Village News
Hopwood misses out on crossing
BARNT GREEN parish councillor Judith Jagger was invited to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, in recognition of her work in the community. Judith was a founder member of
Barnt Green Parish Council, and the invitation also honoured the work of her late husband, John, former chairman of the council. Their daughter, Sarah Watkinson, accom- panied Judith to the event (above), which featured afternoon tea and music from a military band. “It was a lovely occasion – I didn’t
get to meet the Queen in person, but she was there along with the Duke of Edinburgh, William and Kate, plus the Dukes of Kent and Gloucester,” she said.
HOPWOOD residents have been “sadly let down” by Bromsgrove planners, according to independent district councillor Charlie Hotham. Coun Hotham has been pressing
for improvements to the main road through the hamlet, including a cross- ing, as laid out in the Longbridge Area Action Plan (LAAP). Money was intended to be pro- vided under a “106 agreement” with the Longbridge area developer, St Modwen, but this is now to all be spent “propping up” Birmingham City Council, according to Coun Hotham. This was agreed by Bromsgrove’s planning committee last month in approving permission for the latest phase of new homes on the former MG Rover site in Cofton Hackett, despite the LAAP forming part of the recently adopted Bromsgrove District Plan.
ment is going to be 95 houses short, which will end up on our Green Belt.” Meanwhile, in his new role as the
county councillor for Alvechurch, Coun Hotham has been tackling an accumu- lation of other highway problems in Hopwood, including the installation of bollards to prevent lorries parking on the verge heading down to the M42.
Trek to raise awareness
A VILLAGE resident is to take part in an arduous trek across Oman in aid of Coppafeel, a charity that promotes early detection of breast cancer in young people. Hannah Morgan (above, right), who grew up in
Rowney Green and now lives in Bentley, was chosen for her links to the rural community, where the char- ity especially wants to raise awareness. “I’m a farmer’s wife, a member of our local farm-
ers’ club, and active with the Young Farmers Club, so I know farmers can be reluctant to discuss illness. I hope to remove the stigma of checking your boobs, especially in men,” says Hannah, who lost her father to cancer last year. Also joining the trek in November is Olympian
Greg Rutherford, plus 50 men and women who are either breast cancer patients, survivors or have a strong connection with the disease. Hannah has organised two fundraising events: a
“Curry’oke” night at Becketts Farm restaurant on July 21, and an under-7s disco at Bentley Village Hall on July 31. More information is available at:
www.omancoppafeel.everydayhero.com/uk/hannah-s-trek
8 The Village July 2017
“Residents were entitled to rely on this plan and have been sadly let down by Bromsgrove’s planning department which now says it’s irrelevant,” Coun Hotham told The Village. “It is particularly galling that of the 106 money coming from the develop- ment, £90,000 is being used to revamp the folly off the Monument Lane car park. That £90,000 would have gone a long way towards the crossing so desperately needed in Hopwood. “And then to top it all, the develop-
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