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Have Your Say on Our Highways Strategy
Birmingham's roads, pavements, bridges, street lighting, drainage systems and other highway assets help people travel safely around the city every day. Together, they form one of the largest highway networks in the country. Looking after this network is becoming more challenging. Much of our infrastructure is getting older, demand on our roads continues to grow, and public funding is limited. This means we need to make careful decisions about where to focus investment and...
Birmingham Youth Strategy (2027-2032) Consultation Survey
Birmingham is a young and diverse city, and young people are at the heart of its future. We have developed a draft Birmingham Youth Strategy to help improve outcomes for young people and ensure they have the opportunities, support and environments they need to thrive. Our Youth Reference Group has already helped shape the draft strategy by sharing what matters most to them and the changes they would like to see for young people in Birmingham. We are now inviting...
Priorities For a Fairer Birmingham - Help Us Develop Our Equality Objectives
I ntroduction We are consulting on our equality objectives to ensure they reflect the equality issues that matter most to residents. As part of our responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 Public Sector Equality Duty ( a law that helps councils and other public services treat everyone fairly, reduce unfair discrimination, and give all people equal chances to take part in community life), w e want to make sure the...
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School Streets (Phase 6) - Improvements
A School Street is a road outside a school where most vehicles are not allowed during school drop-off and pick-up times. This helps reduce traffic and creates a safer, more pleasant environment for pupils, families and local residents. The following four School Streets have been in place since April 2026: Blakesley Hall Primary School Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School St. Laurence Church Infant School St. Michael's C of E Primary...
Improvement at Alexander Way Play Area
Birmingham City Council is proposing improvements to the Alexander Way Play Area to provide a higher-quality and more inclusive play environment for local families. The site currently contains two play areas; however, one is closed due to its poor condition, while the other requires significant investment and refurbishment. As part of the proposals, one play area will be removed and the remaining play area will be fully refurbished. The upgraded facility will include a range of...
Help to Shape the Council and City’s Next Chapter
Alright Brum, What’s Next? Birmingham is a great city with lots of strengths. But we know there are things that need to get better too. Birmingham City Council is creating a new Corporate Plan for the next three to four years. This plan will set out what we want to achieve during this time, with a focus on providing better services and outcomes for local people. We want to hear from Birmingham residents about what matters most to you, your...
Birmingham City Council’s Proposed Admission Arrangements for September 2028/2029
Birmingham City Council is the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools and is responsible for consulting on the proposed admissions arrangements, proposed admissions numbers and the proposed scheme for the coordinated admissions to schools and academies for the 2028/2029 academic year.
Sheldon Country Park Landscape Improvements
Great news! Sheldon Country Park has secured funding for improvements that will benefit the whole community. The proposals include a new toddler and inclusive play area, a gazebo, bamboo screening to enhance the existing fence and gate, and paving improvements to provide better access to the play facility and park office.
Closed consultations and engagement
Safer School Journeys - Hall Green Infant School
The Safer School Journeys programme is a city-wide initiative designed to make streets around schools safer, healthier and more welcoming for pupils, families and the wider community. Funded through the Clean Air Zone and aligned with the city’s Road Harm Reduction Strategy , this programme offers dedicated support to help schools identify and address road safety concerns, improve air quality, and encourage more walking, wheeling, and cycling. It also supports the vision for ...
Safer School Journeys - Yorkmead Primary School
The Safer School Journeys programme is a city-wide initiative designed to make streets around schools safer, healthier and more welcoming for pupils, families and the wider community. Funded through the Clean Air Zone and aligned with the city’s Road Harm Reduction Strategy , this programme offers dedicated support to help schools identify and address road safety concerns, improve air quality, and encourage more walking, wheeling, and cycling. It also supports the vision for ...
Safer School Journeys - Robin Hood Academy
The Safer School Journeys programme is a city-wide initiative designed to make streets around schools safer, healthier and more welcoming for pupils, families and the wider community. Funded through the Clean Air Zone and aligned with the city’s Road Harm Reduction Strategy , this programme offers dedicated support to help schools identify and address road safety concerns, improve air quality, and encourage more walking, wheeling, and cycling. It also supports the vision for ...
Your impact
Issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes.
We asked
We asked for your comments on the proposal to remove boarding provision at Lindsworth School.
You said
91 people responded to the consultation and 82 of those people provided written comments. The comments show the importance that stakeholders place on the work done by the school and particularly the current extended-day (after-school) provision and concern that this would be impacted by the removal of boarding.
We did
We reviewed and collated all of the comments received. We shared with the decision maker for their consideration:
- a summary of the consultation results
- a collated copy of all comments, unalterred
(all personal data and informaiton is removed from comments before sharing).
We asked
How Birmingham can develop a distinctive, inclusive and sustainable Music Visitor Experience grounded in the city’s globally significant musical heritage and contemporary live music ecosystem.
You said
The combined evidence from the roundtables and public survey presents a clear and consistent picture. Birmingham is not an emerging music city. It is an established one.
We did
Not recommend a single delivery route. Instead, a series of options and considerations that reflect the conditions identified through the research. A phased approach is likely to be the most appropriate. Early interventions focused on communication, coordination, and experiences can build confidence and generate evidence. More capital-intensive decisions can then be taken on the basis of demonstrated demand and operational learning
See full report here: Birmingham Music Visitor Experience: Options and Considerations Report - Aston Research Explorer
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