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Until 1932, the town of Solihull was administered as a rural parish with a parish council subordinate to the larger Solihull Rural District Council. As Solihull rapidly developed in the twentieth century, it was promoted to higher statuses within the administrative hierarchy, becoming an urban district in 1932, then a municipal borough in 1954, and then a county borough in 1964, taking over ...
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Solihull in the West Midlands , England.
The coat of arms of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Solihull probably derived its name from a 'miry or muddy' or soily hill. The parish church was built on a hill of stiff red marl, which turned to sticky mud in wet weather. Solihull was an ancient parish, covering the town itself and adjoining rural areas, including Shirley. [3]
The abolition of the West Midlands County Council in 1986 left the county without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly, through the West Midlands Joint Committee, the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, West Midlands Police (initially under the oversight of the West Midlands Police Authority and currently ...
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties.
Land area taken up by the green belt is 231,291 hectares (571,530 acres), 1.7% of the total land area of England (2019). [2] [3] Tracts of green belt lie within the West Midlands county itself, much of it by the Meriden Gap in Solihull borough; however, the vast coverage of the green belt completely envelops the county.
Planning Portal that was established by UK Government in 2002 to allow planning applications in England and Wales to be processed electronically. It later added guidance and information content, interactive guides, an application service for Building Regulations approval and the ability to purchase site location plans.
Renderings of the people mover were revealed in July 2019 and Schedule 17 approval was granted in 2020. [1] Revised plans for the people mover were submitted to Solihull Council on 3 February 2022, with the altered alignment of an approximately 815 m (2,674 ft) section, developed in conjunction with the Urban Growth Company (of Solihull Council).