The deadline for response to the public consultation on proposals for new housing developments across three site in Balsall Common is tomorrow (Monday 5th March). The plans for new homes on two sites on Kenilworth Road and another at Riddings Hill, are being consulted by Solihull Council under the Local Development Framework scheme. Resdients on Riddings Hill have joined forces with local action group RAID to contest the plans.
The incredible views in the centre of Balsall Common where Chattaways and other commercial premises were demolished to make way for a Sainsburys could remain a tourist attraction for some time to come.
The developers responsible for the project were placed into receivership by their bankers after getting caught up in a spiral of rising costs. The bank is currently working through the process of finding a buyer for the land, bids for which were due in by 20th February.
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David Felthouse
BalsallCom.Com have made the latest version of the residents association newsletter “The communicator” available online. Click this link to view it online.
David Felthouse does a stirling job in assembling this valuable community resource that many of us receive by email. Some highlights in this month’s edition:
Balsall Common crime statistics for October were reported to the Residents Association meeting earlier in November as follows:
• 8 burglaries of dwellings: Station Road, Ashley Way, Balsall Street (daytime), Temple Avenue, Frog Lane (daytime), Greenfield Ave (daytime), Meeting House Lane (daytime), Kenilworth Road (daytime).
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The next public meeting of Balsall Common Village Residents Association takes place on Tuesday 6th December at the Village Hall on Station Road. Subjects up for discussion include HS2, the potential travellers site on Waste Lane and local planning applications.
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Balsall Common’s Police Shop in the main shopping area on Station Road may be put up for relocation as West Midlands Police Authority consider cost cutting options to meet their ever decreasing operating budget.
The spending review could see the shop uprooted and relocated to the Police occupied premises on Holly Lane, removing a central presence and putting a question mark over what to do with Parish Council funded CCTV equipment on the premises which has been instrumental in solving crimes in the village.
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Balsall Common Village Residents Association (BCVRA) have joined the HS2 opposition following detailed consultation with residents and is submitting a formal response to that effect in the public consultation which ends tomorrow.
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Balsall Common Village Residents Association will be making representations about the devastation wreaked on local bus services by local operators during the summer at tomorrow night’s Solihull Transport Users’ Forum at the Council Chamber at the Civic Centre in Solihull (Tuesday 26th October commencing at 6.00pm). The move follows impractical timetable alterations and the complete withdrawal of vital regular services from Berkswell and Meriden into Balsall Common and Solihull.
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