HHPC News
An Engagement Officer from the Adult Social Care Directorate will be visiting the Drop in Cafe session at the Pavilion hall on Tuesday 25th March 2025 to talk informally with residents regarding care and the support available.
A review of the Council’s community information and advice service for adults is currently taking place. The survey is open until Sunday 30 March 2025.
Plastic bags and wrapping recycling launches in Solihull
Solihull residents can now recycle plastic bags and wrapping along with their usual recycling at the kerbside.
Everything that’s ‘soft plastic’ – from plastic bags, foil lined coffee bags and biscuit and sweet wrappers, to plastic film, bubble wrap, food wrapping and fruit and vegetable net bags – can now all be placed in the mixed recycling bin for fortnightly collection.
Solihull’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, Cllr Ken Hawkins, said: “Thanks to the state-of-the-art recycling facility in Coventry we were able to introduce mixed recycling a little over a year ago, dispensing with the need to separate out glass bottles and jars. To now be at the stage where residents can add plastic wrappings for recycling too is fantastic. Two years ahead of the government’s target!
“Plastic bags and wrapping represent about 20% of all plastic packaging but until now people have only been able to recycle them at supermarket collection points. Offering residents an easy way of recycling packaging means we can all recycle easily in a hassle-free way. Just make sure your crisp bags and wrappers are empty and clean before recycling, just as you would with empty tins and bottles.”
For full details please visit the council’s waste and recycling pages here https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Rubbish-and-recycling
For more information contact the press office on press@solihull.gov.uk or 0121 704 6136.
A hard copy of the South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP) consultation documents are available at the Pavilion hall to view every Tuesday until 4 March 2025 from 10.00am – 2.00pm (with the exception of Tuesday 11 February 2025 when the documents will be unavailable to view).
Hard copies of the Comments Form will be available for residents who are unable to log on to the Portal to comment online and who wish to submit their response by email or post.
The Preferred Options Consultation opened on 10 January 2025 and runs until 7 March 2025.
The Preferred Options document can be accessed via this link South Warwickshire Local Plan – Preferred Options 2025. A hard copy of the consultation documents will be available to view at the Pavilion hall, Hockley Heath, on Tuesdays between 10.00am and 2.00pm until Tuesday 4 March 2025, and residents are encouraged to comment on the proposals.
A number of online and in person events are being held (see below). These provide the opportunity for residents to ask questions on the consultation document and the process of responding.
| Date | In Person/Online | Location |
| Thursday 16th January | Online | 6pm – 7:30pm |
| Saturday 25th January | In Person | Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Royal Leamington Spa10am – 4pm |
| Tuesday 28th January | In Person | Shipston Leisure Centre, Shipston-on-Stour1pm – 7pm |
| Friday 31st January | Online | 2pm – 4pm[Web link will be available closer to the time] |
| Saturday 1st February | In Person | Talisman Square, Kenilworth10am – 4pm |
| Thursday 6th February | In Person | Newbold Leisure Centre, Leamington Spa1pm – 7pm |
| Saturday 8th February | In Person | Warwick Library, Warwick10am – 3:30pm |
| Wednesday 12th February | Online | 10am – 12pm[Web link will be available closer to the time] |
| Saturday 15th February | In Person | Maybird Shopping Park, Stratford-upon-Avon10am – 4pm |
| Tuesday 18th February | In Person | Southam Library, Southam10am – 4pm |
| Saturday 22nd February | In Person | Alcester Library, Alcester10am – 1pm |
| Monday 24th February | Online | 6pm – 7:30pm[Web link will be available closer to the time] |