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OLD LODE LANE
Update: 28 Feb
2006
Planning
application to erect garden display area at Mahoney’s
I will be presenting a petition of 82 names to Solihull Council
on Wednesday 1 March. I will also speak against the application at the
planning sub committee meeting on Wednesday 8 March 2006.
Below is my written submission to Solihull’s
planning department in respect of application 143/2006 (the above). I have
also requested councillors of the planning sub committee to visit the site
this Saturday in order they can be clear about the local environmental
impact.
Dear Julia (planning officer)
I wish to formally object to the application to build a garden
display area at the rear of 1010-1012
Old Lode Lane by Mahoney's.
I firstly point out to you that there have been ongoing issues
regarding the safety of pedestrians in this area, because of the high
volume of traffic already going to the premises. A garden display area will
only serve to increase business and more vehicular traffic.
The footpaths, street furniture and highway are already in a poor
state because of parking on footpaths by visitors to the premises, with
very heavy goods vehicles in regular attendance. The council's highways
department intends to do some major road works in this area in April/May of
this year. This is because of deterioration due to vehicles visiting
Mahoney's. The premises do not have a car park large enough for its
customers. Local residents quality of life and their environment is
therefore compromised. It will be compromised even further if the
application succeeds.
Finally, I wish to point out that Old Lode Lane will become a target
road for the police and council this year. There will be ongoing road
safety operations the whole length of Old Lode Lane.
There is already a clear and present danger for pedestrians,
especially those of a senior age residing at Barons Court. This will be increased
if the application succeeds.
I will be presenting you with a petition with the names of 78 local
residents who object to the application.
I wish to address the planning sub committee when the application
comes before them.
Kind regards,
Ken
Action re
Anti-Social Behaviour in area:
I have copied a letter I sent to Chief Superintendent
Jim McGinty in respect of the exclusion zone near to the Ice Rink, Hobs Moat Road.
Chief Superintendent McGinty,
Solihull Police Station,
Homer Road,
Solihull.
8 January 2006.
Dear Jim,
Re: Anti-social dispersal
order – Hobs Moat Road.
Firstly I wish you and all your staff at the Solihull
OCU a happy, successful and safe 2006.
I read with great pleasure that a dispersal order, under the
Anti-Social Behaviour Act, is to take affect in the area of Hobs Moat,
Elmdon. As you are aware, I have complained on several occasions on behalf
of residents of Elmdon ward about the behaviour of some of the youths attending the ice rink, in Hobs Moat Road,
and causing mayhem in Old Lode Lane and roads leading to the ice rink,
especially Windsor Drive and Merevale Road.
I do though have concerns that any group of youths which intend to
continue to cause problems for the police and residents in the Hobs Moat
Road area might merely walk across the road (towards Windsor Drive and
Merevale Road) where I presume the dispersal order will not apply. I wish
to flag this up to you to ensure that any disorder and anti-social
behaviour is not just displaced.
May I also offer you my support (and that of residents) in relation
to any action you wish to take over the ice rink? Youths do need places for
them to socialise and take part in recreation. It is important however that
the management of the ice rink use the facilities in an appropriate manner
so that nearby residents are not put in fear when certain events take
place.
Yours sincerely,
Ken Hawkins,
Councillor – Elmdon
Ward.
Parking
outside Mahoney’s
Below is a copy of a letter I have sent to Solihull
Police in respect of the danger posed by vehicles being parked on the
footpath near Mahoney’s store:
Inspector Ian Grant,
Solihull Police Station,
Homer Road,
Solihull.
7 April 2005.
Dear Ian,
Re: Parking of motor vehicles
on footpath in Old Lode Lane
Many residents have complained to me about the parking of motor
vehicles in Old Lode Lane,
near to Mahoney’s building supplies. I have had specific complaints
from elderly residents who recognise the extra danger these vehicles cause
when they try to cross the road, from Barons Court residential home to the
bus stop on the opposite side of the road. I have enclosed some photographs
to evidence this (I do not need the photographs returned). In additions damage
to the footpath is caused, especially when heavier vehicles park on the
footpath, with bollards being knocked down. Almost all drivers of these
vehicle visit Mahoney’s for building supplies. There is a sizeable
car park within the confines of the store.
Within the next few months the council’s highways department
will be resurfacing the footpath and replacing damaged bollards. It is
quite obvious that unless road traffic laws are enforced now the repaired
footpath and bollards will be damaged, with the road still be unsafe for
elderly residents. I request that attention is given to enforcing parking
regulations now with a view to ensuring the work undertaken adds to the
value of those living nearby. There will also be an immediate feeling of
extra safety – as the enclosed photographs indicate.
Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding this or any other
issue.
Yours sincerely,
Ken Hawkins,
Councillor – Elmdon
Ward.
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