Category: Councillors
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Scrutiny Meeting – Protest – 26 Feb
!!! Important !!! Ladywood Regeneration ‘council scrutiny meeting’, attend and demand answers. Developers Berkeley Group and Council Officers will present plans and progress. Labour Councillor Lisa Trickett will ask them questions. Protest outside on 26 February at 1pm and then come inside and watch the meeting which starts at 2pm. We need to go to…
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Ladywood Unite – Election Season Notice
It’s election season again. Ladywood Unite does not support or endorse any political party or candidate. We have asked all political candidates to step down from the committee until after the election to keep things fair. As we receive candidate statements, we will publish them so that everyone has an equal chance to share their…
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Ladywood Unite | In Solidarity with Druids Heath – outcome
We are sharing the following from the ‘Save Druids Heath’ Facebook page about the vote on Thursday 23 October on the Druids Heath Outline planning application, which had very poor community consultation, proposes unnecessary demolition, and has weak plans to build truly affordable and social homes. The plans were approved. All Labour Councillors and one…
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Unanswered questions at the Scrutiny meeting
On September 11, the Ladywood Regeneration was discussed at the Homes Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The answers given to councillors’ questions raised further concerns about the regeneration. The context “A report without context is very difficult to understand,” the Chair of the committee noted at the beginning of the meeting. The report submitted to the…
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How Berkeley Homes has got its hands on the Ladywood redevelopment profits
Thank you to Richard Hatcher for writing the below post about the Ladywood Regeneration on Birmingham Against the Cuts. The post highlights how the developer selected for the Ladywood Regeneration, St Joseph Berkeley Group, became the preferred developer. Unsurprisingly, Birmingham City Council has not been forthcoming in revealing details about who in the council received…
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Meeting minutes from November’s meeting with Councillors, council staff, developers
In November 2023, we were promised minutes from the meeting we had with Cllr Cotton, Cllr Francis, Paul Kitson, Greg Tillotson, Planning Director, St George and St Joseph, David Stevenson, Laura Kudrna, George Smith, Marcia Wynter. These were provided to us on 4 March 2024. We were also re-sent answers to questions that some of…
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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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A treasure of replies from the council – timelines, CPOs, etc.
The minutes from the council meeting on 9 January 2024 have now arrived online. Thank you to all of the Councillors asking questions on our behalf! We have had some answers on right to return, masterplan, consultation, community organisers, the residents charter, project resources, and the eight principles that have been missing. What do you…
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Happy new year
New year but no Ladywood solutions from Birmingham City Council and our local political representation. We have had little to no support from our own local Councillors Bore and Hartley. Instead, we have had support from other politicians. Following the meeting of Ladywood resident George Smith with Mayor Andy Street and Cllr Robert Alden mid…
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What has been happening lately?
Thank you to everyone who has been working on activities related to supporting the community of Ladywood affected by the regeneration. We continue to be negatively affected by the planned mass compulsory purchase of our homes and local assets of great value including businesses and churches. What has been happening lately? Councillor drop in sessions.…
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Ladywood residents demand to elect new local councillors
Sign our petition – click here We ask to be able to elect new local Councillors in Ladywood as soon as possible Started 18 September 2023 Why this petition matters Started by Ladywood Unite We, the concerned residents of Ladywood, Birmingham, UK, hereby express our lack of confidence in Councillors Bore and Hartley due to their…
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