MP

Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove

Mr Sajid Javid MP
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
01527 872 135 | sajid.javid.mp@parliament.uk

Welcome to our 2 new Councillors Josh Gwilliam and Neil Schroeder. And a sad farewell to our long standing retiring Councillors Janet King, Jill Harvey and Peter Harvey. Thank you all for your many years of service to the local community.

Thanks everyone who attended the afternoon tea and tree planting at the Wheel at St Catherine’s Church, Blackwell for the Coronation. Many thanks to volunteers from the Church and Sue Watson for helping to organise and run this event, and well done to all those who completed the treasure hunt and who raised funds for charity and the Church during the event.

We have published our latest newsletter and annual report for 2022-2023.

Annual report 2022-23

Parish Council elections will not be taking place on 4th May. We have an uncontested election! Please see the following links for the notices which are also displayed in the Ward notice boards. Thanks to those who have decided to come forward. Congratulations!

There will continue to be NO parking charges on Lickey Hills. Thank you to all who responded to the consultation to Birmingham City Council who have now been discouraged from this scheme.

Our Calendar of meetings 2023-2024 is now available, also our Parish 2023 Calendar is available to download. Thanks to all who entered the photo of the month competition.

Our next meeting of the Planning Committee will be 2pm on Wednesday 7th June at the Trinity Centre, please contact the Executive Officer if you would like to attend.

Our next Parish Council Meeting will be 19th June at 7.30pm at the Trinity Centre, Lickey. Click here to see agendas and minutes.

PC Office Hours our Executive Officer is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays – you may speak to the EO by telephone at these times 07930837770, or by appointment at the Trinity Centre office on Wednesdays or email

For news on road closures in the Parish – and more click here

If you have any complaints about Highways issues in the Parish, please contact us or County Councillor Kit Taylor, Cllr Shirley Webb or Cllr Adrian Kriss, contact details on our County Councillors page

Residents Afternoon Tea this will be taking place on Monday 3rd July at the Old Rose and Crown in Lickey. Please contact us if you would like to attend.

Best Front Garden Competition Councillors and volunteers will be walking around the parish early in June/late May to spy the best front gardens in our beautiful parish. We will have a prize ceremony for the lucky winners at the Trinity Church, Lickey on 6th June. Good luck!

Parish Litter Pick. This is an annual event in Lickey at the Park Visitors’ Centre and in Blackwell. We had a successful event on Saturday 25th March as part of the GBSSpring Clean. Thanks to all who took part.

Photo of the Month Below is a link to our Photo of the Month winners calendar for 2023. We are not going to be running the competition this coming year.

LBCC 2023 Calendar

Last year’s winners were used for the fabulous 2022 PC calendar – thanks to all who entered, see the clip below for the finished calendar.

Well done to Christmas card design winner 2021 Zia Brewer