Friday, March 29, 2024

HARM urged to keep up fight

Opponents to plans for a rendering plant at Hopwood may become so frustrated by the impotence of the authorities that they turn to direct...

Lake sale sealed

The sale of Cofton Lake to a group of residents was expected to be completed by early November, ending months of uncertainty over ownership...
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Rendering protest grows

The protest against plans for an animal carcass rendering plant at Hopwood has been gathering momentum with a series of public meetings across the...
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Does this look like a good place to build a road?

This vista, photographed from close to the Birmingham border, shows what a beautiful part of the world many readers of The Village live in. Upper...

Loading bay for Barnt Green

Barnt Green’s village centre parking plans may come to fruition next spring. The installation of bollards to prevent pavement parking was put on hold more...
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Villagers unite against animal rendering plant

The protest against plans for an animal rendering plant at Hopwood has crystallised into a campaigning group called HARM – Hopwood Against Rendering Movement....

Path crew seek storage

The Alvechurch Footpath Crew is appealing for somewhere near the centre of the village for them to store their equipment and materials. The volunteers, who...

Cofton Lake in late bid battle

A last-minute hitch threatened to sink the bid by villagers to buy Cofton Lake. There were jitters when another buyer came in with a...
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Barnt Green ‘black hole’

A vital 12 acres of green fields close to the centre of Barnt Green may have become a planning “black hole” after a High...

Protests over mast plan

An application to put a 75ft mobile phone mast on the sewage works site 750m south of Alvechurch village centre has also provoked public...