Due to weather conditions, the driveway to Burial Ground will be closed today (29 November). The Grounds can still be accessed by foot.
Bike Marking Event at Chelmlsey Wood Police Station – 28 November, 1-3pm
The Smithswood Neighbourhood Policing Team are hosting a Bike Marking Event on Sunday 28th November between 13.00 – 15.00hrs at the Front Office of Chelmsley Wood Police Station. Come along with your bicycle and officers will apply a unique QR code to it, so if it’s ever lost of stolen, it can be easily returned […]
M42 J6 ‘Design Your Town’ Competition: Closing date 25 November.
The M42 J6 project is running a competition for local primary and secondary school students to submit art to be put on the hoarding at the bridge at St Peters Lane. The organisers have extended the competition so entries close midnight on 25 November. The competition is to create a design, or plan of what […]
Invitation to HS2, LM & BBV: Virtual one-to-one meetings – Interchange area and Chelmsley Wood
HS2 and its contractors, LM and BBV, are hosting virtual one to one meetings for local residents and businesses to find out more about HS2, what it means for the Interchange area and Chelmsley Wood and have your questions answered. During a virtual 20-minute slot, you will be able to talk with the team from HS2, LM & BBV about […]
Remembrance Sunday Service – Thanks to you all
The Parish Councillors would like to express their appreciation to everyone who attended the Remembrance Day Service at the Garden of Memory in Marston Green. They also want to thank everyone who contributed, including the Uniformed Organisations, the members of both St. Leonards Church and the Baptist Free Church, the schools, the Road Marshals, West […]
Remembering the Fallen
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them. In Flanders Fields By John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. […]
NEC Group Masterplan announced, 6 week public consultation to be held.
On November 10, the NEC announced its Masterplan for the development of an urban village on 27 hectares of brownfield land around the National Exhibition Centre that is currently surplus or used for parking. The proposed development includes 5,000 homes, a primary school, a new hotel, cafes, restaurants and offices. The NEC Group state that the […]
Mist Netting at Millennium Wood – 3 November
Earlier this year, a group of volunteers certified by the British Trust for Ornithology requested permission from the Parish Council to carry out mist netting at Millennium Wood. Mist netting is an important tool for monitoring species diversity, relative abundance and population size and is harmless to birds when carried out by trained professionals. On 3rd […]
Remembrance Sunday Parade: Notice of Temporary Road Closures
On the morning of Sunday 14 November (Remembrance Sunday), there will be a number of temporary road closures to allow the annual Remembrance Sunday parade to take place. Residents living close to the affected areas will receive the following letter notifying them of the closures:
Notice of Traffic Management – Coleshill Heath Road, 20-22 December.
From Monday 20 December 2021 to Wednesday 22 December 2021, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), working in partnership with HS2 Ltd will be carrying out trial hole excavations in the verge of Coleshill Heath Road to identify existing utility services. To carry out these works safely, BBV will install temporary traffic lights on the Coleshill Heath […]