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Bassetlaw: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

The Bassetlaw Local Plan sets a minimum housing requirement of 9,720 homes from 2020 to 2038.

“Using the full objectively assessed need of 540 new homes per year, the total housing requirement is a minimum of 9,720 dwellings for the 18 years from 2020-2038.”

Bassetlaw District Council, 29 May 2024. Read 25 September 2026. Para 5.1.29; the preceding sentence reads 'Figure 6 shows that the Plan provides housing land for 11,195 dwellings over the plan period.' Adoption date from https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/bassetlaw-local-plan-2020-2038/bassetlaw-local-plan-2020-2038/ ('The Bassetlaw Local Plan was adopted by the Council on 29 May 2024.'). A Local Plan Review 2026 page exists (notice of intention to commence, call for sites).

Transport

Bassetlaw introduced pay and display parking at Prospect Precinct in June 2026 as part of a district-wide parking strategy, then amended the conditions.

“At the beginning of June, Bassetlaw District Council introduced pay and display parking at Prospect, as part of a district-wide parking strategy, which included an hour of free parking.”

Bassetlaw District Council, 2 July 2026. Read 25 September 2026. published_on is the page's 'Last Updated' date. Earlier proposal: https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media-centre/news/news-archive/news-january-2026/proposed-changes-to-council-car-parking-published/ ('The changes include introducing a standardised tariff across all council owned car parks in the district, a 20% discount when paying digitally, and 1-hour free parking at Queens Street in Worksop and West Street in Retford.'). Highways and buses are Nottinghamshire County Council functions.

Council tax

Band D set by Bassetlaw for 2026–27: £212.05 of a £2,644.95 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Bassetlaw's 2026-27 Band D council tax (district share) rose 2.99%, from £205.90 to £212.05.

“That if the formal Council Tax Resolution at Appendix A is approved, the total Band D Council Tax will be as follows: 2025/26 2026/27 Increase £ £ Bassetlaw District Council 205.90 212.05 2.99%”

Bassetlaw District Council, 26 February 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Council (Annual Budget Meeting) 26 Feb 2026, item 'Council Tax Resolution and Budget Headlines 2026-27 (Key Decision No.1154)', resolution 3. Quote includes a flattened table row as extracted. Text read via the council's modern.gov web service (GetMeeting?lMeetingId=1079) because the HTML pages and PDFs on bassetlaw.moderngov.co.uk returned a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403) to non-browser requests. The council-tax page https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/council-tax/your-council-tax-explained/ (last updated 2026-04-21) lists Bassetlaw District Council Band D equivalent 212.05.

Environment

Bassetlaw councillors committed to net zero council operations by 2030 (and net zero area-wide emissions by 2045).

“Councillors at Bassetlaw District Council have unanimously committed to reducing council operations to Net Zero by 2030, following a motion to Council on Thursday 21st September 2023.”

Bassetlaw District Council, 14 November 2024. Read 25 September 2026. published_on is the page's 'Last Updated' date. Same page lists 'To meet Net Zero areawide emissions by 2045'.

Education

Not applicable: district councils do not run schools; schools here are the responsibility of the county council. (Nottinghamshire County Council).

What Bassetlaw is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

Recently

5 earlier meetings

  • Thu, 18 June 2026 · Full Council

    • Previous Motions - Action and Implementation
    • Report of Director of Corporate Resources and Assistant Chief Executive
    • Beckingham cum Saundby Community Governance Review - Final Recommendations
    • Cabinet - 2nd June 2026 - Minute No.8(a) - Bassetlaw Binfrastructure Strategy (Key Decision No.1171)
    • Cabinet - 9th June 2026 - Minute No 6(d)- Annual Treasury Management Review 2025-26 (Key Decision No.1179)
    • Cabinet - 29th April 2026 - Minute No. 132(b) - Review of the District's Tenancy Strategy and Council's Tenancy Policy (Key Decision No.1173)
    • Report of the Director of Regeneration and Neighbourhoods and Assistant Chief Executive
    • Houses in Multiple Occupation - Update (Key Decision No.1127)
    • Joint Employee Council - 15th April 2026 - Minute No.27(a) - Revision to the Employee Code of Conduct
    • Joint Employee Council - 15th April 2026 - Minute No. 27(b) - Introduction of a Learning and Development Policy
    • Carlton-in-Lindrick Neighbourhood Plan Review: Consideration of Examination Report, enactment of recommendations, and arrangement of a local referendum
    • Cabinet - 10th March 2026 - Minute No 112(a) - Waste Management Update (Key Decision No. 1043)

  • Tue, 9 June 2026 · Cabinet · Budget Meeting

    • Finance and Performance Outturn 2025-26 (Key Decision No. 1178)
    • Annual Treasury Management Review 2025-26 (Key Decision No. 1179)

