The SayNoToCleanPowerEnergyCentreInBrierleyHill Facebook site this morning reported speculation that Refuse Derived Fuel Ltd (RDF) may have ceased trading. The Environment Agency haven’t heard anything to this effect, the on moving new waste to the site from 10th July might be root of rumours. [View the story “RDF: rumour of ceased trading” on Storify]
A £362,000 bid to the governments Local Sustainable Transport fund aimed at improving and encouraging walking and cycling in Brierley Hill has been successfully submitted by Dudley Council. A working party including Dudley Council, Dudley Primary Care Trust, Sustrans (the cycling organisation), Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership and Living Sreets has been set up to • Read More »
The March meeting of Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership heard of the £5 million funding bid towards a £10 million scheme deliver a step-change in bus user experience at Merry Hill Bus Station and on the wider Brierley Hill bus network. The government has now announced that they have approved the bid as covered in • Read More »
From Brierley Hill Area Committee: Concerns have been raised about the amount of both patients and hospital staff members choosing to park on the carriageway and footway in streets around Russells Hall Hospital. This parking obstructs the movement of both motorists and pedestrians, and prevents vehicle access to driveways. It also causes great difficulties for • Read More »
The report of the planning inspector, Vincent Maher, has been published and is overwhelmingly supportive of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan, but deletes references to ‘strategic wildlife corridors’ to replace them with ‘wildlife corridors’ in order to make the policy easier to understand and adds in a paragraph that developers must take account of the • Read More »
The February meeting of the Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership received an update on parking issues in the town centre. Concern had been expressed that parking on both sides of Bell Street South was making the road difficult to navigate. Engineers from the council pointed out that parking limits had been planned for the street • Read More »
Brierley Hill Area Action Plan – a key planning document which will guide future developments in the area – is reaching its final run in to adoption following an ‘Examination in Public’ held at Dudley Council House in December. Planners are now looking to formally adopt the plan this summer. The proposed plan which will • Read More »
The starting time of next meeting of Brierley Hill Community Forum has been brought forward to 4.30 pm to accommodate visiting speakers. The main item of businesss on the agenda is car parking in the area. Dudley’s engineer with responsibility for car parking, Martyn Holloway, will be in attendace to listen to residents concerns.
Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership has established a working party to look at parking issues in the town. Despite media speculation the introduction of car park charging at Merry Hill will not take place for several years yet. The partnership heard that despite this there were a number of concerns relating to car parking • Read More »
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.