Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

Police Message Crime in Area posted with permission After a relative free of crime period over the past 2 months, it seems that we have had 1 or 2 uninvited guests into the area. We have had 3 vans entered and a quantity of tooling and equipment removed from within, and had garage/shed's entered with power tooling and the thief's favourite items petrol driven garden equipment. In nearby Studley and Henley there has been an increase in theft from motor vehicles most noticeably the sat-nav being removed from the magical hiding place called the glove box, out of sight does not seem to work if there is suction marks left on windscreen's or cradles fitted on the dash to indicate use of such equipment. We are hoping to obtain some shed alarms in the very near future at cost price, I will give full details when I have the items in hand. We do not get as much crime as is perceived in the area, and much of it is opportunist, I would ask everyone t...

Police Message Burglary Dwelling Tanworth in Arden Posted with Permission  I nc 298 04/02/2013 Between 0840-1840 on Monday offenders have gained entry through a set of rear upvc doors by removing the lock mechanism, of a property on Broad Lane Tanworth in Arden. Once inside an untidy search has been made, and amongst the items taken were, a Macbook, a Blackberry, and a petrol driven saw. This is the first burglary reported this year so far, and is only the 5th crime reported in the area, however all of these offences have occurred in the last 2 weeks, indicating that offenders are now actively looking for opportunities. We have had 2 vans entered, a damage to a BMW which is believed to be an attempt to steal the vehicle, and a theft from garage. If anybody has any information in relation to the burglary please call 101 and quote the Inc number. For crime prevention or home security assessments please contact myself on the details below. David Mar...

Contact us at:  ewp2010@btinternet.com  or on 07528 595444      Newsletter 12   Welcome to 2013, now the snow has gone it is time to start planning our programme for the year and we hope as many people as possible will join in. The dormouse, reptile, bat and butterfly surveys will be continuing and we hope to undertake a bee survey as well but if you have any suggestions of the type of activities you would like please get in touch. Dormouse Survey – 10 th  November No evidence of dormice was found but we did find a wood mouse nest. This caused a bit of excitement but unfortunately, the nest was empty! The wooden inners from the tubes have now been taken away to be cleaned and will be put back in March – we will be looking for volunteers to help in the next newsletter Winter Tree Identification Walk – 15 th  December This was a very interesting walk, it is fascinating to see the differing characte...

Confused .com or what ! Here is our well placed speed limit The T junction is past the house on the right on corner twitter.com/Earlswood_Lake… — Carrie (@Earlswood_Lakes) February 3, 2013

I am beginning to sound like a broken record but I am so hacked off about the speed signs in Forshaw Heath Road/Lane and still don't understand why there are 50 mph signs on the most dangerous bit of the road. A hidden T Junction an S bend a house with its wall almost on the road.  What really makes me smile is the road/lane has slow written all over it and even stranger is the placement of one of the 50 mph signs.  Directly under a a T Junction which is blind to users and on a bend. (I must take a photo of it and send it to the transport Minister) It's like a comedy of errors. I have given up trying to be polite or constructive about it. To be honest listening to the traffic at 13:44 hrs this afternoon we perhaps would have been better off not  fighting for a reduction in Forshaw Heath which has created additional signs in a rural area that didn't exist before Then let Solihull put their 40 mph signs up and let everyone think t...

During my 2012 adventures I suddenly discovered my Parish Council have two different meetings per month.  Full Meeting Finance and Planning What is the difference well I am not quite sure other than Full Meeting I have 3 minutes to talk at the full meeting as a member of the general public Finance and Planning I can listen but am not unless invited able to talk By far the most interesting meeting was the Finance  and Planning meeting very few if any people attend it but in actual fact is the meeting that needs to be attended even if you can't talk it is where the decisions are made that affect our ward. You can listen and bring points up at the Full Meeting. What an eye opener.

Whilst sorting the blog out updating it and reading some of our Parish Council Minutes by far the most popular Parish Council Meeting was held on 19th April 2012 where 14 members of the public were in attendance to listen about Broadband Plans for the ward.  Who says the local community don't use the Internet. OK So 14 isn't a lot out of over 2000 residents  but it is the biggest audience PC has attracted  during 2012. Therefore should not be dismissed and taken seriously people were interested and attended at the Parish Council Meeting. I was there this time what was good to see was the younger members of the community in attendance listening to the presentation done by Balvinder Heran from Stratford District Council