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Wychavon: 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.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Wychavon 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. ONS code E07000238.

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Wychavon for 2026–27: £128.21 of a £2,373.19 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Wychavon reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Wychavon: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education servicesnone budgeted
Highways and transport services−£369,000
Children's social care£381,000
Adult social carenone budgeted
Public health£244,000
Housing services (general fund only)£3.5 million
Cultural and related services£3.1 million
Environmental and regulatory services£10.6 million
Planning and development services£3.8 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£4.2 million
Other services£7.0 million
Total service expenditure£32.5 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Wychavon in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
138,017 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
47 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£28,083 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£596 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
22.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£322,623 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
9.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions
7.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
78.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
150.0 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
6,950 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

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

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 26, Liberal Democrats 8, Green Party (E&W) 6, Reform UK 1, Labour Party 1, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 43 councillors, by ward
  • Mark Ward (Conservative and Unionist) — Badsey & Aldington
  • Emma Stokes (Conservative and Unionist) — Bengeworth
  • Mark Goodge (Conservative and Unionist) — Bengeworth
  • Margaret Rowley (Liberal Democrats) — Bowbrook
  • Adrian Hardman (Conservative and Unionist) — Bredon
  • Beverley Hardman (Conservative and Unionist) — Bredon Hill
  • Matthew Winfield (Reform UK) — Bretforton & Offenham
  • Emma Kearsey (Conservative and Unionist) — Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham
  • Emma Sims (Liberal Democrats) — Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham
  • Rick Deller (Conservative and Unionist) — Dodderhill
  • Liz Turier (Liberal Democrats) — Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington
  • Rob Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington
  • Neil Franks (Green Party (E&W)) — Droitwich East
  • Nicola Morris (Green Party (E&W)) — Droitwich East
  • John Grady (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich South East
  • Richard Morris (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich South East
  • Eric Bowden (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich South West
  • Gregory Wilkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich South West
  • George Duffy (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich West
  • Jenny Chaudry (Conservative and Unionist) — Droitwich West
  • Paul Middlebrough (Conservative and Unionist) — Eckington
  • Charlie Homer (Conservative and Unionist) — Evesham North
  • Mary Tasker (Labour Party) — Evesham North
  • Julie Tucker (Green Party (E&W)) — Evesham South
  • Peter Knight (Green Party (E&W)) — Evesham South
  • Angie Crump (Liberal Democrats) — Fladbury
  • Andrew Dyke (Conservative and Unionist) — Hampton
  • John Clatworthy (Conservative and Unionist) — Hampton
  • Robert Raphael (Conservative and Unionist) — Hampton
  • Antony Hartley (Conservative and Unionist) — Hartlebury
  • Craig Reeves (Independent / Other) — Harvington & Norton
  • Hannah Robson (Green Party (E&W)) — Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons
  • Judith Ciotti (Green Party (E&W)) — Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons
  • Ben Hurdman (Conservative and Unionist) — Inkberrow
  • Nick Dawkes (Conservative and Unionist) — Inkberrow
  • Daniel Birch (Conservative and Unionist) — North Claines & Salwarpe
  • Nicolas Wright (Conservative and Unionist) — North Claines & Salwarpe
  • Christopher Day (Conservative and Unionist) — Ombersley
  • Charles Tucker (Liberal Democrats) — Pershore
  • Dan Boatright-Greene (Liberal Democrats) — Pershore
  • Jodi Arnold (Liberal Democrats) — Pershore
  • Liz Tucker (Liberal Democrats) — Pinvin
  • Linda Robinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Upton Snodsbury

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. 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.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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