Revealed: the full list of 72 potential grey belt sites in Solihull
By Sam Greenway - Local Democracy Reporter 6th Aug 2026
More than 70 green belt sites in Solihull borough have been identified as potential 'grey belt'.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service has produced a full list of the 72 sites listed in an updated green belt assessment.
Grey belt is lower-quality, low-value portions of protected green belt land that could be suitable to develop.
Solihull Council has been keen to stress not all the sites will go on to be developed. Councillor Andy Mackiewicz, the authority's cabinet member for climate change and planning, said: "Decisions about whether any sites should be released from the green belt to meet future development needs across the borough will be made through the local plan process."
To help residents identify the areas our list includes roads on or near the boundary of the parcel of land identified.
The full list is:
1) Surrounding Babbs Mill Lake – Fordbridge Road, Foxgrove Crescent
2) Cooks Lane, Fordbridge Road, Meriden Drive
3) Bacon's End – Chelmsley Road, Forth Drive, A452
4) Surrounding North Solihull Sports Centre – Chelmsley Road, Cooks Lane, Hadfield Way
5) Surrounding Alcott Woods – Moorend Avenue, Grace Academy School, Chapelhouse Road
6) Next to Hatchford Brook – Moseley Drive, Holly Lane
7) Marston Green – Brooklands Hospital, Coleshill Road, Moorend Avenue
8) Coleshill Heath – Coleshill Road, Bickenhill Road, Coleshill Heath Road
9) Coleshill Heath Road, Birmingham Business Park, Blackfirs Lane
10) Surrounding Marston Green Burial Ground – Coleshill Heath Road, Farndon Avenue, Bickenhill Road
11) Coleshill Heath Road, Blackfirs Lane, B4438
12) Next to the NEC – Bickenhill Lane, B4438
13) Chester Road, Coleshill Heath Road, M42
14) Next to the NEC – Coventry Road, Chester Road
15) Surrounding Elmdon Park – Tanhouse Farm Road, Elmdon Park Road, Coventry Road, Damson Parkway
16) South of Birmingham Airport – Damson Parkway, Lugtrout Lane, Catherine De Barnes Lane
17) Next to rail line – Shadowbrook Lane, M42
18) Surrounding Hampton Manor Hotel – Solihull Road, M42, Shadowbrook Lane
19) Surrounding Diddington Hill – Coventry Road, Diddington Lane, Meriden Road
20) Next to HS2 line – Meriden Road, Diddington Lane
21) Next to the River Blythe – Marsh Lane, The Crescent, Meriden Road
22) Hook End – Eastcote Lane, Bellemere Road, Marsh Lane
23) East of Catherine De Barnes – Great Union Canal Walk, Hampton Lane, Damson Parkway
24) Friday Lane, Hampton Lane, Henwood Lane, M42
25) Surrounding Copt Heath Golf Club – Lady Byron Lane, Warwick Road, High Trees Road
26) Surrounding Silhillians Sports Club – Jacobean Lane, M42, Warwick Road
27) Great Union Canal Walk, Jacobean Lane, Hampton Road, Wychwood Avenue
28) Surrounding Stripes Hill – B4101, Ken Trueman Grove, Grove Road, Warwick Road
29) Grove Road, Blue Lake Road, Norton Green Lane
30) Next to rail line – Dorridge Road, Blue Lake Road, Darley Green Road
31) Surrounding Dorridge Wood – Mill Pool Lane, Grange Road, Darley Green Road 32) Widney Manor Road, Smiths Lane, Browns Lane
33) South of Solihull Golf Club – M42, Monkspath Hall Road, Widney Manor Road
34) Surrounding Shirley Golf Club – Craynolds Lane, Stratford Road, Blythe Gate
35) East of Blythe Valley Park – Blythe Gate, M42, Kineton Lane
36) South west of Blythe Valley Park – M42, Illshaw Heath Road, Stroudley Road, Barbel Drive
37) North west of Blythe Valley Park – Illshaw Heath Road, Creynolds Lane, Elderberry Road
38) Tanworth Lane, Salter Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon canal, Lady Lane
39) Salter Street, Watery Lane, Vicarage Road
40) Cleobury Lane, Braggs Farm Lane, Lady Lane
41) Braggs Farm Lane, Ladys Hall Lane, Griffin Lane
42) Rumbush Lane, Cleobury Lane, Norton Lane
43) Rumbush Lane, Wood Lane, Norton Lane
44) Norton Lane, Rumbush Lane, Fulford Hall Road
45) Next to rail line – Rumbush Lane, Norton Lane, Fulford Hall Road
46) Dickens Heath Road, Cleobury Lane, Rumbush Lane
47) Dickens Heath Road, Birchy Leasowes Lane, Tilehouse Lane
48) South of Whitlock's End Station – Tilehouse Lane, Houndsfield Lane
49) South of Highgate United Football Club – Tilehouse Lane, Birchy Leasowes Lane, Birchy Close
50) East of Whitlock's End Station – Tilehouse Lane, Tythe Barn Lane, Whitchurch Lane
51) Bills Lane, Dickens Heath Road, next to rail line
52) Next to Premier Inn, Hockley Heath – Ashford Lane
53) Ashford Lane, School Road, Rashwood Close
54) West of Tudor Grange Primary Academy – School Road, Blackberry Avenue
55) Stratford Road, Nuthurst Lane, Spring Lane
56) Hockley Heath Recreation Ground – Old Warwick Road, Field Way
57) East of Kenilworth Road next to railway line, Wilmot Close
58) Next to new HS2 line, Waste Lane, Meeting House Lane, Station Road
59) West of Berkswell Windmill – Windmill Lane, Kenilworth Road, Kerly Close
60) Frog Lane, Balsall Street East, Holly Lane
61) South West of Tile Hill Station – Cromwell Lane, Hodgetts Lane, Nailcote Lane
62) Reeves Green – Tanners' Lane, Duggin's Lane, Spencers Lane
63) Tanners' Lane, Benton Green Lane, Coventry Road
64) Birmingham Road, Showell Lane, A45
65) West of Millson's Wood – Birmingham Road, B4104, Grace Road
66) North of Meriden CE Primary School – Birmingham Road, Maxstroke Lane
67) Walsh Lane, Main Road, Fillongley Road
68) South west of Meriden Village Hall, Church Lane, Berkswell Road
69) South west of Meriden Hall Park Homes, Berkswell Road
70) Hampton Lane, Strawberry Fields
71) B4104 Birmingham Road, B4102 Hampton Lane, Hampton Grange
72) Aqueduct Road, Haslucks Green Road
The assessment, which provides the reasoning behind each site being labelled as potential grey belt, can be found here.
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