Remembrance Sunday Parades – Temporary Road Closures
The Council, in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by the Road Traffic Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994 and being satisfied that traffic in the vicinity of the local roads, below, should be restricted or prohibited in the interests of public safety to participants and spectators during the Remembrance Sunday Parades, hereby gives notice of the following restrictions on Sunday 13th November 2016 between the hours of approximately 9.30am and approximately 1.30pm:
Castle Bromwich – 1000hrs to 1200hrs – The Green and Old Croft Lane between the B4144 Bradford Road and the B4119 Chester Road.
Dickens Heath – 1000hrs to 1200hrs – Hensborough (between Old Dickens Heath Road and Willowherb Way), and Old Dickens Heath Road (between Hensborough and Buckridge Lane).
Hampton in Arden – 1030hrs to 1200hrs – B4102 High Street (between Marsh Lane and Old Station Road), Shadowbrook Lane (in the vicinity of the War Memorial), and Fentham Road.
Hockley Heath – 1230hrs to 1330hrs – A3400 Stratford Road (between School Road and Spring Lane), and B4438 Old Warwick Road (for 50 metres from its junction with A3400).
Knowle – 1000hrs to 1300hrs – A4141 Warwick Road and High Street (between Arden Vale Road and B4101 Station Rd), B4101 Kenilworth Road (between High Street and Wilsons Road) and Wilsons Road.
Marston Green – 1030hrs to 1230hrs – Elmdon Road (between Hidcote Grove and Station Road), Land Lane (between Elmdon Road and Station Road), and Station Road (between Chelmsley Lane and Land Lane).
Meriden – 1030hrs to 1130hrs – B4102 Main Road (between Leys Lane and the Triumph Hotel), Berkswell Road (between Main Road and Heart of England Social Club).
Shirley – 09.45hrs to 12.00hrs – A34 Stratford Road (northbound carriageway between School Road and just north of Stanway Road), Church Road (between A34 and Bills Lane), and the Service Road leading to the Library Car Park (between Church Road and School Road). No Right Turn – Solihull Rd into Stratford Rd northbound on two occasions between the above hours to allow the Parade to pass Solihull Rd junction. 1045hrs to 1115hrs – A34 Stratford Road (southbound carriageway between Longmore Road and Union Road.
Solihull Town Centre – 08.00hrs to 12.30hrs – Church Hill Road (from Oliver Bird Hall to The Square), New Road (from the Ramada Jarvis Hotel to the Square), and The Service Road from the exit to the Council House car park to its junction with Church Hill Road. Alternative local diversion routes for vehicular traffic shall be signposted as and where appropriate. Access for the emergency services and pedestrian access to all properties within the restriction and access through the restrictions will be maintained along defined routes throughout the period of closure. Further information on these closures: contact M McDonnell – telephone 0121 704 8004.
NICK PAGE Chief Executive Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB 28 October 2016
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Have a horrifically good Halloween
Haunted by the prospect of having nothing for children to do during the half term holiday? Having nightmares about trying to keep the little ones occupied? Solihull Council has got a couple of tricks up its sleeve to turn an autumn break with the family from a horror show into a happy holiday!
Firstly, the Wicked Workshop and Terror Trail will be taking place in Elmdon Park on Wednesday 26 October, 11.00am – 1.00pm. Young visitors should wear their best Halloween costumes for a chance to win the fancy dress competition – there are petrifying prizes for the best-dressed boy and girl!
There will also be a spooky ‘terror trail’ around the park, followed by a creepy craft activity. The event costs £1 per child, payable on the day, and the meeting place is by the car park on Tanhouse Farm Road.
Then, on Saturday 29 October, the popular Haunting Halloween event returns to Brueton Park!
Again, there will be prizes available for the best Halloween themed fancy dress, and there’ll be a scary walk around the park to meet Smelly Nelly the witch, as well as spooky stories, magic and lots of other things that go bump in the night! The event will finish with a craft activity at the Parkridge Centre.
