The Village

Regarding “Village homes surprise” (The Village December 2011/January 2012), perhaps this now allows Bromsgrove District Council to pass any plan that comes along for site at the corner of Old Rectory Lane on the other side of the Birmingham Road, Alvechurch.

I endorse the comments by complainants in last month’s Village about some dog owners who fail to pick up their dogs’ mess.

Oh dear! This looks like an accident waiting to happen. I refer, of course, to your article in the December issue of The Village, entitled “The Bin Inspectors”.

Regarding the proposal to buy land surrounding Barnt Green for community benefit: many of the fields surrounding the village haven’t been cultivated for years, yet we resist using them for new housing. 

I am sending this email partly in response to your article in February’s issue but mostly due to a recent article in a local Redditch newspaper.

In the face of impending cost-cutting in the police force, it would be understandable if officers tried to inflate the problems we face in our communities.

SEPTEMBER 2012

As a resident of the “over-built Lego extension” in Cofton Hackett (Village Views, November 2017), I find it disappointing to still see negativity about what is not only a great opportunity for an exciting and cohesive new neighbourhood but also a lovely place to live.