There has been a rising tide of complaints about rubbish in the streets of Acocks Green. So yesterday Cllr Iain Bowen, John Hemming MP and I had a tour around some of the areas where most complaints have been made in the past couple of weeks to see the latest situation. What we found was […]

The planning application for the demolishment and rebuild of the Glynn Edwards Hall has been withdrawn. It had been recommended for refusal by the Council’s planning officer on the basis that it would “adversely affect the setting of the adjoining listed buildings”. It was also opposed by a majority of the respondents to the planning […]

Wednesday’s Acocks Green Ward Committee meeting saw the following items discussed: The Proposed Conservation Area for Acocks Green: Joe Holyoak gave a presentation on developments in the proposed Acocks Green Conservation Area. This will cover (more or less) Arden Road, Greswolde Park Road, Flint Green Road, Sherbourne Road, Yardley Road (from Sherbourne Road to just […]

Green waste collections are changing after Christmas – and if you want the Council to keep collecting your green waste after then, you will have to pay. As usual, collections will end next month for the winter. Your final free collection will be in the last two weeks of November, the precise date depending on […]

Birmingham City Council duly voted through Labour’s budget this week, the first of the new administration. Nationally, Labour love to criticise a broad range of government spending cuts, but hardly ever identify which service they would cut, or tax they would raise instead. Its unrealistic, misleading and frankly dishonest politics. So, I’m glad to say […]

A quick reminder, as I am usually asked a few times by those with gardens, that Birmingham City Council’s green waste collections will restart on February 25th this year.

The issue of whether to move from the current Black Bag collection system to Wheelie Bins for domestic rubbish has been a topic of discussion for some time now. A year or so back it was discussed at an Acocks Green Neighbourhood Forum meeting. Following an in depth discussion those attending the meeting came out […]

On Thursday evening I was at Fox Hollies Forum for the AGM of the Fox Hollies Community Association (FHCA). The FHCA supports a range of vital community activities, from mother and toddler groups to activities for older people, from its base at Fox Hollies Forum, Greenwood Avenue. Its been a challenging couple of years as […]

The Green Deal is a major Government initiative designed to tackle climate change by making it much easier for people to deal with the cost of making their homes much more energy efficient. It does this by meeting the up front cost of the work and allowing people to repay the investment using the resulting […]

Yesterday I took a break from the campaign trail to help out with the Westley Vale Action Day. I helped shift bark and spread  it onto some of the paths around the Millennium Green. After that there was some very welcome coffee and a chance to chat to the other volunteers who were helping out with […]