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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.
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.
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 Wychavon for 2026–27: £128.21 of a £2,373.19 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£369,000 |
| Children's social care | £381,000 |
| Adult social care | none 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 services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.2 million |
| Other services | £7.0 million |
| Total service expenditure | £32.5 million |
Wychavon in numbers
- Total population
- 138,017 people
- Median age
- 47 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £28,083
- Gross median weekly pay
- £596
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 22.4%
- Claimant Count
- 2.6%
- Average house price
- £322,623
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 9.0 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 7.5 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 78.4%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 150.0 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 6,950 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
43 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority.
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