Metropolitan borough council · England

Birmingham

Birmingham is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Birmingham
Metropolitan borough council · E08000025
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000025
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
West Midlands
Strategic transport, economic development, skills

Other bodies covering this area

West Midlands
Combined authority
  • Strategic transport
  • Economic development
  • Skills
West Midlands
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
141
Postcode sectors
68
Wards
10
Constituencies

21 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

68 wards recorded in this council area.

Acocks Green · Allens Cross · Alum Rock · Aston · Balsall Heath West · Bartley Green · Billesley · Birchfield · Bordesley & Highgate · Bordesley Green · Bournbrook & Selly Park · Bournville & Cotteridge · Brandwood & King's Heath · Bromford & Hodge Hill · Castle Vale · Druids Heath & Monyhull · Edgbaston · Erdington · Frankley Great Park · Garretts Green · Glebe Farm & Tile Cross · Gravelly Hill · Hall Green North · Hall Green South · Handsworth · Handsworth Wood · Harborne · Heartlands · Highter's Heath · Holyhead · King's Norton North · King's Norton South · Kingstanding · Ladywood · Longbridge & West Heath · Lozells · Moseley · Nechells · Newtown · North Edgbaston · Northfield · Oscott · Perry Barr · Perry Common · Pype Hayes · Quinton · Rubery & Rednal · Shard End · Sheldon · Small Heath · Soho & Jewellery Quarter · South Yardley · Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · Sparkhill · Stirchley · Stockland Green · Streetly · Sutton Four Oaks · Sutton Reddicap · Sutton Roughley · Sutton Trinity · Sutton Vesey · Sutton Walmley & Minworth · Sutton Wylde Green · Tyseley & Hay Mills · Ward End · Weoley & Selly Oak · Yardley West & Stechford

Postcode sectors

B1 1 · B1 2 · B1 3 · B10 0 · B10 9 · B11 1 · B11 2 · B11 3 · B11 4 · B12 0 · B12 8 · B12 9 · B13 0 · B13 3 · B13 8 · B13 9 · B14 4 · B14 5 · B14 6 · B14 7 · B15 1 · B15 2 · B15 3 · B16 0 · B16 6 · B16 8 · B16 9 · B17 0 · B17 8 · B17 9 · B18 4 · B18 5 · B18 6 · B18 7 · B18 9 · B19 1 · B19 2 · B19 3 · B2 2 · B2 4 · B2 5 · B20 1 · B20 2 · B20 3 · B21 0 · B21 1 · B21 8 · B21 9 · B23 3 · B23 5 · B23 6 · B23 7 · B24 0 · B24 8 · B24 9 · B25 8 · B25 9 · B26 1 · B26 2 · B26 3 · B27 6 · B27 7 · B28 0 · B28 1 · B28 8 · B28 9 · B29 4 · B29 5 · B29 6 · B29 7 · B29 9 · B3 1 · B3 2 · B3 3 · B30 1 · B30 2 · B30 3 · B30 9 · B31 1 · B31 2 · B31 3 · B31 4 · B31 5 · B31 9 · B32 1 · B32 2 · B32 3 · B32 4 · B32 9 · B33 0 · B33 3 · B33 8 · B33 9 · B34 6 · B34 7 · B35 6 · B35 7 · B35 9 · B36 8 · B38 8 · B38 9 · B4 6 · B4 7 · B42 1 · B42 2 · B42 9 · B44 0 · B44 8 · B44 9 · B45 0 · B45 5 · B45 9 · B5 4 · B5 5 · B5 6 · B5 7 · B6 4 · B6 5 · B6 6 · B6 7 · B6 9 · B7 4 · B7 5 · B72 1 · B73 5 · B73 6 · B73 9 · B74 2 · B74 4 · B75 5 · B75 6 · B75 7 · B76 1 · B76 2 · B8 1 · B8 2 · B8 3 · B9 4 · B9 5 · B9 9 · B99 1

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000025.