New houses in Birmingham could protect the Green Belt around it

New houses in Birmingham could protect the Green Belt around it

West Midlands Countryside Campaigners say Birmingham Council could intervene immediately to protect its neighbour’s Green Belt from intrusive housing development.

A surplus of new housing could help Black Country Councils, such as Walsall, Solihull, and more rural neighbouring Councils, such as Bromsgrove and Lichfield, to withdraw controversial countryside and Green Belt sites in favour of sustainable urban housing development in Birmingham.

Birmingham is currently consulting on its Local Plan1, which allocates development sites up to 2044, and has identified a surplus supply of housing of at least 13,000 dwellings without taking any land out of its Green Belt.

A study undertaken for the West Midlands Region of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) by its Technical Advisor Gerald Kells shows that the surplus of housing land available within the city of Birmingham could be at least twice as much as the City has stated. Read more here:

CPRE WM PressRelease Birmingham housing 22Nov2025 Press release v5

You can read the full report here: birmingham plan 2025 preferred option CPRE housing final