Just a little reminder about the ‘Best Front Garden Competition’ there’s still time if you’d like to enter. We’d love to see your beautiful gardens. They will be judged by Borough Councillor Ken Hawkins on August 9th 😊
Category archives: Community News
Dickens Heath Parish Council Acquire the 56 Space Tesco Car Park
Following the completion of their redevelopments in Dickens Heath, including Garden Square East, the developer Elegant Dickens Heath Village Ltd is winding up their ownership of certain property holdings in the village. The Parish Council has acquired the freehold ownership of the 56 space surface car park off Gorcott Lane (the Tesco Car Park) from …
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Temporary road closure
From 7:30am on Thursday 15 July – 6:30pm on Saturday 28 August, Birchy Leasowes Lane (full length from Dickens Heath Road to Tile House Lane) will be closed for gas mains replacement. A diversion route will be signed via Dickens Heath Road and Tilehouse Lane.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Residents invited to comment on parliamentary constituency boundaries Solihull Council is encouraging residents to comment on the proposed parliamentary constituency boundaries that have been proposed by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE), as part of an eight-week consultation. The BCE is required to ensure that the number of electors in each constituency is more equal …
West Midlands Police Summer Demand
The sun’s out at last! We really hope you are enjoying the weather. It’s also running hot on the phone lines here, as we are getting more calls for help. With the easing of restrictions, warmer weather and increased drinking, we expected to be busy but here’s how you can help us. If you need …
Connecting Solihull and Warwickshire Fibre Broadband Update
Bringing faster broadband to our rural areas Project Update June 2021 Please forward this email to your contacts – we need to spread the word! If you would like a Word version of this newsletter please email: broadband@cswbroadband.org.uk Sign up to receive this e-newsletter direct to your inbox and for information about progress on your cabinet or exchange-only …
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Message From Action Fraud
Over 5M Suspicious Emails Reported Phishing remains the most successful attack vector for cyber criminals targeting individuals and businesses. Cyber criminals love phishing. Unfortunately, this is not a harmless riverbank pursuit. When criminals go phishing, you are the fish and the bait is usually contained in a scam email or text message. The criminal’s goal …
New Dog Theft Campaign Launched By Neighbourhood Watch
Parking Enforcement in Dickens Heath
Some interesting statistics from Solihull MBC Parking Services: Between January and April 2021, they have visited Dickens Heath 379 times, spent 53 hours and 13 minutes in the village, and issued 23 tickets.
New Chair for Parish Council
At last night’s Parish Council meeting, Councillor Trevor Eames was elected as Chair and previous Chair Councillor Maureen Holloway was elected as Vice Chair. Maureen is the Parish Council’s longest serving Chair to date – having been Chair since May 2016. We would like to thank Maureen for 5 years of extremely hard work and …