Category: Consultation failure
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Ladywood Unite representatives turned away from council meeting
Ladywood Unite representatives were turned away from a meeting with council staff today. This was despite the booking being on the council’s own security log books. Instead of apologising, residents were blamed for turning up to the meeting, and security was called. Many of us had taken off work to attend the meeting. We request…
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Slides and notes from meeting with Council and Councillors
Today George and Laura met with Councillor Francis, Councillor Cotton, Paul Kitson and his new colleague, and a Berkeley Group representative. More detailed notes/names are forthcoming, and we have asked for the minutes they took. George will also share his Powerpoint slides. The meeting lasted just over an hour and proceeded as follows. We all…
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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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What have we been told so far?
On 19 June 2023, Cllrs Albert Bore and Kath Hartley wrote to residents stating that St. Joseph was being recommended as a redevelopment partner for the regeneration of central Ladywood. Like the other communications they sent in 2019, this letter did not explicitly state that they planned to demolish existing homes. Some of the 2019…
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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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Media from 20 July developer meeting
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/we-need-answers-ladywood-chaos-27365072 Resident from Ashton Croft reflects on the meeting with Councillor Bore on BBC WM Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66258451 https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/birmingham-ladywood-residents-council-meeting-4227227 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/22-billion-redevelopment-meeting-shambles-27366633 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/we-need-answers-ladywood-chaos-27365072 Please add your news links in the Discussion below.
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