Western Suffolk
Western Suffolk | |
|---|---|
Future unitary authority area | |
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 Western Suffolk shown within Suffolk | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′05″N 0°41′49″E / 52.2514°N 0.6969°E | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East |
| Ceremonial county | Suffolk |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2028 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Body | Western Suffolk Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 598.3 sq mi (1,549.6 km2) |
| Population (2021 census) | |
• Total | 254,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Western Suffolk or West Suffolk[1] will be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. It will be formed from the West Suffolk district, 21 parishes from Mid Suffolk and Babergh less 31 parishes.[2] There will be elections in May 2027 and the new unitary will be created in 2028.[3] In 2021 the population of the area was 254,700.[4]
It is being formed as part of ongoing local government changes throughout England, in which all areas of the country that have separate county councils and district councils will see those replaced with single-tier, or unitary, local governance.[5] The alternative proposal for a single unitary council was not chosen.[6]
Parishes and settlements
[edit]The largest settlement in the district will be Bury St Edmunds, the whole of the district is currently parished. It will contain the following civil parishes:
- Acton, Alpheton, Ampton, Assington
- Badwell Ash, Bardwell, Barnardiston, Barnham, Barningham, Barrow, Barton Mills, Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill, Beyton, Bildeston, Botesdale, Boxford, Boxted, Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield, Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield St George, Brandon, Brent Eleigh, Brettenham, Brockley, Bures St Mary, Bury St Edmunds
- Cavendish, Cavenham, Chedburgh, Chelsworth, Chevington, Chilton, Clare, Cockfield, Coney Weston, Cowlinge, Culford
- Dalham, Denham, St Edmundsbury, Denston, Depden, Drinkstone
- Edwardstone, Elmswell, Elveden, Eriswell, Euston, Exning
- Fakenham Magna, Felsham, Flempton, Fornham All Saints, Fornham St Genevieve, Fornham St Martin, Freckenham
- Gazeley, Gedding, Glemsford, Great Ashfield, Great Barton, Great Bradley, Great Cornard, Great Livermere, Great Thurlow, Great Waldingfield, Great Whelnetham, Great Wratting, Groton
- Hargrave, Hartest, Haverhill, Hawkedon, Hawstead, Hengrave, Hepworth, Herringswell, Hessett, Higham, Hinderclay, Hitcham, Honington, Hopton, Horringer, Hundon, Hunston
- Icklingham, Ickworth, Ingham, Ixworth, Ixworth Thorpe
- Kedington, Kentford, Kersey, Kettlebaston, Knettishall
- Lackford, Lakenheath, Langham, Lavenham, Lawshall, Leavenheath, Lidgate, Lindsey, Little Bradley, Little Cornard, Little Livermere, Little Thurlow, Little Waldingfield, Little Whelnetham, Little Wratting, Long Melford
- Market Weston, Milden, Mildenhall, Monks Eleigh, Moulton
- Nayland-with-Wissington, Nedging-with-Naughton, Newmarket, Newton, Norton, Nowton
- Ousden
- Pakenham, Polstead, Poslingford, Preston St Mary
- Red Lodge, Rede, Redgrave, Rickinghall Inferior, Rickinghall Superior, Risby, Rushbrooke with Rougham
- Santon Downham, Sapiston, Semer, Shimpling, Somerton, Stansfield, Stanstead, Stanton, Stoke-by-Clare, Stoke-by-Nayland, Stowlangtoft, Stradishall, Sudbury, The Saxhams
- Thelnetham, Thorpe Morieux, Thurston, Timworth, Tostock, Troston, Tuddenham
- Walsham le Willows, Wangford, Wattisfield, Wattisham, West Stow, Westley, Whatfield, Whepstead, Wickhambrook, Withersfield, Wixoe, Woolpit, Wordwell, Worlington
Governance
[edit]The local authority will be Western Suffolk Council. The first councillors will be elected in the 2027 Western Suffolk Council election.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Find your future council". Future Suffolk. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Local Government Reorganisation Statement made on 25 March 2026". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ "Three councils for Suffolk government in shake-up". BBC. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ "Case for change" (PDF). Three Councils for Suffolk. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ Forsyth, Alex (16 July 2026). "New councils to be created in 14 areas of England in local government shake-up". BBC News.
- ↑ "Proposals for local government reorganisation in Norfolk and Suffolk". Gov.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
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