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News4th January 2012 - Latest Bickenhill Neighbourhood Police Beat Surgeries See the latest Police Beat Surgery times here 3rd November - Latest Bickenhill Neighbourhood Police Newsletter Read the latest Police newsletter here 14th October - New Article on the Chapel Garden Very intersting article on the Chapel Garden can be read here.. 7th October - Latest Bickenhill Parish Newsletter We have produced the latest Parish newsletter which will be distributed to households in the Parish. Read it online here 7th October - Neighbourhood Watch Are you interested in helping to keep your neighbourhood safe? The police are looking for Neighbourhood Watch members and if you would like to be involved for your road please contact Sgt Tony Hanlon on 0345 1135000 ext. 7601 6148. Click here to read the latest newsletter from the Policing Team
7th October - Chapel Garden dedication and opening We were delighted to see so many people at the dedication and opening of the new garden on 12th September. Our thanks go to Alderman Beryl Kellie for stepping in at the last minute to perform the opening ceremony.
We were sorry to learn of the illness of the Mayor and wish her a speedy recovery. We are grateful to Rev Roy Allen for the service of dedication and were delighted that children representing both village schools were able to take part in this historic event. Click Here for photographs of the opening ceromony.
5th August - Millenium Wood Bug and Butterfly hunt Click here for a report on the bug hunt.. 26th July 2011 - Beat surgeries at St Leonards Church Hall Police officers from your local neighbourhood team will be conducting beat surgeries at St Leonards Church Hall, Marston Green, on a monthly basis. This will commence as from August 2011. Please Click Here for more details 8th July 2011 - MILLENNIUM WOOD -Guided Walk and Bug and Butterfly Hunt Tuesday 2nd August 2011 A guided walk around our local Nature Reserve. Great fun for children and adults alike. Click here for more details. 19th May 2011 - Birmingham Airport Community Outreach Programme and Night Flying Policy Consultation For several years, Birmingham Airport has operated a programme of outreach sessions at libraries and Community Centres in those communities most affected by its operations, including Marston Green. Click here for more details and the schedule
Parish Council Elections Every 4 years a new parish council is elected giving the public an opportunity to stand for office, bringing new ideas, skills and enthusiasm. If you are 18 or over and care about our community please consider putting your name forward. More information regarding the work of parish councils can be accessed on the Warwickshire Association of Local Councils web site, www.walc.org.uk. If you are interested please let the clerk know on 0121 779 4040 or via email to bickenhillpc@gmail.com, before 25th March, in preparation for the elections on 5th May
Parish Council's response to Planning Application 2011/154 Please click Here for the Parish Council's letter in response to the planning application for Moat House Farm
HS2 Speaker at Next Parish Council Meeting Parish Council Meeting - 2nd February 2011, Parish Hall at 19:30 We wish to advise you that a short presentation will be given by Richard Lloyd, Chairman of HHAG, which is the opposition group to the High Speed Train in this area. The presentation will provide information to the Parish Council and residents, of the planned route and impact of the HS2 within our Parish, and all are welcome.
Christmas lights You may remember that we asked you in our last Newsletter, if you would like to see Xmas Lights in the Village and with the festive season upon us you may be wondering what happened.
The Parish Council met with a couple of companies who could supply Christmas lights, early in October. Unfortunately when we approached Solihull MBC about the project and the implications of fixing the decorations to the existing lampposts, they highlighted that some modification work to the lampposts would be required and to carry out this work we would have incurred costs of £3750.00. The Parish Council decided that in the current economic climate these costs were too high and could not be justified, therefore regrettably, we felt unable to proceed with the project.
The Parish Council wishes all residents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
8th November 2010 - Download Bickenhill Parish Survey If you have not received a copy of the Bickenhill Parish Council survey, you can download a PDF copy here
20th September 2010 -Cycle Routes Planned for Marston Green and Bickenhill The aim of the Scheme is to provide cyclists with a better route for traveling between Marston Green, Bickenhill and Solihull Town Centre. This route will help to promote and encourage cycling as an alternative and more sustainable mode of transport into the Town Centre and areas of employment. Click here for more details. 14th September 2010 - Resurfacing works and traffic calming maintenance – Bickenhill Road Resurfacing works and traffic calming maintenance – Bickenhill Road
For more details of resurfacing project, download pdf file here 12th August 2010 -A morning spent with the bugs! On August 2nd around fifty adults, children and dogs spent a very interesting and happy morning searching for bugs, rare and common, that live in Millennium Wood. The children were provided with nets to catch various creatures and were fascinated by Gary Farmer's talk which included the mention of a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the wood was under the sea. Thanks must go to Gary and his team from Solihull MBC for this guided walk. The sun shone, the children had a great time, and we adults came away knowing far more about the importance of our wood.
