Author: Ladywood Unite
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Who can we contact to recall the report?
On 27 June, 2023, some people inside Birmingham City Council approved a report that started the process of putting a compulsory purchase order on our homes (seeking approval in principle). Their decision to approve was based on a flawed process and incorrect facts. We need to demand that the flawed report is recalled – due…
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Recent press
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66398714 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001pb8f/midlands-today-late-news-04082023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66388413
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LADYWOOD FUTURE – poem from Ladywood resident
LADYWOOD FUTURE Gone are our Walks, our Crofts and our Roads.Gone are our Avenues, our Streets and our Groves. Gone are our Crescents, our Ways and our ClosesOur schools, parks and shopsAll our familiar places. Gone are our friends, our neighbours, supportGone are our families, those raised in this ‘hoodDispersed to whereverFrom their homes which…
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Full video of 27 June cabinet meeting approving compulsory purchase in principle
Watch from 5:27 https://birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/778000?force_language_code=en_GB Some striking things – our Councillors apparently had no words advocating for our interests, a promise of ‘like for like’ for council properties, and zero mention of what will happen to all the non-council built properties and that are inside the red line
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MP Shabana Mahmood’s ‘red lines’
These are not specific enough – will existing residents need to pay to stay in the area? Will we able to stay now – or in 20 years? Will owners be forced to become renters?
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Door knocking – 2pm – Sat 5 August 2023
Join us to do some door knocking on Saturday throughout the Ladywood Regeneration Zone. Most people don’t know the nature of what is happening because we still have not been officially informed. We will meet at 2pm at Gilby Road Park near the play area. When you arrive we will divide you into pairs and…
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Sign the petition
Sign our petition to oppose the Ladywood Regeneration https://www.change.org/p/oppose-ladywood-regeneration-birmingham Update 18 Feb 2023 – on 11 Feb 2023, Councillor Bore sent us the below reply to the petition.
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Recent press
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/i-italian-restaurant-ladywood-regeneration-27405861 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/they-bulldoze-out-ladywood-residents-27415538 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/save-brilliant-boozer-regulars-fear-27408171 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bosses-thriving-ladywood-factory-in-27405242 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/sneak-peek-ladywoods-future-showing-27407531 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-66337774
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Generic replies
Some of us have begun to receive generic replies to our hundreds of unanswered questions. We deserve more.
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What questions would you like to ask the council if you could?
We all have a lot of questions about what will happen next. But think what you might like to ask the council about their processes – such as about the whole process of setting this up in the first place. What comes to mind? Might it be about the process of selecting a developer previously…
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