Friday, December 20, 2013

Diary Date - Transport, Connectivity and Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Transport, Connectivity and Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Friday 20 December 2013 - 10am
Committee Rooms 3 & 4, Council House
And you can now watch online here.

Key items on the agenda:
  • 2013 Summer Tunnel Closures
  • Bus Lane Enforcement
  • Call in - Review of charges for trade waste services
The call in will be held in private session, as it includes commercially sensitive information.

"Call in" is a process where an Overview and Scrutiny Committee can ask the Cabinet to reconsider a decision if the committee thinks that the decision is wrong.

After the Cabinet has announced its intention to make a decision, members of the relevant O&S Committee have three working days to consider that decision. Two members of the committee can lodge a request to call in the decision. This puts any action to put the decision into practice on hold. The meeting will be held at least ten working days after the publication of the original decision. 

At this meeting, the committee will consider the call in and if a majority of the committee agrees, a report will be submitted. The full Cabinet will then reconsider the decision. They may confirm it or reverse their original decision. 

Planning Applications to the 14 December 2013

A few to catch up on before Christmas:

2013/08883/PA - 1174 Warwick Road, Acocks Green, B27 6BS
Erection of single storey rear extension including alterations to staircase and shop front alterations

2013/08744/PA - 49 Cottesbrooke Road, Acocks Green, B27 6LE
Erection of first floor side and rear extensions and conservatory (Amended description)

2013/08986/PA - 1146 Warwick Road, Acocks Green, B27 6BL
Display of 1 no. internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 no. externally illuminated projecting sign and 1 no.
non-illuminated fascia sign

2013/08818/PA - 120 Douglas Road, Acocks Green, B27 6HW
Erection of single storey rear extension
You can find the details by inputting the reference number into the Council online database here

If you have any comments, you can submit them online - feel free to pass your comments on to me.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Christmas Bin Collections

Just a reminder that - as in previous years - there will be no collections on either Wednesday 25 December or Thursday 26 December. Services will return to normal on Friday 27th December.

If you normally receive a black bag refuse collection on Wednesday or Thursday, your next collection will be on Wednesday 1 January or Thursday 2 January 2014. 

If you are also scheduled for a recycling collection on either Wednesday 25 December or Thursday 26 December, your next recycling collection will be on Wednesday 8 January or Thursday 9 January. 

The Household Recyling Centre at Tyseley will be open as normal over the Christmas period if you have to get rid of any large amounts of waste in the interim (except Christmas Day and Boxing Day).