New housing in Wyre Forest District Council
We read Wyre Forest District Council's planning register every day. We hold 10,627 of its planning applications going back to 1901, and 77 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 212% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 212% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 10,627
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 32 | 9 |
| 2025 | 83 | 49 | 14 |
| 2024 | 83 | 54 | 21 |
| 2023 | 74 | 48 | 13 |
| 2022 | 96 | 60 | 16 |
| 2021 | 92 | 69 | 15 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 418 | Land At Os 385200 275500 Comberton Road Kidderminster Worcestershire Reserved Matters application (with appearance, landscaping, layout and scale to be considered) for the erection of 418 dwellings and associated open space, landscaping, drainage and ancillary infrastructure, pursuant to… 26/0067/RES | Decided | 30 Jan 2026 |
| 160 | Land At Os 379770 269475 Redhouse Road Stourport On Severn Worcestershire Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access, for the erection of up to 160 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), including the creation of a new vehicular access off Pearl Lane, together… 25/0728/LPA | Awaiting decision | 29 Sept 2025 |
| 145 | Land Adjacent 101 Areley Common Stourport On Severn Worcestershire Reserved matters application for the erection of 145 dwellings and associated open space, landscaping, drainage and infrastructure, pursuant to consents M/24/00672/OUT (Malvern Hills District Council) and 24/00317/S73… 24/0224/RES | Approved | 11 Apr 2024 |
| 79 | Land On The South Side Of Kidderminster Road Bewdley Worcestershire Temporary consent for a sales cabin associated with planning approval ref: 21/0672/FUL (Proposed residential development comprising 79 dwellings, new vehicular access off Kidderminster Road, public open space, SUDS… 24/0012/FUL | Approved | 10 Jan 2024 |
| 70 | Coniston House, Windermere House, Derwent House And Playing Fields Belonging To Former Sladen Middle School Hurcott Road Kidderminster Worcestershire Proposed residential development of 70 dwellings with associated highway and landscaping 25/0266/FUL | Approved | 28 Mar 2025 |
| 55 | Land Lying To The South Of Woodhampton Close And Windsor Drive Stourport On Severn Worcestershire Reserved Matters application for the erection of up to 55 dwellings, a pumping station and associated infrastructure following a grant of outline planning permission M/24/00903/OUT to include appearance, landscaping… 26/0211/LPA | Decided | 10 Mar 2026 |
| 55 | Land At Astley Stourport On Severn Worcestershire Outline application (including details of means of access) for up to 55 dwellings with associated infrastructure, including a pumping station. 25/0173/LPA | Decided | 6 Mar 2025 |
| 49 | Land At Os 388200 278800 Station Drive Blakedown Kidderminster Worcestershire Reserved Matters application for the erection of 49 dwellings and associated amenity space, drainage and infrastructure (with layout, scale, appearance and landscaping to be determined) 24/0556/RES | Approved | 23 Aug 2024 |
| 48 | Land At Os 384850 276080 Dunclent Crescent Kidderminster Worcestershire Erection of 48 dwellings, with associated access, landscaping and associated works 26/0233/FUL | Awaiting decision | 2 Apr 2026 |
| 31 | Land Formerly County Buildings Foundry Street Stourport On Severn Worcestershire Construction of 31No. affordable dwellings (general needs) and 43No. affordable independent living dwellings (for persons aged 55 and over), and associated access, parking and landscaping works 25/0713/FUL | Decided | 29 Sept 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Wyre Forest District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.