Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

Sourced by Solihull Observer Inspectors Report Click Here SOLIHULL Council is set to agree to helping meet Birmingham's overspill housing needs and the possible 'review' of the Greenbelt - The Observer can exclusively reveal. The Council is set to formally 'adopt' its Local Plan - the principal planning document which sets out how and where the borough should develop in the future - tomorrow night (Tuesday). But ahead of the meeting The Observer uncovered the shocking revelation in the Secretary of State's report on the Local Plan following a detailed review. In his report the inspector insisted on the inclusion of the following paragraphs in the Local Plan before the Council could adopt it: "Following discussions falling under the Duty to Cooperate Solihull Council recognise that evidence is emerging to indicate that Birmingham will not be able to accommodate the whole of its new housing requirement for 2011-31 within its administrative bo...

Earlswood Wildlife Partnership Contact us at:  ewp2010@btinternet.com  or on 07528 595444         Newsletter 14 It has been quite a while since the last newsletter and the summer may now be over but we did have had a decent summer this year and it seems there were quite a few butterflies around particularly the whites and Small Tortoiseshell – hopefully this will show up in our Butterfly survey. Moth Night  – 13 th  July An excellent evening of moth trapping in Clowes Wood with 64 species recorded including Northern Spinach, Beautiful Snout and Sharp-angled Carpet which particularly pleased county recorder David Brown. (If you would like a complete list of the species caught, please let me know) Bats Our bat walks continue to be very popular with 50 people attending the latest one! Once again the bats did not let us down and the following were recorded:- Soprano Pipistrelle    ...

CLARIFICATION has been sought after comments from the Government’s planning chief appeared to cast doubt on a policy to build thousands of Redditch homes over the border in Bromsgrove. Councillors in Bromsgrove are set to vote on Wednesday (September 25) about whether to allow 3,400 homes to be sited in Foxlydiate but confusion has arisen after Nick Boles, Minister for Planning and Development, appeared to suggest councils did not need to take other authorities’ houses if they were planned for green belt areas. If confirmed, it could affect both Bromsgrove’s Local Plan - which sets out where housing should be built in 2030 and has been influenced by their duty to accommodate neighbouring Redditch’s housing need - and the plan for Redditch, which relies on cross-border growth to meet the forecast need for 6,400 extra homes in the next two decades and has already been given the green light by borough councillors. Malcolm Glainger, chair of the Bentley Area Action Group, called for...

I would like to say well done Earlswood and Forshaw Heath Residents Association. It is great to see you have social media share buttons on your website now. It makes things so much more easier for folk like myself who would like to share some of your news. A great step forward.  Take a peek and those who are local why not share some of the great work the EFH RA do. http://www.earlswood-forshawheath.org.uk/2013/08/2013-agm/ Thank You :-) Carrie

Stratford-on-Avon District Core Strategy 19  hectares  = Green Belt for Employment needs of a neighbour. Page 9 The District Council is currently finalising its Proposed Submission Core Strategy, the plan which once adopted will manage development in the District up to 2028. Before the remaining formal stages of the Core Strategy process can be undertaken, the District Council has decided to carry out a period of consultation on a small number of specific but important matters which have not featured in previous drafts of the plan. These are: 1.     A Canal Quarter Regeneration Zone in Stratford-upon-Avon, together with two employment areas on the edge of town, south of Alcester Road and east of Birmingham Road. 2.     A new settlement comprising about 4,800 dwellings in the Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath area. The consultation document can be viewed on the District Council’s website  www.stratford.gov.uk/csnew2013 .  ...

Today I have received the following from the EFHRA  and can't quite believe it We are losing our PCSO. I am not a happy chappy and feeling pretty let down. I don't have any further details. They have cut our provision from 4 to 2 PCSO's.  This is a blow and we will be making lots of noise re this.  Feel free to complain to everybody in the meantime

Here we go again Another development for consultation.   How can you make your views known? http://www.tanworthlanecheswickgreen.co.uk/ You are invited to visit an exhibition which will be held at  Cheswick Green Village Hall,  Cheswick Way, Cheswick Green,  Solihull  B90 4JA   on  Thursday 27th June 2013   between  2.00pm and 8.00pm .