Stourbridge College has proved that it’s cutting edge when it comes to creative industries and its designs on a new campus are on track for success with work about to begin on the Venture Way site. The £12m investment in a new Centre in the heart of Brierley Hill is all set to contribute to • Read More »
It blazed, it rained, it blew a gale… but still teams of treasure hunters from Brierley Hill and across Dudley Borough raced around historic Brierley Hill, along the Pony Trail route to search for clues and work out where the treasure is hidden. Winners of this event on 28 and 29 August to be announced • Read More »
TECHNOPHOBES unfamiliar with computers can get a helping hand at Brierley Hill library, with the launch of the information buddy.
On 2nd September Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership received a presentation on how the drawing up of new guidelines for Brierley Hill. View the presentation below. If you want to take part in the consultation they you can do so by going to the website: http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment–planning/planning/local-development-framework/bhill-urb-des Power Point Presentation – 021092010
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 The college will bring brand new arts and digital based courses to Brierley Hill and replace the outdated Longlands campus in Stourbridge.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 • Read More »
Brierley Hill’s new Health and Social Care Centre has won another prestigious national award for the quality of its design. The LIFT national awards aim to encourage high quality health service buildings and the presentations were made in London last Thursday, 8th July. Dudley Infracare LIFT took the ‘Design’ award for its Brierley Hill development. The • Read More »
Plans for the Brierley Hill Campus of Stourbridge College remain on course despite the withdrawal of AWM support for the scheme. The college has confirmed that the move from AWM was not unexpected in the light of the cuts in public sector spending and it had already moved to put contingency plans in space. The • Read More »
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 • Read More »
For those wishing to see the proposals for the Brierley Hill town conservation area then plase click this link: http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment–planning/planning/historic-environment/conservation-areas/brierley-hill-high-street-conservation-area The management proposals are in part B of the link
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 • Read More »