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Malvern Hills: 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.
Malvern Hills 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 annual notification: Collecting revenue
- 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 Malvern Hills for 2026–27: £182.60 of a £2,450.92 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: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)
- Malvern St James — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£224,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £802,000 |
| Cultural and related services | £702,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £3.6 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £7.5 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £13.6 million |
Malvern Hills in numbers
- Total population
- 83,227 people
- Median age
- 51 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £28,076
- Gross median weekly pay
- £557
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 21.2%
- Claimant Count
- 2.3%
- Average house price
- £350,772
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 9.2 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 6.7 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 71.7%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 122.6 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 3,940 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
31 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Greens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Councillors by party: Independent / Other 11, Green Party (E&W) 7, Conservative and Unionist 6, Liberal Democrats 3, Malvern Hills Independents 2, Vacant 1, Reform UK 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 31 councillors, by ward
- Sarah Rouse (Malvern Hills Independents) — Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick
- Vacant (Vacant) — Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick
- Pam Cumming (Conservative and Unionist) — Baldwin
- Paul Cumming (Conservative and Unionist) — Baldwin
- David Mead (Liberal Democrats) — Barnards Green
- Malcolm Victory (Green Party (E&W)) — Barnards Green
- Mark Driscoll (Green Party (E&W)) — Barnards Green
- Daniel Walton (Independent / Other) — Broadheath
- Christine Wild (Independent / Other) — Castlemorton, Welland & Wells
- John Gallagher (Independent / Other) — Castlemorton, Welland & Wells
- Beverley Nielsen (Independent / Other) — Great Malvern
- Cynthia Palmer (Independent / Other) — Great Malvern
- Dean Clarke (Independent / Other) — Hallow & Holt
- David Harrison (Independent / Other) — Kempsey
- John Michael (Independent / Other) — Kempsey
- Douglas Godwin (Conservative and Unionist) — Lindridge
- Fran Victory (Green Party (E&W)) — Link
- Kwai Hung Chan (Independent / Other) — Link
- Neville Mills (Liberal Democrats) — Link
- Jennie Watkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Longdon
- Barbara Jones-Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Martley
- Paul Bennett (Liberal Democrats) — Pickersleigh
- Kathy Wells (Independent / Other) — Powick & the Hanleys
- Tom Wells (Independent / Other) — Powick & the Hanleys
- Duane Hubbard (Reform UK) — Tenbury
- Lesley Bruton (Malvern Hills Independents) — Tenbury
- Julie Wood (Green Party (E&W)) — Upper Howsell
- Jeremy Owenson (Conservative and Unionist) — Upton & Ripple
- Martin Allen (Green Party (E&W)) — Upton & Ripple
- John Raine (Green Party (E&W)) — West
- Natalie McVey (Green Party (E&W)) — West