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Bournbrook is a neighbourhood in the Council Ward and Parliamentary District of Selly Oak as determined by the Boundary Commission for England. Prior to the Local Government Provisional Order (No 13) Bill,〔Hansard: Local Government Provisional Order (No 13) Bill (HC Deb 16 February 1911 volume 21 cc1321-53)〕 commonly termed the Greater Birmingham Act, which came into effect on 9 November 1911, Bournbrook was the North Eastern boundary of Worcestershire and was locally governed by the King’s Norton and Northfield Urban District Council.〔Briggs, Asa: History of Birmingham Volume II, Borough and City 1865-1938, (OUP 1952) Chapter V Greater Birmingham〕 Bournbrook is in Selly Oak electoral ward along with the neighbourhoods of Selly Park, Ten Acres, and Lodge Hill. The Ward is represented by three Labour Councillors: Brigid Jones, Karen McCarthy, and Changese Khan. The Parliamentary Constituency and District of Selly Oak also includes the Wards of Billesley, Bournville, and Brandwood. It has a District Committee and is represented in Parliament by Labour MP Steve McCabe. The committee of the TARA / Bournbrook Neighbourhood Forum seeks to address specific local issues. Located adjacent to the main campus of the University of Birmingham the area has become inundated with the conversion of private housing into HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupation) for students at the university. This is causing very serious problems for residents, retailers, and business and is making the area unattractive for investment. Fourteen of Selly Oak’s community groups have formed a federation ‘CP4SO’ (Community Partnership for Selly Oak) to address the major issues that the uncontrolled ‘Buy to Let, to convert’ practice is causing. The Local Action Plan, adopted in July 2001, identifies that: an area of restraint was proposed for the area between Bristol Road, Heeley Road, Raddlebarn Road, and Bournbrook Road. Within this area planning permission for further purpose built student accommodation may be refused. Planning permission is required for the conversion of dwellings for more than six people, or where people do not live as a single household. Planning approval may be refused throughout the Plan area, but particularly within the area of restraint."〔Birmingham City Council: Selly Oak Local Action Plan (July 2001) p39〕 ==Toponymy== The name 'Bourn' is derived from the Old English burna or bourne for brook or stream when it had gravel beds and was characterised by clear water and submerged water plants. By contrast ‘broc’ usually denotes muddy streams with sediment laden with water. Normally both words were used for streams of a considerable size.〔Chinn, Carl: One Thousand years of Brum (Birmingham Evening Mail 1999)〕 The name 'Bourn' is derived from the Old English for brook or stream. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bournbrook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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