Category: Town Centre Partnership

Work on Brierley Hill’s new college set to commence

Work on Stourbridge College’s new creative industries campus, set in the heart of Brierley Hill will be commencing on 23rd August.  The college will bring brand new arts and digital based courses to Brierley Hill and replace the outdated Longlands campus in Stourbridge.  Over 600 hundred students are expected to attend on a daily basis [...]

Urban Design in Brierley Hill Town Centre: event and consultation

How should buildings in the new Brierley Hill look?  How can design influence the ‘feel’ and viability of a town centre?  Can crime be designed out? Brierley Hill Civic Society will be having a presentation from Dudley Council on these matters on Monday 19th July at 5.30pm at St Michael’s, Brierley Hill.  If you are [...]

Planners reassure Brierley Hill stakeholders on jobs plan

Moves by the new coalition government to axe Regional Spatial Strategies will NOT stop plans to bring major new building projects for Brierley Hill according to Dudley Council’s Senior Planning Policy Officer Annette Roberts. Proposals to increase the size of the Merry Hill Centre, create over 2000 new homes and bring offices and 10,000 jobs [...]

Brierley Hill regeneration a ‘moral imperative’

Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership has urged planning authorities to press ahead with plans to regenerate the area, describing the need to tackle social disadvantage a ‘moral imperative’. The partnership issued its call to action as part of its representation on the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan – consultation on which closed on Friday 1th [...]

Wednesday January 20th, 2010 in Consultations, Planning, Town Centre Partnership | No Comments »

May opening for Brierley Hill health and social care centre

Brierley Hill’s new health and social care centre is still on track to open in May.  The new building on Venture Way Brierley Hill is nearing completion despite the recent bad weather having hampered operations by construction company Carillion.  Chief Executive of Dudley Infracare Lift, John Coyne, told the most recent meeting of Brierley Hill [...]

Wednesday January 20th, 2010 in Health Centre (LIFT), Town Centre Partnership | 1 Comment »

New hope for advice centre?

Partners in Brierley Hill are set to meet to see if a vital advice centre in the town can be revived.  The Signpost shop a multi-agency advice, information and guidance centre in Brierley Hill closed its doors in December despite having over 5000 visitors during its last twelve months of operation.  Now Citizens Advice Bureau [...]

National Youth Theatre reaffirms commitment to Brierley Hill

The National Youth Theatre has confirmed that it will continue to work in Brierley Hill, its first regional centre, following pilot projects over the last three years.  Speaking at a meeting of Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership Alexa Cruickshank, general manager of the National Youth Theatre said:  ”Brierley Hill was the first regional centre for [...]

Response from Ian Pearson MP

IP Response Response from Ian Pearson MP in support of proposed Stourbridge campus

Area Action Plan draft added to download page

The draft Area Action Plan has now been added to the download/documents page of Brierley Hill Blog.

Area Action Plan progress note

Nicki Dale, principle planning officer at Dudley MBC, gave a presentation to the Town Centre Partnership on progress with the Area Action Plan – a crucial document which will guide developments in Brierley Hill for the next 20 years.