  • Tue, 2 June 2026 · Cabinet

    • Houses in Multiple Occupation - Update (Key Decision No. 1127)
    • Bassetlaw 'Binfrastructure' Strategy (Key Decision No. 1171)
    • Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2025-26 (Key Decision No. 1174)
    • Bassetlaw Local Plan Timetable - Update (Key Decision No. 1184)

  • Wed, 13 May 2026 · Full Council · AGM

    • Report(s) of the Chief Executive
    • Appointment of Monitoring Officer
    • Confirmation of Leader
    • Committees- 2026-27
    • Outside Organisations - 2026-27
    • Schedule of Meetings - 2026/27

  • Wed, 29 April 2026 · Cabinet

    • Local Government Reorganisation - Update (Key Decision No. 1140)
    • Housing Services Annual Compliance Review (Key Decision No.1161)
    • Children and Young People Annual Progress Report 2025 (Key Decision No.1168)
    • Grant Scheme for the Voluntary and Community Sector 2026-27 to 2028-29 (Key Decision No. 1170)
    • Review of the District Tenancy Strategy and Council Tenancy Policy (Key Decision No.1173)
    • Health & Safety Committee - 14th January 2026
    • Joint Employee Council - 14th January 2026
    • Humberhead Levels Biosphere Reserve - UNESCO designation proposal (Key Decision No. 1182)
    • Regeneration Programme Update Report (Key Decision No. 1028)
    • Retford and Worksop Leisure Centres Decarbonisation (Key Decision No. 1066)
    • Housing Organisational Development Proposal

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 25 September 2026. Refreshed weekly. Results of motions are in each meeting’s minutes, linked from the date.

Who runs the council

48 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 35, Reform UK 6, Conservative and Unionist 4, Independent / Other 3.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Worksop East ward (29 October 2026).

All 48 councillors, by ward
  • Warren Limber (Reform UK) — Beckingham
  • Jack Bowker (Labour Party) — Blyth
  • David Pidwell (Labour Party) — Carlton
  • Robin Carrington-Wilde (Labour Party) — Carlton
  • Steve Scotthorne (Labour Party) — Carlton
  • Fraser McFarland (Reform UK) — Clayworth
  • Gary Dinsdale (Conservative and Unionist) — East Markham
  • Dan Henderson (Labour Party) — East Retford East
  • John Manners (Conservative and Unionist) — East Retford East
  • Susan Shaw (Labour Party) — East Retford East
  • David Challinor (Labour Party) — East Retford North
  • Graham Oxby (Labour Party) — East Retford North
  • Jonathan Slater (Labour Party) — East Retford North
  • Carolyn Troop (Labour Party) — East Retford South
  • David Naylor (Labour Party) — East Retford South
  • Harriet Digby (Labour Party) — East Retford West
  • Malachi Carroll (Labour Party) — East Retford West
  • Steven Pashley (Conservative and Unionist) — Everton
  • Joe Horrocks (Labour Party) — Harworth
  • June Evans (Labour Party) — Harworth
  • Lynne Schuller (Labour Party) — Harworth
  • Gillian Freeman (Labour Party) — Langold
  • Hazel Brand (Independent / Other) — Misterton
  • Simon Richardson (Reform UK) — Rampton
  • Andrew McCallum (Reform UK) — Ranskill
  • Matt Turner (Reform UK) — Sturton
  • Darrell Pulk (Labour Party) — Sutton
  • Emma Griffin (Conservative and Unionist) — Tuxford and Trent
  • Lewis Stanniland (Reform UK) — Tuxford and Trent
  • Charles Adams (Labour Party) — Welbeck
  • Cliff Entwistle (Labour Party) — Worksop East
  • Deborah Merryweather (Independent / Other) — Worksop East
  • Jo White (Labour Party) — Worksop East
  • Laura Sanders (Labour Party) — Worksop North
  • Maria Charlesworth (Labour Party) — Worksop North
  • Neil Sanders (Labour Party) — Worksop North
  • Alan Rhodes (Labour Party) — Worksop North East
  • Fraser Merryweather (Independent / Other) — Worksop North East
  • Madelaine Richardson (Labour Party) — Worksop North East
  • David Pressley (Labour Party) — Worksop North West
  • Lynn Dixon (Labour Party) — Worksop North West
  • Sybil Fielding (Labour Party) — Worksop North West
  • Julie Leigh (Labour Party) — Worksop South
  • Paddy Ducey (Labour Party) — Worksop South
  • Tony Eaton (Labour Party) — Worksop South
  • Clayton Tindle (Labour Party) — Worksop South East
  • John Shephard (Labour Party) — Worksop South East
  • Josie Potts (Labour Party) — Worksop South East

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.