SITES near Bromsgrove Golf Centre, the former Barnsley Hall psychiatric hospital and land near Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club are among more than 300 places in the district earmarked for possible development.

Bromsgrove District Council has revealed the list of sites - which can be found here - that have been submitted by wards and parishes as part of a planning review.

While the majority of the sites are in rural areas, there are some in more built-up locations, including the former hospital site in Barnsley Hall Road.

Officers will now assess these sites against a range of, social, economic and environmental factors which, with a large number of sites submitted, will take a considerable period of time, says the council.

Cllr Adam Kent, whose portfolio covers the Local Plan Review, said: “At this stage no assessment of these sites has been carried out by the Council so inclusion in this list does not mean that these sites will be developed or indeed even have potential for sustainable development.

“All it means is that they have been stated as available for development by landowners or site promoters. As expected far more sites have been submitted than will likely be required."

Once the initial assessment process has been undertaken a full public consultation will be carried out on a draft plan which will include a preferred option of the chosen sites.

A revised timetable for the plan review will be published in due course.

Council Leader Karen May added: “Whilst this is a large number of sites there is no suggestion at this stage that all of these sites will be needed but neither have they been earmarked for anything else.

“We will continue to consider all responses when we carryout public consultation on the draft plan.”