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The new Council House was designed in the Elizabethan style, [5] as stipulated by the Borough Corporation, to be in keeping with the old St Mary's Guildhall to the rear. [4] The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1913 and the building was completed in 1917, [ 6 ] although, because of the First World War , the official opening by the Duke of ...
Coventry City Council is the local authority for the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. Coventry has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city.
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. [1] It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Government of 1970–74.
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The council said on its website that it cost the authority £500,000 a year to run the current kerbside green bin collection service and it could no longer afford to provide it for free.
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.
There are recycling points throughout the city for paper, glass recycling and metal / tin can recycling. In October 2006, Coventry City Council signed the Nottingham Declaration, joining 130 other UK councils in committing to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the council and to help the local community do the same.
Finham is a civil parish and suburb of Coventry in the region of the West Midlands, England located on the border of the West Midlands county and Warwick District. It lies approximately 2.3 miles (4 km) south of Coventry city centre, 3.3 miles (5 km) north-east of the centre of Kenilworth and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of the centre of Warwick.