Your Councillors

Cllr Smith

Councillor Karen Smith is a Chartered Surveyor with a degree in Land Management. With a keen interest in the local countryside and development, Cllr Smith is passionate about representing the local community and their best interests whilst raising the profile of the Portway area.

Cllr Bland

Trevor Bland has been a Parish Councillor for around 12 years and Chairman of Beoley Parish Council for about 9 years. In May 2024 Cllr Bland decided it was time to hand over the reins as Chair of the council, but remains a councillor supporting the Parish with wealth of knowledge and experience.

He has previously been a governor, including Chair of Governors, for schools in Redditch and in the Inner City of Birmingham. Although now retired, he spent many years working closely with and for several Local Authorities in the fields of Architecture, Project Management, Health and Safety and software authoring. He now lives in the centre of the village of Beoley and has always tried to work tirelessly for both the village and its community.

Cllr Urry

Councillor James Urry and his family have lived in Portway, part of Beoley Parish for over 12 years.
James is keen on representing the local community interests and is currently supporting Broadband, Highways and Environmental topics.

Councillor Urry took the role of Chair in 2024.

Cllr Cook

Don retired from the ICC Birmingham (NEC group) where he worked as Venue Services Manager and in other Departments at the ICC. Prior to that he was a freelance show technician working on industrial theatre productions, He also spent his early working life at Lucas Electrical on the shop floor and finally working in the training department.

Cllr Morgan

Beoley resident for over 15 years and parish councillor.

Cllr. Rock

Councillor Adam Rock and his wife have lived in Beoley for over 9 years. Adam is a chartered surveyor with over 20 years property experience and as a Co-Opted councillor he is keen to protect the local community’s interests including, planning, highways and the environment.

Cllr Rock has been Planning Lead since May 2023 and took the role of Vice Chair in May 2024.

Lengthsman – these services are now provided by Bromsgrove Place Team; you will usually see them working in Beoley on a Tuesday morning

Becky Bowser – Parish Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer

Becky can be contacted either through the website , by e-mail or phone