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Fizzled like the snow on the ground melts away

Why such short notice? | Left out, shut out, a continual consultation failure and neglect of duty to the public

“What regeneration priorities should the policy focus on?” – suggestions for the ongoing Local plan consultation

When Inclusion Excludes: Ladywood Resident Experiences and What They Teach Us About Equality

Resident Steering Group | Who Really Speaks for Ladywood

Ladywood Unite – Election Season Notice

Ladywood Unite | In Solidarity with Druids Heath – outcome

Ladywood Unite | In Solidarity with Druids Heath

Whose Agreement? Questions About the Development Agreement

Unanswered questions at the Scrutiny meeting

(Mis)Understanding Ladywood: Concerns about the feedback reports

ITV News broadcast on Ladywood

Letter and Request to Shabana Mahmood MP

Resident reflections from a St Joseph Berkeley Group workshop

What could ‘retaining, refurbishing, or replacing’ 70% of homes mean for Ladywood?

Questions regarding Berkeley Group’s Ladywood household displacement targets

Ladywood Unite Press Release and Updates

The charter and other unanswered questions

Ladywood Unite Responds to Contract Signing with Berkeley Group

Ladywood Unite | in solidarity with Druids Heath

How Berkeley Homes has got its hands on the Ladywood redevelopment profits

A blank canvas?

Resident reflections on visit from Geoff Bell, Woodberry Down, London

Ladywood Unite Public Meeting 15 Feb 2025 – Recording

Woodberry Down

Public meeting on Saturday 15 February

Happy holidays from Ladywood Unite + 2025 next steps

Residents express dismay at MP Shabana Mahmood’s latest statement on the Ladywood regeneration and its disregard for residents’ well-being.

Questions for the council: Community charter – another survey

Developer agreement – contradictions

The actual response to our attempted escalation to the Commissioners

Formal complaint lodged against BCC following many residents not being able to access the Local Plan Consultation

Response to the Council seeking input on identification of good quality homes and new homes in the area

Letter to Mr Max Caller and Commissioners – Financial Risks of the Ladywood Regeneration Project

Learning from Lesnes Estate in London

Grave concerns with the charter – correspondence with the council

Questions for the council: consultations and the community charter

Questions for the council: optimism bias and financial risks

The Forgotten People:A Challenge To A Caring Community Norman Sandiford Power 1965

A year of empty promises

Email to Helen and Colette Community Charter and Powered by People

Questions for the council: the community charter – some questions to ask

MP Candidate Interviews

Meeting notes – Joe Holyoak, Colette McCann, Nick Matthews, 23 May 2024

MP Statements in Response To Ladywood Unite six asks

Questions for the council: when the future depends on the meaning of “viability”

MP candidate Shabana Mahmood provides statement on Ladywood Regeneration in response to Ladywood Unite 6 asks

Ladywood Regeneration Zone – The Developer Agreement

MP Candidate Akhmed Yakoob commits to Ladywood Unite 6 asks

MP Candidate Zoë Challenor commits to Ladywood Unite 6 asks

MP Candidate Shazna Muzammil commits to Ladywood Unite 6 asks

Questions for the council – a matter of human rights

Statement on MP candidates

MP Candidate Lee Dargue commits to Ladywood Unite 6 asks

Event – art, food, voting chat

Our asks of MP candidates

Long list of issues affecting Ladywood residents inside the regeneration zone for MPs

Questions for the council: Not much about equality

Thank you for writing to the Guardian newspaper

Ladywood regeneration zone vs Ladywood parliamentary constituency

Does an indicative masterplan exist? Perhaps an ‘illustrative vision’ ?

BBC World radio – Ladywood regeneration

Ladywood community excluded from developer agreement

Map of Ladywood regeneration zone

Information about new builds

How to complain

Ladywood Unite Public Update Meeting 4 May 2024

Donate to fund Ladywood Regeneration legal challenges

Judicial review outcome

I went to 18th of April 2024 surgery in Ladywood Community Health Centre

Questions for the council: what happened to democracy?

Questions for the council: let us talk about the “community engagement”

Response by Birmingham City Council to 22 questions from Ladywood Unite

Birmingham City Council Meeting with Ladywood Unite – minutes

Public event Saturday 4 May 2024 3-5pm

Questions for the council: Sole bidding. Isn’t Ladywood entitled to best practices?

Ladywood Unite meeting updates video 10 March

Ladywood Unite & Birmingham City Council Meeting 7.3.24

MP Shabana Mahmood and Councillor Cotton correspondence

Lib Dems call for Ladywood regeneration scheme to be Reset, Reshaped, and Restarted

Meeting minutes from November’s meeting with Councillors, council staff, developers

Recent press

Questions for the council: Placation or Partnership?

Door knocking 18 Feb 2024

Ladywood Unite representatives turned away from council meeting

A treasure of replies from the council – timelines, CPOs, etc.

Door knocking 4 February 2024

Ladywood regeneration – resident concerns

Door knocking Jan 2024

Happy new year

MP Shabana Mahmood responds after her meeting with developers

Birmingham City Council survey about Residents Charter

Questions for the council: consultation promises

Recording from Ladywood Unite residents public meeting 11 Dec 2023

Response from legal advice clinic

Questions for the council: whose Community charter?

Video update from meetings organised by residents & join a meeting on 11 Dec at 6pm

New information from MP Shabana Mahmood

MP Shabana Mahmood asks for our views again

Questions for the council: affordable housing isn’t social housing