Local councillors are pleased to announce that the former Levines building in Stirchley has been bought by Farmfoods – the frozen food specialists, and will be traded by
them once alterations are complete.

Farmfoods trade from a number of centres in Birmingham but have no store in this area. The specialist nature of their offering will increase the choice of convenience retailing in Stirchley. They should also provide around 15 new jobs.

Full Details are available in a planning application registered today on behalf of them on the Birmingham City Council website. 

Bournville councillors are outraged to learn that the incoming Labour council has cancelled the £3.5million funding allocated for the regeneration of Stirchley Baths.

Councillor Rob Sealey said, "It is shocking to hear that the first major action taken by the leader of the Labour group Sir Albert Bore as leader of the City of Birmingham has been to instruct the Chief Executive to cancel the contract for the funding of the regeneration of the former Stirchley baths building into a new community centre for Stirchley".

News comes as a blow to local councillors Rob Sealey and Timothy Huxtable who have been working tirelessly for years alongside former Councillor Nigel Dawkins to get the building brought back into use for the community. The news comes only days after the Co-op abandoned their judicial review into the sale to Tesco of land upon which Stirchley Community Centre and Stirchley Indoor Bowls Centre are located. Cllr Sealey said, "It's shameful that the baths was closed by a Labour council, and now 25 years later a Labour council has cancelled funding to bring the building back into use".

The cancellation of this funding calls into doubt the previous Conservative adminsitration's plans to regenerate Stirchley.

The Co - op have decided not to renew their application to a oral hearing with regards to the recent High Court decision that the City Council acted entirely lawfully both in selling the land upon which Stirchley Community Centre and Stirchley Indoor Bowls Centre are located to TESCO, and in agreeing in principle to compulsorily purchase any land on the Hazelwell Lane development site not currently belonging to Tesco to enable the regeneration/redevelopment of the site.

Local Councillor Rob Sealey said, "This is excellent news for the people of Stirchley. The regeneration of the Stirchley Village has been stalled by the Co-op using a varity of delaying tactics for many years. It seems they have now accepted that the City Council has acted lawfully and will hopefully allow this much needed regeneration to begin at long last".

The building of a new Tesco superstore in Stirchley will not only bring much needed jobs to the area for local people, but it will also bring with it a large amount of highways improvements which will help the traffic flow more smoothly along the Pershore Road through Stirchley.

Former Bournville Ward Councillor Nigel Dawkins is to have the title of Honorary Alderman conferred upon him after 12 years service on the City Council and service and dedication to the people of Bournville Ward. The title of Honorary Aldermen is conferred on persons who have, in the opinion of the Council, rendered eminent services to the Council as past members of that Council”. 

Councillor Timothy Huxtable (right) said, "This is excellent news, and a tribute to all the hard work that Nigel undertook in transforming the Bournville Ward into a better place to live".

The ‘micro-park’, created by your local councillors on the Pershore Road in Stirchley, has been hugely popular with both residents and with shopkeepers.
It transformed a derelict piece of land on the Pershore Road into an area that welcomes visitors to Stirchley.  Landscaping, benches and specimen trees made it a small place of peace adjacent to the busy Pershore Road.
We now have plans to create 2 more ‘micro-parks’ in Stirchley. One would again be on the Pershore Road and another one at the top of Fordhouse Lane.