West Midlands Green Belt

It is contained within the counties of the West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Essentially, the function of the green belt is to rigorously manage development around the cities, towns and villages in the large West Midlands conurbations centred around Birmingham and Coventry, discouraging convergence.

There is a small isolated portion of green belt separating Droitwich Spa and Worcester.

[3] The Stoke-on-Trent and Burton upon Trent/Swadlincote green belts lie around 10 miles (16 km) to the north.

Due to the West Midlands green belt extending across several counties, responsibility and co-ordination lies with the many local district councils whose land covers the green belt, as these are the local planning government bodies.