Information Board

Further to postings on 17th September and 17th October the Residents Association Committee are delighted to announce that there has been sufficient response to the ‘circular’ letter sent out recently to proceed with a weekly year-round Green Waste Collection Service as an alternative to the council provided service which will shortly be suspended for the winter period. When the …

A darkness survey will be carried out on Tuesday 12th November. This involves the Estate’s electrical contractors looking at all the street lighting columns in hours of darkness to gauge their effectiveness and log any necessary repairs.

Further to the posting of 17th September the Residents Association Committee is looking into the possibility of setting up a weekly green waste collection service. All residents will receive a letter or e.mail by the end of this week canvassing their views. Please respond as soon as possible as it is essential to establish whether the …

In preparation for the darker evenings a ‘darkness survey’ will be carried out just after the clocks go back an hour on 26th October. This survey involves the Estate’s electrical contractors touring the Estate after dark to check the output of each street lighting column. It is sometimes difficult to establish why a lantern has failed …

Several residents have raised concerns over the unsafe siting of a BT equipment cabinet on Four Oaks Road. The siting of the cabinet means that vision ‘down’ Four Oaks Road is obscured when turning right from Ladywood Road creating a potential hazard. These concerns are being investigated by Birmingham City Council and any resident wishing to add their own …

The Residents Association Committee has set the road frontage charge for 2013/14 (commencing 1/10/13) at £15.35 per yard frontage. This is an increase over the current year’s charge of £0.45 per yard frontage (or 3%). Demands will be issued on 1st October and in the usual way there will be a 5% discount for settlement by …

Birmingham City Council’s green waste collection service will be suspended in November and will re-commence in February 2014 on a chargeable basis. The council plan to introduce wheelie bins for green waste and to make an annual charge of £35 for a fortnightly collection service. Wheelie bins will be micro-chipped. The council issued a specification document …

The drain gullies across the Estate have all just been mechanically cleared out (in total there are over 180!). This operation takes around three days and will be carried out every six months. This is an important element of overall Estate maintenance because the sheer number of trees across the Estate means that their debris can easily clog …

Four Oaks Estate’s website (fouroaksestate.wpengine.com) has been officially launched and all residents have now been notified. This site should improve communication with residents and provide a forum where useful and important information can be made available. The site is a secure site and residents will need to request a user account to gain access to the …

A full tree survey is conducted every two years and the 2013 report can now be viewed in the ‘Resident Area’. A total of 208 trees require some level of attention and 5 need to be felled. These works are underway and the fellings have just been undertaken. Felled trees are replaced in the autumn planting …