Wednesday’s Acocks Green Ward Committee meeting was a relatively well attended event, in part no doubt due to the agenda, but probably also in part due to it being held centrally, in the Library. New attendees included Mushtaq Hussain, who will be the Council’s new Service Lead for Yardley District and Mohammed Irfan who will […]

There is a meeting of the Acocks Green Ward Committee tonight at 7pm at Acocks Green Library. The meeting has the following main issues on the agenda: 1) An update on the Warwick Road Improvements Project. This has already led to work in Acocks Green and the biggest part of the project – major changes […]

Acocks Green Focus Group (of which I am a member) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a party at Acocks Green Costa Coffee on Friday 5th September. The Party will run from 5.30pm to 7pm and will include entertainment from Folk Acoustic Duo Annie and Bob James. There is no charge for admission and Costa’s range […]

The collection of your refuse – along with street cleansing and other Council services – may be affected by national industrial action on Thursday (10th July). If Thursday is your normal refuse collection day, the Council ask that you put your rubbish and recycling out as normal. If it is not collected on Thursday, they ask […]

The anti-social use of Quad Bikes has been a problem plaguing areas of Acocks Green, in particular the Gospel Estate, for some time. It causes significant distress and annoyance to a large number of local residents. A couple of weeks ago I met with PC Wallace and PCSO Coxhead for a discussion on how to […]

On Wednesday I attended my first Acocks Green Ward Committee meeting as a member, rather than a member of the public, for a couple of years. The main items discussed were: 1) Trees:  Nick Barton, a tree specialist from Amey, the Council’s contractor, explained their policy regarding the removal of old or diseased street trees. […]

With construction of the new lifts at Acocks Green Station on a seeming go slow, I’ve been in touch with Centro to find out what is going on. They confirm that Network Rail, who are managing the project and Murphys, their contractor, are running behind schedule and completion is not now expected until the autumn. Until recently […]

The House of Play & Education are launching a Garden adventure club to give children a chance to play outside and experiment with den building, gardening and other exciting activities. For more details see the poster below:                           It certainly sounds like fun!

Recent changes made by National Express West Midlands to their bus routes in Acocks Green have caused a large number of complaints by local residents. The most controversial change was the complete amalgamation of the 1 and 31 routes through the Gospel Estate. This meant that instead of going up Gospel Lane to Olton Boulevard […]

Here is the list of Tree Removals for Acocks Green in the coming month, which I’ve just received from Amey (the Council’s tree contractor). Amey promise to replace any tree removed with another as close as possible to the site where the tree has been removed (ideally the replacement tree goes in same location). Its […]