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Bromsgrove: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Bromsgrove District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of WOR. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Worcestershire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Bromsgrove for 2026–27: £265.18 of a £2,478.65 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- Meadows First School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
- Meadows First School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £637,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £6,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £716,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £4.4 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £6.7 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £15.7 million |
Life in Bromsgrove: the official facts
- People living here
- 101,973 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £28,466
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £706
- Children growing up in poverty
- 15.3%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.5%
- Average price of a home
- £332,683
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 8.0 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 6.5 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 85.1%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 190.8 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 5,300 businesses
Who runs the council
31 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Conservatives and independents.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 11, Independent / Other 7, Liberal Democrats 7, Labour Party 6.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
Elections here now: Marlbrook ward (26 November 2026).
All 31 councillors, by ward
- Alan Bailes (Independent / Other) — Alvechurch South
- Rachael Bailes (Independent / Other) — Alvechurch Village
- Jane Elledge (Labour Party) — Aston Fields
- David Nicholl (Liberal Democrats) — Avoncroft
- Charlie Hotham (Independent / Other) — Barnt Green & Hopwood
- Karen May (Conservative and Unionist) — Belbroughton & Romsley
- Simon Nock (Conservative and Unionist) — Belbroughton & Romsley
- Siobhan Robinson (Liberal Democrats) — Bromsgrove Central
- Bernard McEldowney (Independent / Other) — Catshill North
- Shirley Webb (Conservative and Unionist) — Catshill South
- Sam Ammar (Liberal Democrats) — Charford
- Anita Dale (Conservative and Unionist) — Cofton
- Sue Baxter (Independent / Other) — Drakes Cross
- Ruth Lambert (Conservative and Unionist) — Hagley East
- Steven Colella (Independent / Other) — Hagley West
- David Hopkins (Labour Party) — Hill Top
- Derek Forsythe (Conservative and Unionist) — Hollywood
- Bakul Kumar (Conservative and Unionist) — Lickey Hills
- Joshua Robinson (Liberal Democrats) — Lowes Hill
- Helen Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Marlbrook
- Rob Hunter (Liberal Democrats) — Norton
- Kit Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Perryfields
- Harrison Rone-Clarke (Labour Party) — Rock Hill
- Peter McDonald (Labour Party) — Rubery North
- Esther Gray (Labour Party) — Rubery South
- Mick Marshall (Labour Party) — Sanders Park
- James Clarke (Liberal Democrats) — Sidemoor
- Samuel Evans (Liberal Democrats) — Slideslow
- Peter Whittaker (Conservative and Unionist) — Tardebigge
- Justin Stanley (Conservative and Unionist) — Wythall East
- Stephen Peters (Independent / Other) — Wythall West