Covid Vaccination Leaflet Some positive news on the vaccine front: we are making good progress in Solihull, with the effort to vaccinate in care homes pretty much complete, and the vaccinations of over 80s likely to be complete within the next week. A few key points: · There is no issue with vaccine supply. · Vaccinations for […]
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Last Chance to Respond to Solihull Local Plan Review
Solihull Local Plan Review Consultation – SMBC Webinars
Solihull Local Plan – Draft Submission Plan webinars SMBC officers are holding two webinars to help residents and businesses make final representations about Solihull’s Draft Submission Plan. Representations can be submitted up to Monday 14 December 2020, before the Plan is submitted for independent examination. Solihull’s Local Plan will guide the development of the borough […]
Solihull Local Plan Review Consultation now open – the Parish Council would like to hear Residents’ Views
Solihull’s Local Plan will guide development in the borough for the next decade, and beyond. It is the basis for future planning decisions as it creates a ‘blueprint’ for when and where major developments can take place, and where they shouldn’t take place. Residents and businesses are being asked to make final representations about Solihull’s […]
Further Building Plans for Dickens Heath Parish – Please Give Us Your Views
Update on Solihull MBC’s Final Draft Local Plan Proposals for Dickens Heath The latest information on the Solihull Local Plan Review can be seen at https://www.solihull.gov.uk/lpr and we expect the Consultation will be open to early December 2020. The Parish Council would like to take residents’ views into account in their response. Please forward your […]
Solihull says Thank You
Solihull Council is launching a special initiative called ‘Solihull says thank you’, in place of The Civic Honours Awards which are postponed until 2021. ‘Solihull says thank you’ has been set up to acknowledge the support that people and communities have given each other over the last six months. This is an opportunity for Solihull […]
Please Bring Back Your Library Books
Please bring your library books back! Solihull residents are being asked to return their library books – so they can be issued safely next month. In order to give library staff sufficient time to quarantine books and prepare them for safe reissue, people are asked to return their library books to any of Solihull’s libraries […]
Update on Adoption of Gorcott Lane Island
A complaint about the untidy appearance of the Gorcott Lane island prompted Councillor Alan Scholes to get in touch with developer Redrow, who still own it, to ask why they don’t seem keen for it to be adopted by SMBC. Redrow replied that the island is part of a small section of highway that had […]
Severn Trent works on Dickens Heath Rd
The Severn Trent works from outside Copperfield Court, towards Fishers Drive, have resulted in comments from residents that they have ‘butchered the road’ and the tarmac repair ‘looks awful’. Solihull MBC have confirmed that this is works in progress, and they will be back to complete the repair to a higher standard, though we’re not […]
Dickens Heath Covid-19 Community Support Group on Facebook
Dickens Heath Parish Council and Dickens Heath Library, in conjunction with Solihull MBC, have set up a new Community Support Group on Facebook – with the aim of supporting our community through the Covid-19 pandemic. We are aiming for as many members as possible – so that residents can offer help to each other, or […]