The number of potential new sites earmarked for Gypsies and Travellers in an area of Worcestershire has been cut from seven to three.
Wyre Forest District Council has decided against development at four sites - one in Stourport-on-Severn, two in Kidderminster and one in Bewdley.
It means the potential number of pitches has been reduced from 65 to 10.
All are in Stourport, with four at Nun's Corner, three at Saiwen and three at The Gable's Yard.
The decision by the Conservative-run authority to rule out a farm in St John's Road, Stourport, the former Sion Hill school and Lea Castle hospital sites in Kidderminster, as well as Stourport Road, Bewdley, was made following a public consultation which began in October
Leader of the council John Campion said the authority did not support the four locations "to be used for the Gypsy and Traveller site purpose as part of the local development work that's going on to enable us to have a plan that takes us all the way through to the mid 2020s".
"We will have to come up with a plan that doesn't include those sites but ultimately meets the overall need that has been identified," he added.
The council has previously indicated that 43 pitches are required in the next 11 years with 28 of them needed in the next six years.
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