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Quad bikes and clothing amongst goods taken in Brownhills Business Park burglaries
It seems the local crimewave is not over yet: reports have reached me of break-ins to a number of units on the Brownhills Business Park off Lindon Road/Brownhills Road in Walsall Wood overnight between Wednesday 21st/Thursday 22nd December 2016.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2016, 22 december, break in, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Burglary, Lindon Road, luk clothing, motorbike, quad bike, Raid, Shire Oak, trojan gym, Walsall Wood, West Midlands Police
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Good news on Brownhills Business Park: once again, sense prevails
I had a welcome email yesterday from top reader and contributor Andy Dennis. He pointed out that the appeal against the refusal of planning permission for the demolition of Brownhills Business Park and the construction of a housing development had … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Andy Dennis, Ashtenne Industrial Unit Fund Trust, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Brownhills local history, Derelict, Effluent Disposal Limited, Local History, Local politics, planning, Redevelopment, Silly, Toxic dumping, Toxic waste, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Colliery
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Back from the dead?
It seems a bizarre, defeated planning application that has been covered here before on the blog has been resurrected. The plan to demolish Brownhills Business Park currently existing on the former site of Walsall Wood Colliery, and latterly Brownhills Commercials … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local History, Local politics, News, planning, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Ashtenne Industrial Unit Fund Trust, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Brownhills local history, Derelict, Effluent Disposal Limited, Local History, Local politics, planning, Redevelopment, Silly, Toxic dumping, Toxic waste, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Colliery
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Toxic assets: Brownhills Businesss Park housing plan withdrawn
I noted with some amusement on Friday that the planned scheme to build nearly a hundred dwellings on the business park on the corner of Lindon Road and Coppice Road in Walsall Wood had been abandoned. This project has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashtenne Industrial Fund, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Road Housing Development, Effluent Disposal Limited, Express & Star, Industrial Effluent, Local History, Local politics, planning, Planning appeal, Planning Inspectorate, Redevelopment, Silly, Toxic waste, Veolia, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood Colliery
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The Effluent society
Further to my post last week, regarding the plans by The Ashtenne Industrial Fund Unit Trust to demolish Brownhills Business Park and construct housing, granted on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate, I’ve been looking into the history of the site in question. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashtenne Industrial Unit Fund Trust, Brian Rollins, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Brownhills local history, Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society, Councillor Mike Flower, Derelict, Effluent Disposal Limited, Local History, Local politics, Old maps, planning, Redevelopment, Silly, Toxic dumping, Toxic waste, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Colliery
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Shafted?
I notice that there’s some commotion on the Brownhills/Walsall Wood border at the moment. Local councillor Mike ‘Burger Boy’ Flower has rightly flagged up in his thankfully rejuvenated blog that a plan to demolish Brownhills Business Park (the former surface … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashtenne Industrial Fund, Brownhills, Brownhills business park, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Road Housing Development, Councillor Mike Flower, Effluent Disposal Limited, Express & Star, Geoff Edge, Industrial Effluent, Jeff Rooker, Local History, Local politics, Mike Flower, planning, Planning appeal, Planning Inspectorate, Redevelopment, Silly, Toxic waste, Veolia, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood Colliery
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