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Wyre Forest: 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.
Wyre Forest 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 Wyre Forest for 2026–27: £258.08 of a £2,512.47 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 new provision), 0 closed
- Southwell Education Ltd — open; reason recorded: new provision, 26 August 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £886,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £172,000 |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.9 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.1 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £4.2 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £6.1 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £17.9 million |
Life in Wyre Forest: the official facts
- People living here
- 104,179 people
- Typical age
- 47 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £23,311
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £580
- Children growing up in poverty
- 28.7%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.2%
- Average price of a home
- £233,740
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 7.5 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.7 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 88.1%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 69.3 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,920 businesses
Who runs the council
33 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 20, Independent / Other 7, Labour Party 3, The Liberal Party 2, Green Party (E&W) 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 33 councillors, by ward
- Helen Dyke (Independent / Other) — Aggborough & Spennells
- John Aston (Independent / Other) — Aggborough & Spennells
- Peter Dyke (Independent / Other) — Aggborough & Spennells
- Alan Sutton (Conservative and Unionist) — Areley Kings & Riverside
- Danny Russell (Conservative and Unionist) — Areley Kings & Riverside
- Kenneth Henderson (Conservative and Unionist) — Areley Kings & Riverside
- Dan Morehead (Conservative and Unionist) — Bewdley & Rock
- Emily Bourne (Conservative and Unionist) — Bewdley & Rock
- Nick Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Bewdley & Rock
- Leigh Whitehouse (Independent / Other) — Blakebrook & Habberley South
- Tracey Onslow (Conservative and Unionist) — Blakebrook & Habberley South
- Vicky Caulfield (Green Party (E&W)) — Blakebrook & Habberley South
- Mary McDonnell (Labour Party) — Broadwaters
- Mary Rayner (Independent / Other) — Broadwaters
- Peter Young (Independent / Other) — Broadwaters
- Kevin Gale (Conservative and Unionist) — Foley Park & Hoobrook
- Nathan Desmond (Conservative and Unionist) — Foley Park & Hoobrook
- Nicky Gale (Conservative and Unionist) — Foley Park & Hoobrook
- Ben Brookes (Conservative and Unionist) — Franche & Habberley North
- David Ross (Conservative and Unionist) — Franche & Habberley North
- George Connolly (Conservative and Unionist) — Franche & Habberley North
- David Little (Conservative and Unionist) — Lickhill
- Chris Rogers (Conservative and Unionist) — Mitton
- Jackie Griffiths (Labour Party) — Mitton
- Nicky Martin (Independent / Other) — Mitton
- Fran Oborski (The Liberal Party) — Offmore & Comberton
- Liam Carroll (Labour Party) — Offmore & Comberton
- Shazu Miah (The Liberal Party) — Offmore & Comberton
- John Byng (Conservative and Unionist) — Wribbenhall & Arley
- Paul Harrison (Conservative and Unionist) — Wribbenhall & Arley
- Ian Hardiman (Conservative and Unionist) — Wyre Forest Rural
- Marcus Hart (Conservative and Unionist) — Wyre Forest Rural
- Robin Drew (Conservative and Unionist) — Wyre Forest Rural