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Welcome to Catherine-de-Barnes – The Parish Boundary Is Growing!!
The results of the final consultation on the Community Governance Review are in and they showed support for the extension of the Parish Council boundary to include the whole of Catherine-de-Barnes! As such, the Governance Committee at Solihull MBC met on the 24th...
November 2018
The Parish Boundary- We Are Growing! The results of the final consultation held in August are now in! There were a large number of positive responses in support of the extension of the Parish Boundary, and as such, the Governance Committee at Solihull MBC met on the...
November 2018 Newsletter
In this edition of the Newsletter we can report that the Parish is growing – we will welcome the whole of Catherine-de-Barnes into the Parish in April 2019. We can also announce that we have two new Parish Councillors on the team! Read on for more details. There is...
A Festive Date for Your Diaries… Santa Fun Run
The Rotary Club of Meriden are running their Annual Santa Fun Run again this year. The event will take place on 2nd December - starting at Meriden Hall at 11am. Full details (including how to register to take part) are available at www.meriden-santa-fun-run.org.uk...
Birmingham Airport Draft Master Plan – Notice of Public Exhibitions
On Tuesday 6th November 2018, Birmingham Airport launched its new draft Master Plan titled, ‘The Midlands Gateway to the World’. The draft Plan outlines how the Airport aims to improve facilities, enhance its route network, grow jobs and the economy, in a sustainable...
The ‘Tommy’ and The War Memorial
The metal Tommy put in place by the War Memorial is a symbol of remembrance created by the charity Remembered as part of their project “There But Not There”. It was built by veterans at Royal British Legion Industries. The Tommy acts as a token of remembrance and is...
HS2 Interchange Station – Invitation to Community Events
This month HS2 and its station design partners will be engaging with communities on the design of Interchange Station. The engagement will take place online and at a series of events. These events are an opportunity for you to share your views with HS2 on the design...
HS2 – Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys To Begin
Balfour Beatty (on behalf of HS2) are going to be starting work on their HS2 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) programme in the village. The work is scheduled to take place on Meriden Road and Diddington Lane on the 11th October 2018. Traffic management will be...
October 2018
Village Information Leaflet Have you spotted one of our new Village Information Leaflets around and about in the village?! It has lots of information in it about where to eat, where to visit and where to walk around the village. You’ll find them in the station, the...
Overnight Road Closure – A45 Westbound Slip Road – 17th/18th September
High Speed Two (HS2) is the new high speed railway for Britain. Since autumn 2017, LM (Laing O’Rourke and Murphy & Sons Joint Venture) has been delivering initial works on phase one of High Speed Two (HS2) at the site of the new Interchange Station, which is...