Consultations and Engagement

Stay in the loop

Consultations focus on gathering community views and feedback on a specific proposal or project that is linked to a decision-making process. An example of this is seeking feedback on new interventions along a bus route.

Engagement is about building relationships between us and our communities and involving people more deeply in shaping our projects and decisions. Engagement isn’t about collecting opinions once, it’s about working with community members, stakeholders and partners over time through things like workshops, focus groups and consistent communication.

Your opinions count

Our goal at the West Midlands Combined Authority is to make this region the best place to live, work and visit. Community consultation and community engagement is the way that we are able to listen to your views and take on board your ideas to help shape the future of the West Midlands.

How do you help us?

By sharing your experiences, ideas and perspectives, you help us to:

Improve public transport services
Inform our policies and strategies
Shape the decisions the Combined Authority makes

There are several ways we gather people’s ideas and opinions. We work to ensure that everyone can take part. We aim to make our community engagement work as inclusive and accessible as possible. Ways that you can get involved include:

Sharing your opinions in our online surveys via our engagement platform Commonplace
Joining us at our pop-up events across the West Midlands to have your say
Completing questionnaires
Taking part in our focus groups
Signing up to our mailing list to be kept up to date on consultations and community engagements

Get involved

To find out more information on any of our projects that may impact you, visit our Commonplace site. On here, you can fill out surveys, sign up for updates and find out about online and in-person events. In addition, visit our Contact Us page and fill out our form for any consultation and engagement queries.

Live community engagement projects

An older resident speaks and gestures with their hands while taking part in a small group discussion at the Residents' Assembly 2026. Participants of different ages and backgrounds are seated around tables with notebooks, drinks and workshop materials, while other groups can be seen talking in the background in a bright meeting space.

West Midlands Combined Authority Residents Assembly

Learn how the Residents’ Assembly brings people together to discuss housing, jobs and transport and make recommendations

A young woman smiles as she leans over a desk, typing on a laptop. Glasses and books are scattered across the desk. In the background, people are chatting and socialising, with food and drinks on nearby tables, suggesting a networking or community event.

Exploring Experiences of Young People Aged 16-24

We’re asking 16–24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training to tell us what types of support would be most useful in helping you move forward.

Closed consultations

A grey and bright green electric double-decker bus operated by National Express West Midlands travelling through a city intersection. The bus features green branding along its side with the slogan "charge into city" and a battery icon, set against a backdrop of multi-story glass and brown office buildings under a clear blue sky.

Bus Reform

We want to hear from you on the future of bus services in the West Midlands.

A transit-style schematic map of the West Midlands Key Route Network, featuring color-coded road routes connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Dudley, Walsall, and Solihull, with a legend listed on the right.

Key Route Network Legislation

Should we be able to use our devolved powers to change the Key Route Network to improve the region's roads?

A red National Express West Midlands double-decker bus. The bus is driving alongside a grey crossover SUV across a wide paved junction, with a Toby Carvery building visible in the background under cloudy skies.

Cross City Bus: Longbridge to Hamstead

We want you to share your opinions on how new bus lanes, bus priorities and busy junctions, and improvements to bus shelters between Longbridge and Hamstead could impact your journeys.

A dark grey National Express West Midlands "Platinum" double-decker bus, displaying route "126 to Wolverhampton via Hagley Road," approaches a bus stop. Passengers stand waiting under large green trees beside an electronic timetable display and a glass bus shelter.

Cross City Bus: City Centre

We would love to hear your thoughts on some proposed changes we're planning to make to some routes in the City Centre.

An elevated wide shot of a bustling urban transit corridor during autumn. On the left, a blue-and-silver tram sits at a modern stop. The main multi-lane road is filled with traffic, including a dark double-decker bus, a red double-decker bus, and several cars. Vibrant autumn trees with yellow and green leaves border the road, set against a backdrop of a large multi-story white building.

Hagley Road (Phase 1)

Have your say on our plans to improve travel along Hagley Road.

Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (BEMDC)

Have your say on the potential creation of the Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (BEMDC)

Closed community engagement projects

Spatial Development Strategy

Have your say and ensure the necessary jobs, homes, growth, and transport links you need are delivered in the right places for our communities.

Outdoor Region for Everyone

Help us make the West Midlands an Outdoor Region for Everyone by telling us what's stopping you from using outdoor spaces and what would make you feel safer, active and more welcome outdoors.

Where to find feedback

Head over to our Commonplace hub and select the consultation or community engagement project you are most interested in to view all the responses for it.