Category: Unanswered questions
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Questions for the council: what happened to democracy?
The regeneration has been consistently characterised by a democratic deficit since its very early stages in 2019 and 2020, when residents witnessed a general breakdown of democratic representation and BCC’s failure to fulfil its duty consult ahead of the bidding process In June 2019, Ladywood councillors issued a first leaflet pledging their commitment to help…
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Questions for the council: let us talk about the “community engagement”
In its recent responses to Ladywood Unite queries, BCC stated: “Within, the proposals St Joseph put forward, they committed to appoint a Community Engagement specialist and this is still a commitment that that St Joseph intend to honour” This is something that is reflected in what the 2023 Full Business Case (Appendix 2: B5) stated:…
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Birmingham City Council Meeting with Ladywood Unite – minutes
These minutes were prepared and sent by Birmingham City Council. They were reviewed by Ladywood Unite. They follow on from our own reflections posted earlier.
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Questions for the council: Sole bidding. Isn’t Ladywood entitled to best practices?
Sole bidding is not best practice The bidding process as it is described in the 2023 Cabinet Report largely reflects articles 40.1 and 40.2 of the 2015 Public Contracts Regulations. Article 40.1 enables contracting authorities to “conduct market consultations with a view to preparing the procurement and informing economic operators of their procurement plans and…
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Ladywood regeneration – resident concerns
On 16 January 2024, Ladywood residents met to discuss their concerns. We have not had our concerns addressed or resolved by our MP Shabana Mahmood and our multiple requests to meet have been denied. The council and our local Councillors have yet to address our core concerns.
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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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Some questions we asked developers (no answers to them)
We voted to rank our top questions for developers and 8 came out on top. Will they be answered?
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What questions do you want to ask the developers on 20 July?
Leave a comment to prioritise the question. We have identified over 30 questions about plans for us, plans generally, compulsory purchase, engagement and consultation, legal/finances/taxes, and welfare and wellbeing. Plans for us. I understand phase 1 will be demolished first. For any residents who live in the phase 1 area and wish to stay in…
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