Walks take place at 5.30pm; 5.50pm; 6.10pm; 6.30pm and 6.50pm and cost £3 per adult and £2 per child. Places are limited so please contact 0121 704 8000 to reserve a place and make payment in advance.
A devilishly good time is guaranteed for all!
Solihull Council has been alerted to three separate and very large incidents of fly-tipping located on land off Stonebridge Island on the A45, off Aylesbury Road in Hockley Heath and at Meriden Mile in Meriden.
The Council’s Environmental Crime team has launched an investigation and is examining the locations of the illegally dumped items, which include household waste, clothing and commercial waste, for evidence.
The Council is asking for members of the public to get in touch confidentially if they believe they may have witnessed the fly-tipping taking place or in transit, or have any information which could lead to the prosecution of those responsible.
It is not known precisely when each of the fly-tips occurred or whether they are linked although the Council was first notified of them on Wednesday 5 October.
It is anticipated that it will cost thousands of pounds to remove the fly-tipping from the three sites.
If members of the public have any information about these incidents please report it to the Council by calling 0121 704 8001, emailing connectcc@solihull.gov.uk or reporting it online via the Council’s website.
Councillor Tony Dicicco, Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities and Partnerships, said:
“This is an obscene amount of waste to dump in our green spaces and the Council will not hesitate to prosecute the perpetrators of fly-tipping when we catch them. We will use evidence gained from witnesses and the covert cameras that are in operation at various locations in the borough.
“There is no excuse for anyone to fly-tip. There are plenty of legitimate ways people can dispose of their waste in the borough, including our waste and recycling centre in Bickenhill, and other paid-for collection services.”
Latest update from Councillor Sleigh
Dear resident,Firstly I would like to thank those of you who completed our recent survey regarding the powers a mayoral West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) should have.Areas covered by the proposed powers include transport, housing, developing a low emissions strategy, High Speed 2 (HS2) growth, finance and skills and employment.A report summarising the findings from this public consultation has been delivered to the Government, showing broad support for how a mayoral combined authority will work to deliver the first Devolution Agreement.The Secretary of State will consider the consultation findings and then prepare a draft order to be laid before parliament.
DCLG has set the seven local authorities within the WMCA a challenging timetable to approve the draft orders, which is expected sometime in mid to late October. For Solihull it means the following timetable for discussion and decision making on the draft order:Scrutiny – w/c 14 November (date TBC)
Cabinet – 1 December
Council – 6 DecemberThe Devolution Agreement is key to fast-tracking the Council’s economic growth plans and will see an unprecedented £636 million of investment into transport infrastructure in Solihull over the coming years. In total the 30 year £36.5 million annual devo-dividend will unlock a region-wide investment package worth £8 billion.Party ConferencesThe WMCA has had a presence at both the Labour Party and Conservative Party Conferences, selling the West Midlands to politicians and the new government.I also wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Teresa May as the Conservative Party arrived in the West Midlands for the conference.I will be in touch with further updates in due course.Yours sincerelyCouncillor Bob Sleigh
Leader of Solihull Council & Chair of the WMCA
combinedauthority@solihull.gov.uk
Despite strong representation against the proposal, SMBC have approved the development of 19 houses on the site off Stratford Road last week. At the time of writing, the details of the approval are not available but the Parish Council will continue to voice their objections and look to a possible appeal if this option is available to us. To see a webcast of the discussion please at the planning committee click here. When you are on the website, scroll down on the right hand side until you see the planning application listed: 8 PL/2016/00723/PPFL – Land Adjacent To 2440 Stratford Road then click on the WATCH symbol.
M42 – Junction 3a to Junction 3 including Entry Slip Road. Electrical Works
The Northbound carriageway including the Entry Slip Road will be closed overnight for one night from 8pm 6th October until 5am the following morning (7th October). A diversion route will be clearly signposted
We are currently experiencing some issues with security at the recreation ground. Please bear with us as we may have to close the park early on some days over the coming week. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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.
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