Those of us pushing for the development of a Conservation Area for Acocks Green were very disappointed by the report of Julie Taylor, the Conservation Officer for our area, at last week’s Yardley Consituency Committee. She said that any work on developing the Conservation Area will have to go into a queue of work that is currently 18 months long and may get longer. This contradicts the information I was given by the Cabinet Member, Cllr Neville Summerfield, who said we may have to wait around 6 months, so I have asked him to comment and will blog again when I have news.

Meanwhile it is interesting to see that both 42 and 44 Flint Green Road were both briefly put on the market (I received an email alert saying they were on the market last night) for auction (each with a guide price of £150,000), but have, as of this morning, come back off the market. This could be for all sorts of reasons and it will be interesting to see what happens next. Both these important properties are within the proposed Conservation Area and clearly any change of ownership would open up the issue of what will happen to them even further.