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South Staffordshire: 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.

Read on 24 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

The main modifications to the South Staffordshire Local Plan (2023–2041) set a minimum of 4,726 homes over 2023-2041.

“A minimum of 4,726 homes over the period 2023-2041 to meet the district’s housing target requirement”

South Staffordshire Council, 17 April 2026. Read 24 September 2026. Schedule of Main Modifications (MM098, Policy DS4), updated 17/04/26. Verified with pdftotext. Plan submitted 11 December 2024; examination ongoing.

Transport

South Staffordshire is a district council; no transport consultation or decision was found on its website. Where we looked

Council tax

Band D set by South Staffordshire for 2026–27: £150.34 of a £2,313.67 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

MHCLG's published table gives South Staffordshire Council's average Band D council tax for 2026–27 as £150.34.

“150.34”

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 25 March 2026. Read 24 September 2026. Figure read from Table 10 (ODS); the council's own decision papers were not readable.

Environment

No dated net zero or carbon neutral target for the council was found on South Staffordshire Council's website. Where we looked

Education

South Staffordshire is a district council and does not run schools. Where we looked

Who runs the council

42 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 28, Independent / Other 5, Liberal Democrats 4, Green Party (E&W) 2, Labour Party 2, Vacant 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Wombourne North ward (24 September 2026).

All 42 councillors, by ward
  • Fiona Hopkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Bilbrook
  • Gary Burnett (Green Party (E&W)) — Bilbrook
  • Diane Holmes (Conservative and Unionist) — Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
  • Sue Szalapski (Conservative and Unionist) — Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
  • Wendy Sutton (Conservative and Unionist) — Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
  • Bernard Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Cheslyn Hay Village
  • Robert Duncan (Conservative and Unionist) — Cheslyn Hay Village
  • Sue Duncan (Conservative and Unionist) — Cheslyn Hay Village
  • John Michell (Conservative and Unionist) — Codsall
  • Meg Barrow (Conservative and Unionist) — Codsall
  • Val Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Codsall
  • Christopher Steel (Independent / Other) — Essington
  • Warren Fisher (Independent / Other) — Essington
  • Bob Cope (Independent / Other) — Featherstone, Sharehill & Saredon
  • John Brindle (Labour Party) — Featherstone, Sharehill & Saredon
  • Joe Hill (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Wyrley Landywood
  • Ray Perry (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Wyrley Landywood
  • Kath Perry (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Wyrley Town
  • Matthew Jackson (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Wyrley Town
  • Vacant (Vacant) — Himley & Swindon
  • David Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Huntington & Hatherton
  • Jeff Ashley (Labour Party) — Huntington & Hatherton
  • Gregory Spruce (Liberal Democrats) — Kinver & Enville
  • Paul Harrison (Liberal Democrats) — Kinver & Enville
  • Steph Dufty (Liberal Democrats) — Kinver & Enville
  • Rob Nelson (Independent / Other) — Lapley, Stretton & Wheaton Aston
  • Robert Reade (Conservative and Unionist) — Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn
  • Victoria Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn
  • Andrew Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Penkridge North & Acton Trussell
  • Sam Harper-Wallis (Liberal Democrats) — Penkridge North & Acton Trussell
  • Helen Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Penkridge South & Gailey
  • Victor Kelly (Conservative and Unionist) — Penkridge South & Gailey
  • Penny Allen (Independent / Other) — Perton East
  • Christopher Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Perton Lakeside
  • Rita Heseltine (Conservative and Unionist) — Perton Lakeside
  • Philip Davis (Conservative and Unionist) — Perton Wrottesley
  • Barry Bond (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne North
  • Dan Kinsey (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne North
  • Martin Perry (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne North
  • Mark Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne South
  • Mike Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne South
  • Vincent Merrick (Conservative and Unionist) — Wombourne South

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Council motions, labelled by the group that proposed them and with the result, are not yet collected for this council; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.