Category: Communication from Council
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Councillor Francis responds to why residents do not have any funded representation
Berkeley Group (St Joseph Homes), the company selected by Birmingham City Council to demolish Ladywood, is a luxury developer worth billions. The residents of Ladywood, despite paying council tax, do not have access to a single pence to support them as they fight to keep their homes, places of worship, and businesses. One of the…
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What could a residents charter look like for us?
Birmingham City Council has told us that a residents charter will be one of the outcomes of the engagement workshops. What could it look like? See below.
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A reply from Councillor Cotton (older correspondence- August)
We remain very concerned that residents’ views will continue to be ignored during the upcoming public engagement events. We should be allowed to have specialist representation in these events that is paid for by the developer. We should also be involved in setting the agenda of the engagement events and there should be enough meeting…
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Is the council accepting phone calls about the regeneration?
We received the below email today. Thank you for your e-mail, please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you. I have liaised with my colleagues who are responsible for this scheme and can now provide you with the following update. Birmingham city council is aware that the community in Ladywood have a lot…
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Birmingham city council invites Ladywood residents to community workshops already sold out by the time the invite arrives
These invitations, thus far, appear to have had no care taken in translation or access for people who are not digitally literate.
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Birmingham City Council publishes resident FAQs
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50273/our_future_city_plan_ofcp/2756/ladywood_estate_regeneration_scheme
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Birmingham city council puts engagement workshops on their website
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50273/our_future_city_plan_ofcp/2756/ladywood_estate_regeneration_scheme/2
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Second protest and council meeting footage – 12 Sep
Terrific turnout at our second protest today – despite the rain! Thank you to all supporting us Our question to Birmingham City Council Also see Ladywood on Midlands Today 11 Sep 2023 – thanks for sharing our story!
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Birmingham City Council continues to break their promises to Ladywood residents
The homes of 2,000 Ladywood Residents are at risk of being demolished under a compulsory purchase order. We have been locked out of a key meeting and denied information about what will happen to us. Our questions are sensible. After our homes are demolished, will we be able to live in comparable properties – like…
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Generic email from Birmingham City Council to Ladywood
“We know there has been upset around the plans for Ladywood regeneration and what that may mean for you and your homes. Over the last few weeks, we have received many questions from the community. We are working hard to be able to share more information and are pulling together a Frequently Asked Questions sheet…
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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
Ladywood Unite 