporting documents which provide all the background information to help people come to a view on how the WMCA and mayor will work together.
The consultation will also be available in hard copy upon request at libraries and some council public buildings across the region (see the relevant local authority website for more information).
Councillor Bob Sleigh, Chair of the WMCA and Leader of Solihull Council said:
“We have created the WMCA with the clear purpose of improving the prosperity of the region for its people and businesses. Government has recognised that we can work together effectively, which is why we have been able to negotiate a devolution agreement that brings an extra £36.5 million a year to the region over the next 30 years – resulting in an £8 billion investment package.
“A condition of this first Devolution Agreement was an elected mayor, which we have been able to accept because of the significance of the Agreement to the region’s economy.
“The idea of a mayor for the WMCA area is to provide a strong voice for the region. They would also be an ambassador for the area, selling it on the global stage. They would be the point of contact when the Government want to speak to ‘the West Midlands’ and be responsible for driving the Devolution Agreement within government and the region.
“The detail in the Functions Scheme should demonstrate that we have given much thought to how a Mayoral WMCA will work effectively to deliver the Devolution Agreement.
“I encourage residents, businesses, community groups and partners from across the region to complete the consultation and have their say.”