Breckland
Give us your views
We want to hear from you.
The views of local people and organisations help shape our proposals and recommendations.
Just tell us what you think and why you think that.
We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change.
| April 2024 | We decide how many councillors there should be |
| 7 May - 9 September 2024 | We carry out an initial public consultation on communities |
| 3 December 2024 - 24 February 2025 | We carry out a public consultation on our proposals |
| 17 June 2025 | We publish our recommendation |
| TBD | We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations |
| May 2027 | New arrangements apply to local elections |
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Consultation on proposals
We have proposed a new pattern of wards. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.
As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patters, we would make changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:
Previous stages
Initial consultation
We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
Councillor numbers
The first stage of this electoral review is to determine the number of councillors who should represent the local authority in the future.
Effective date
The Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 was made on 2 December 2014.
The new arrangements came into effect at the May 2015 elections.
Final report
Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 29 July 2014.
Previous Reviews
Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.