From Brierley Hill Area Committee: In response to a written question in relation to the accessibility from the Brierley Hill Town Centre to the Health and Adult Social Care Centre in Venture Way, Brierley Hill, the Area Liaison Officer indicated that an investigation would be undertaken in conjunction with Centro in relation to the possibility • 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 »
Brierley Hill Library is expected to close for five weeks from early April to allow for physical alterations and improvements to take place. Local councillor Rachel Harris told a meeting of the town’s Civic Society that the council’s housing advice service together with the local Citizens Advice Bureau would be sharing the High Street Building. • 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 »
Dudley Council’s Brierley Hill Area Action Plan, which will help steer investment into the town and shape future planning applications through th 2026, has now won the approval of the Secretary of State. The 15-year plan sets out proposals for nearly 3,000 new homes and 65,000 square metres of extra retail space in the town • Read More »
Thursday 10th March saw a coming together of former Round Oak workers to share memories, listen to poetry and stories and to view the Round Oak exhibition at the Artspace shop in Mill Street Brierley Hill. Brendan Hawthorne, Black Country poet read inspiring, moving and humorous poetry based around work, life and characters in the • Read More »
Following a review of the one way system along Mill Street from Venture Way to the town centre, the ‘no entry’ signs are being removed. Motorists were confused that they were allowed into the first few metres of Mill Street from this junction, but then had to turn into the car park when the road • Read More »
Former workers from a famous Brierley Hill steel plant are invited to a reunion and exhibition celebrating the firm’s history. Dudley Council has organised the Round Oak Remembered event at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, St. Jamess Road, on December 11, from 11.30am. The event is open to anyone who worked at the Round Oak • Read More »