About your council
The 84 mostly green belt rural square miles of
Bromsgrove are home to 92,000 residents. The District is a mixture
of urban and rural communities, with a third of the population
based in Bromsgrove town and other population clusters in Hagley,
Rubery and Wythall.
More residents of Bromsgrove are aged over 60 than is the average
in Worcestershire, and the population is known to be ageing. Over a
quarter of the District’s 39,000 households are single older person
households. In particular, older people account for a lot of
Bromsgrove town centre’s population. Younger people tend to live in
the District’s larger population centres rather than the rural
areas. Around 45% of our working population commutes out of the
District towards the Birmingham area. The number of households with
one or more person identified as having special needs, primarily
physical disability or frail elderly, is significantly above the
national average.
Vision
Working together to build a district where
people are proud to live and work, through community leadership and
excellent services.
Objectives and priorities
Regeneration: Economic
Development and Town Centre
Improvement: providing value for money
One community: working for one community and
meeting housing needs
Environment: climate
change
The District Council is based in Bromsgrove
town and includes the Worcestershire Hub Customer Service Centre on
School Drive for residents to access services, the Aston Fields
Depot, and our main offices at The Council House.
All our strategy and decision-making is based on our four stated
objectives. Priorities are laid out to give firm direction to
service planning and working towards our objectives.
Decisions that shape local services in
Bromsgrove District are made by our elected District Council
Members supported by the Senior Management Team. The Council has a
majority Conservative administration, with 27 Conservatives, 10
Labour and 2 Wythall Residents' Association.
The Council
Governance
We work under a Strong Leader and Cabinet
form of governance – with the full Council having the final say on
matters of strategic policy, budget and Council tax.
