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32-456: Bromsgrove is a local government district in north-east Worcestershire , England . It is named after its only town, Bromsgrove , where its council is based, but also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas. It borders the built-up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch , Aston Fields , Belbroughton , Catshill , Clent , Hagley , Rubery , Stoke Prior and Wythall . The population at

64-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues

96-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with

128-603: A gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worcester . Bromsgrove is managed by West Midlands Railway . The current station opened on 12 July 2016, replacing an older station located slightly to the north. The station opened as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the Midland Railway ) on 24 June 1840. On 10 November of that year, an experimental steam locomotive named 'Surprise' burst its boiler at

160-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system

192-468: A third tier of local government for their areas. Bromsgrove forms part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . Since 2008 the council has developed shared working arrangements with neighbouring Redditch Borough Council , with the two organisations sharing a chief executive, management team and other staff. The council has been under no overall control since

224-478: A turnback platform for services that terminate at Bromsgrove. The old station platforms and associated structures were removed and demolished during track remodelling in November 2016. The station name signs on the platforms are on a gold background with white text instead of the usual white background with black text. This was unveiled by London Midland in honour of Lauren Rowles , a local woman who won gold at

256-491: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically

288-473: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Bromsgrove railway station Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire , England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at

320-476: Is based at Parkside, at the corner of Market Street and Stourbridge Road. The building was formerly the Parkside School, built in 1912. The school moved to a new building in 2008. The old building was subsequently converted and extended to become the council's headquarters, as well as an area office for Worcestershire County Council and new library for the town, opening in 2015. When first created in 1974

352-399: Is the local station for the district's centre, but there are several others within the district. Road travel, especially to Birmingham, is also important in the district. Barnt Green railway station and Alvechurch railway station are on the line to Redditch . Hagley railway station and Wythall railway station are also on lines leading into Birmingham, which pass through the edges of

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384-464: The 2016 Rio Paralympics . Phase two of the station redevelopment project saw the electrification of the line from Bromsgrove to Barnt Green , this resulted in an extra three trains per hour on the Cross-City Line serving the new station, when the new electrification went live in 2018. This was originally planned to happen between 2011 and 2014, but this date has been amended in the wake of

416-476: The 2023 election , being run by an administration comprising the Conservatives and most of the independents , led by Conservative councillor Karen May. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing councils before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows: The leaders of

448-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with

480-414: The 2021 census was 99,475. The neighbouring districts are Redditch , Wychavon , Wyre Forest , South Staffordshire , Dudley , Birmingham , Solihull and Stratford-on-Avon . The town of Bromsgrove had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1846, who were replaced by an elected local board in 1859, which in turn was converted into an urban district council in 1894. The modern district

512-474: The Cross City Line began running to/from Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley from 29 July 2018. Two trains per hour operate each way on weekdays to and from Lichfield Trent Valley . On Sundays, the frequency is hourly to and from New Street only. The limited Mon-Sat CrossCountry service from here was withdrawn from 30 July 2018. CrossCountry said their decision to withdraw the services

544-622: The Worcestershire County Council website. Planning permission for the new station was eventually granted by Worcestershire County Council in September 2013, three years after the funding for it was previously withdrawn. By this stage it had been decided that the station would have four platforms, able to accommodate nine car trains, and linked by a covered footbridge served by lifts and stairs. A ticket office, waiting room and toilets would also be provided. Work began on

576-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by

608-587: The autumn of 2016. The first timetabled electric services were scheduled to start in May 2018 however in March 2018, plans for an extra 4 trains per hour were delayed to 29 July 2018. The station and all trains serving it are operated by West Midlands Trains , who operate an hourly service from Birmingham New Street to Hereford ; with additional services in the peak hours starting or terminating short at Great Malvern and Worcester Shrub Hill . Electric services on

640-708: The council since 1995 have been: Following the 2023 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in June 2024, the composition of the council was: Seven of the independent councillors sit together as the "2023 Independents" group, which forms the council's administration with the Conservatives. The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 31 councillors representing 30 wards , with each ward electing one councillor except Belbroughton and Romsley ward which elects two. Elections are held every four years. The council

672-594: The council had inherited offices at St John's Court (then known as the Council House) from Bromsgrove Urban District Council and at 94 Birmingham Road from Bromsgrove Rural District Council. The council subsequently moved to a modern office building on Burcot Lane, also called the Council House, which was formally opened in 1986. It remained there until the move to Parkside in 2015. The Burcot Lane building has since been demolished. Bromsgrove railway station

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704-493: The delays to construction work on the new station. The electrification work involved reconstruction of four overbridges between Barnt Green and Bromsgrove and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) of electrification works between Barnt Green junction and Bromsgrove. Re-signalling and track relaying work tied into the project at the station and at various points further north saw all services diverted via Kidderminster or replaced by buses between Droitwich Spa and Longbridge for twelve days in

736-587: The district. Bromsgrove is situated on Route 5 and 46 of the National Cycle Network . This gives cyclists easy access to Droitwich , Redditch , Birmingham and beyond. Most of the district's area is covered by civil parishes, the exceptions being two separate parts of the pre-1974 Bromsgrove Urban District which have not since been added to parishes: one covering the main part of the Bromsgrove built-up area, and another around Rubery on

768-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming

800-513: The new station in March 2014. Even after construction started, the opening date for the station was delayed several times. It was first scheduled to open in May 2015 and then was postponed to November 2015. It was later due for spring 2016. However contamination on site and a previously undiscovered culvert resulted in the opening date being pushed back to Summer 2016. The new £24 million station opened on 12 July 2016, initially with two platforms in use for passengers but platform three will be

832-532: The northern edge of the district adjoining Birmingham. At the 2021 census, nearly half the district's population lived in the unparished areas. The most populous parishes are Wythall (which also contains the large village of Hollywood ) and Hagley . Each parish has a parish council. The following table illustrates the change in the population of the area that makes up the modern district between 1801 and 2011. Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are

864-654: The station, killing the driver, Thomas Scaife, and fireman, Joseph Rutherford (some authorities say the incident happened on the Lickey Incline but this is due to an erroneous early report in the Worcestershire Chronicle which was later corrected. ). They are buried in Bromsgrove churchyard . In June 1969 the station was rebuilt with a single platform on the up (northbound) side, which required stopping down (southbound) trains to cross to

896-503: The station. The cost was projected to be in the region of £10-12 million, and it was estimated that the station could be operational by Easter 2009. However, by June 2009 the project was still only in the development stage and the funding for it was subsequently frozen by the local authority in June 2010. Contamination of the land was a known factor by February 2013 and was included in the Consultation Report published on

928-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since

960-455: The up line and back again after calling at Bromsgrove station. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the service frequency had decreased to a small number of trains in the peak hours. A new platform on the down side was opened in May 1990. On 4 May 2007, Network Rail announced that a new station will be built, to replace the existing structure. This was to be in a brownfield site adjacent to the current site, and would allow six car trains to stop at

992-691: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in

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1024-446: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named Bromsgrove after its largest settlement. Bromsgrove District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Worcestershire County Council . Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes , which form

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