AROUND 80 Wythall residents turned out to a public meeting, held by County Councillor Adam Kent, to voice concerns about overdevelopment.
Bromsgrove MP Bradley Thomas is joining forces with Coun Kent to ‘fight back against the increase in development in the village’.
This comes after Bromsgrove District Council consulted from June to October 2025 on a draft Development Strategy to control long-term growth in the area.
Wythall was earmarked to take 1,295 houses across three sites – land south of Houndsfield Lane, a parcel east of Lea Green Lane and land south of Station Road.
The influx of housing has caused outrage among villagers with many claiming local infrastructure cannot cope.
During the meeting, at Hollywood Golf Club, residents could raise their concerns with Coun Kent and Mr Thomas, who encouraged residents to make their opposition known by commenting on the planning applications submitted to Bromsgrove District Council.
Residents said Wythall was also being impacted by cross-border development too, with more houses being built in Solihull.
Afterwards, Mr Thomas said: “The message from the public meeting was loud and clear – Wythall says no to overdevelopment.
“The village is facing a barrage of speculative housing applications because developers have been emboldened by the government’s housing policy.
“My constituents and I aren’t NIMBYs. We all except the need for new houses, but not on the scale the government is imposing on us.
“The government should build on brownfield land first and provide communities with the infrastructure that will be needed before any houses are built.”
Coun Kent added: “It’s quite clear from the meeting the residents of Wythall see the current avalanche of planning applications as deeply concerning both in terms of scale and inappropriate locations with a distinct lack of infrastructure.
“With over a dozen potential sites already in play, we could see planning applications increasing the size of Wythall by over 60 per cent.”
He said that, coupled with large scale Solihull developments, there was ‘a major problem looming’.
And he called on the district council to open immediate discussions with neighbouring South Warwickshire to find far more sustainable solution to the area’s housing needs and at a more appropriate scale.