27th July 2010 - Temporary Road Closure – Coleshill Heath Road The temporary road closure will affect Coleshill Heath Road, between its junction with Bickenhill Parkway and Bickenhill Lane, from 00:01hrs on Monday 26th July 2010 until 23:59hrs on Friday 3rd September 2010 or until the said works are completed, whichever is sooner. Please note that access to properties on Bickenhill Lane will be maintained throughout the period of closure and all appropriate contacts have been informed so that they may make any necessary alterations to services. The alternative route for all traffic will be signed via B4438 Bickenhill Parkway and A452 Chester Road, as shown on the attached plan. 21st July 2010 - Public Meeting At 7.30 pm on Wednesday evening in the Parish Hall in Elmdon Road, Cllr Bob Sleigh and Cllr Jim Ryan will be giving details of the proposals being put forward by Solihull MBC for the future development of Marston Green. The plans include two sites being designated as housing land; one in Elmdon Road and the other in Chelmsley Lane. making a total of 270 new houses. The plans also include the declassification of Green Belt land which would allow the Business Park on Chester Road to extend to Coleshill Heath Road, using the land which is currently in the Green Belt. Questions from the floor will be invited. All are welcome and we hope to see as many people as possible. See PDF link below for the full Emerging Core Strategy document.
If you would like to read the document published by the council, this PDF gives you the whole of the Emerging Core Strategy. Pages 34 and 37 give some of the information relevant to Marston Green but there are graphs and charts elsewhere in the document for those of you who would find them of interest.
21st July 2010 - The Return of the Planters After discussions with Solihull MBC we are delighted that they agreed to return the planters which were removed a few weeks ago from Station Road. These have now been planted with summer bedding by the Parish Council and we are to take over the responsibility of their future maintenance and upkeep. We are very grateful to Geoff Croft of Marston Green and District Horticultural Society, for helping us to get the flowers planted so quickly.
31st May 2010 - Elmdon Lane Car Park The car park on the Elmdon Lane side of Marston Green station will be officially opened on Tuesday 1st June. This will come as welcome news to the villagers and in particular to the residents at the station end of Elmdon Lane, who have been greatly inconvenienced during the construction of the car park especially over the last ten days or so. We hope that this car park will go a long way towards helping to solve the problem of cars parked, for many hours every day, on surrounding roads.
12th May 2010 - Anita Project Update The Anita Project is the upgrading of transport infrastructure in the Bickenhill/Marston Green area. Read the latest information on the Anita Project here. (pdf 234kb) 6th May 2010 - Chairman's Speech 2010 Read the Chaiman of Bickenhill Parish Council 2010 speech here.
3rd May 2010 - Solihull Police now on Facebook If you are a Facebook user then you can find us at www.facebook.com/solihullpolice and then simply click on the “I like” thumbs-up icon at the top of the page. The page will be updated regularly with news of police work, initiatives and operations across Solihull, plus videos, behind the scenes insight, and details of significant arrests and convictions. We look forward to having you as a fan.
May 2010 - Millennium Wood Designated Nature Reserve Status Millennium Wood is one of three other sites in Solihull to receive Nature Reserve Status. Click here to view scan of newspaper article.
The community at work! On 27th February, local residents living in and near to Maple Leaf Drive, were joined by members of Solihull MBC Environmental team, local Borough Councillors and members of the Parish Council, to paint the fence surrounding the John Black Centre, which was suffering from a major graffiti attack. We were pleased to be visited by the Mayor who came to make sure our work was up to standard!
The residents of the John Black Centre gave us much appreciated refreshments and even the weather was kind - for most of the time anyway. A good day was had by all and this was an excellent example of what can be achieved by working together. The Parish Council is grateful to all those who had an input in this huge task - it's a very long fence!
New Neigbourhood Police team for Marston Green Marston Green will have its own dedicated Police team. Click here for more details Meet the new Police Sargent for Bickenhill and Meriden. Bickenhill and Meriden have a new neighbourhood Police Sergeant. Click here for further details Elmdon Lane/The Fordrift pond At the next meeting of the Parish Council, a representative from Birmingham International Airport will be visiting us to discuss the future of Pond at the corner of Elmdon Lane/The Fordrift. The Airport have informed us that they are keen to respond to residents’ concerns about the pond and following their consultation with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust they are seeking ways to improve the pond. They wish to inform residents of the framework proposed by the Wildlife Trust and to explore the possibility of establishing a community project involving local people. Local Nature Reserve We are working with Solihull MBC and Natural England to create a designated Local Nature Reserve at the Millennium Wood in Marston Green village and more information on this will follow later in the year.
Stop the Drop (phase two) We are grateful to the pupils of Marston Green Junior School who helped us with the second phase of our Stop the Drop campaign. It was difficult to decide on the winning posters, such was the high standard of entries, but in the end there were five overall winners, and two other posters which were Highly Commended. Congratulations to winning pupils who are shown below on prize giving day in December.
