Community news
Noise issues prevent flats plan go ahead
THE potential for prospective residents to complain about noise levels at Kraft’s Cadbury factory proved to be the key issue when councillors met last week to decide on whether the planned conversion of an office block on Bournville Lane should go ahead.
Bournville baths in £3.7 million renovation windfall
THE former Grade II listed swimming baths on Bournville Lane, earmarked to be a new community centre, is to be renovated with the help of £3.7 million loan from Birmingham City Council. The Indoor Bowls centre in Stirchley is to receive £1.5 million to support its relocation once Tesco starts building their new store.
Mast application to be rejected
A petition by local residents against an application for a mobile phone mast in Bournville has helped the plans be rejected by the Council’s planning department.
Stirchley remembers Hazelwell Lane
WITH Hazelwell Lane in Stirchley due to be the site of a new Tesco supermarket, the community project Stirchley Prospects are celebrating the life of this once vibrant lane with a series of events.
MP against planned phone mast
LOCAL MP Steve McCabe (Labour) has written to constituents in Bournville asking them to join him in opposing a planned phone mast on the corner of Heath road and Hawthorne road. The mast will be too close to local schools and may prove to be a traffic hazard he claims.
Police blast lazy parents
LOCAL police have turned to twitter to highlight the ‘shocking’ behaviour of parents dropping their children off by car at Bournville Junior School on Linden road.
Psychosis Awareness Campaign update
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Youthspace) have launched a Psychosis Awareness Public Health Campaign in the South of Birmingham with the aim of improving community awareness of the symptoms of psychosis and to promote the benefits of seeking help.
Cotteridge Park update
There’s plenty going on in Cotteridge Park off Franklin road in the next few weeks. They have sent us through a timely update.
Bournville Ward Committee – 12th January 7pm
The next City Council Ward Committee meeting for Bournville will take place on Thursday 12th January at Rowheath Pavillion from 7pm. On the agenda for discussion are the new street lighting and the proposal for Bournville to have World Heritage Site designation.
Bournville’s Art Education history coming to an end
BIRMINGHAM City University have announced new plans for an international college on its Bournville campus which could spell the end of over a 100 years of arts education in the area. Local councillors have called the plan ‘vandalism’.
