Bromsgrove Golf Club is under threat from housing development, after its land owners (Bromsgrove Golf Centre) put the Golf Course land and adjacent fields forward to the Council during their ‘call for land’ a few years ago.
Sadly, the Bromsgrove District Council selected only a handful of sites from the hundreds available to them across the area and ignored all others. Bromsgrove Golf Club was one of these.
The proposed construction of 1,300 homes presents significant infrastructure challenges. Residents of the town have already raised concerns about traffic volume, school capacity, healthcare access, water supply availability, and inadequate drainage. Increased population density will place further demands on existing services and change local characteristics.
According to the Council’s own Landscape and Visual Sensitivity Study, loss of green space at this site is indefensible. The golf course contains wildlife corridors, over 28,000 mature trees, and removal of these features would result in an environmental disaster.
BGC members are fighting this proposal (against the local Council and UK Government policy to build houses without consequences) and have formed a committee with a sole purpose to look at a strategic approach to stop this, by engaging with Council Officials so they understand what is at risk, seeking expert advice to support our cause and with its members / friends and family for their support.
We have a created an objection letter that is available to send as an email or hardcopy version. With an aim to get over 3,000 objection letters submitted to Bromsgrove Planning Department before 22nd September 2025, when the consultation process ends. Lee Machin (Gentlemen’s Club Captain) has commented the support we are receiving is overwhelming.
Bromsgrove Golf Centre serves as a community facility, providing opportunities for leisure activities that contribute to physical and social well-being. Activities at the centre include golf, footgolf (popular with families), and functions such as birthday parties, wedding receptions, anniversaries, and wakes, reflecting its role in local life.
To put this into context, BGC is one of the busiest Golf courses in the UK and attracts visitors throughout the county and far beyond (over 1,100 members). There is no logic this site should have ever been considered. With an increasing population to the district the local Council must protect and develop leisure facilities NOT reduce them without any alternatives.
The Golf Academy for our Juniors is one of the largest in the UK, and supports coaching for over 200 young people each week. There is concern that potential closure could affect access to sports and related benefits for young people and their families.
We also have hundreds of our senior members to consider, this is the hub for their social life, along with supporting their physical and mental wellbeing.
It feels none of the above arguments that are so important have been considered.
An expanding district will need more leisure facilities, not less.
To add your voice/help the cause – contact Lee at leezmachin@aol.com