Carols Around the Tree On Tuesday night, (22nd December) around thirty intrepid people braved the bitterly cold weather to sing Christmas Carols round the tree in the Garden of Memory. The annual service, orgainised jointly this year by the Baptist Free Church and St Leonard's, was led by Pauline Griffiths and Stella Reece, and was followed by much appreciated hot drinks and mince pies.
November 12 2009 - Remembrance Day Over the last few years we have been pleased to see a steady increase in the number of people attending this very important event, held in the Garden of Memory. Having listened to the feedback from last year, we hired for this year’s Remembrance Day, a PA system which allowed more people to hear the service.
We were delighted that for the first time in a number of years, the children of both the Infants and Junior schools attended, and their representatives were among those who laid wreaths on the War Memorial. There were well over two hundred people present, remembering those who lost their lives in the first and second world wars and also paying tribute to those whose lives have been given in more recent years. Click here for more photographs of the parade and service. November 12 2009 - Airport maintenance work Essential maintenance work is being carried out on the main runway on during November. Click here for more information (pdf 126kb)
October 28 2009 - Did You Know? Did you know……The Borough Councillors hold an advice surgery in the Library in Land Lane, on the second Saturday each month from 10.30 until 12.00? Just drop in – no appointment necessary.
Did you know……. the Airparks buses that run through the village to the airport will stop at any point for passengers? The cost is just £1 and the buses run every 30 minutes. Details of times and route are shown below. Leaves Airparks site at:
Septmember 21 2009 - Draft Noise Action Plan Consultation
June 29 2009 - Littering This is the sight which greeted walkers this morning, (Sunday 28th June) on the amenity land off Elmdon Lane. Please help us to stamp out this behavior and to take care of our village.
June 2009 - Vandals target Millennium Wood.
Two weeks ago fires were lit in the wood, burning trees, shrubs and fences. In the latest attack, the plaque commemorating the opening of the wood in 2000, has been stolen. This is distressing as it is an important part of the the history of the village and was paid for by residents of Marston Green.
In a separate incident, fires were lit on the Amenity land at the rear of Elmdon Lane, again destroying shrubs, trees and fences in rear gardens. This took place late one afternoon and we would ask anyone who witnessed this, or sees anything whichcauses concern, to call the police on 0845 113 35000, extn 760 161 48 The children at Marston Green Infants School, and the village library, helped us to launch our campaign to raise awareness of the amount of litter being discarded in the village. The campaign, STOP THE DROP is part of an initiative by the CPRE (Campaign For Rural England) and it started with the school organising a poster competition. The pictures were judged by Rev Roy Allen and the Chairman of the Parish Council, Frank Bunce. There were ten finalists and three of these were chosen as the overall winners. The prizes were presented to the children at a special assembly on 1st June when Cllr Bunce awarded the three winners with book tokens and certificates. The remaining finalists were also given certificates.
Chairman's Speech from AGM 2009 To read the full speech from the Chairman of Bickenhill Parish Council AGM, please click here. New NHS facility New to the borough is Solihull’s Healthcare and Walk-in Centre which is now open to everyone living in the borough and people who work in, or are visiting Solihull. It is situated near the main entrance to Solihull Hospital in Lode Lane and can be accessed from the main entrance. You can see a doctor or nurse at the new centre, which is open daily, including weekends, from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm. An appointment can be made or, as the name suggests, you can just walk in. The phone number for appointments is 0121 709 7711.
The new contact phone number to report anything suspicious relating to aircraft safety (see previous news item) is 0121 712 6151. 6th November 2008 - Airport Security At the Parish Council meeting in November there was a presentation by MAN PADS Community Engagement Team, a home office funded counter-terrorist group based at Birmingham Airport. Man Pads stress there is no current threat or intelligence to suggest a need for heightened security but would ask the community to report anything they believe could be a threat to Birmingham airport or aircraft transit. The number to call is 0121 712 6151 or Email mnpt@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
15th October 2008 - Front Page News! Our adoption of the Bickenhill telephone box has made the front page of the Solihull News. Click here for more... 4th October 2008 - Pedestrian Bridge Over Railway We are delighted to tell you, that as a result of the many complaints about the pedestrian bridge over Marston Green Station, the Parish Council have made representations on your behalf to Solihull MBC and the result is that starting this month, and in addition to the regular daily cleaning of the village, the bridge will be cleaned every week, possibly on a Monday. Those of you who regularly use the bridge will know how unpleasant it is because of misuse and we hope that this will make it a much more user friendly place to walk. Unfortunately we don't have such good news regarding the graffiti. Because of cost implications this cannot be dealt with at the moment but we hope that at some time in the future this will be removed.
Caroline Spelman to Opens New Parish Council Office The Member of Parliament for Meriden, Caroline Spelman opened the new facilities at the Recreation Ground Pavilion on Thursday 4th September. |
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