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 […]

Acocks Green’s Ward Committee meeting took place last night. It began in amusing fashion when the failure of Cllr Stacey to attend (without giving apologies) led to Cllr O’Shea (Lab) relying on Cllr Bowen (Lib Dem) voting for him to secure his election as Chair for the coming municipal year. Sensibly (and despite party differences […]

As I highlighted back on 10th January, the Lib Dems in Birmingham have been campaigning against Labour’s decision to impose a 20% Council Tax charge on those in receipt of working age means tested benefits. Finally the Council has seen sense and is going to accept the £2.1m on offer from the Government to reduce […]

I gather that the project team who will be overseeing the work on Acocks Green Library’s roof repairs have now been appointed. There is a pre-contract meeting next week and a firm date for the start of the work should be agreed then. Fingers crossed this is really it!

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 […]

There was a very chilly meeting of the Acocks Green Ward Committee on Wednesday. Cllrs Bowen and O’Shea attended together with officers and a small but hardy group of local residents. Cllr Stacey sent his apologies. The main items on the agenda were: * A presentation by Phil Beardmore about Birmingham Energy Savers – which […]

The scheduled repairs to Acocks Green Library’s Roof have been put back yet again. The date for the temporary closure of the Library has been put back from 23rd February to Thursday 28th March (the day before Good Friday) . The work is now scheduled to start on Tuesday 2nd April and be completed on […]

Sir Albert Bore, the Labour leader of Birmingham City Council has announced that Community Chest, the £100,000 budget allocated by each of the wards in Birmingham is to be cut to £50,000 next year. This is a real blow to local community organisations across the City which have been able to apply to Community Chest […]

For a complete list of schools closed during the current bad weather – and links to the websites of the various road, train, bus and plane companies and organisations – you can click here. This links you to the birmingham disruption website. Hopefully tomorrow will see the end of the serious disruption but with the […]