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Boston: 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.
Boston Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of LIN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lincolnshire County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Boston for 2026–27: £269.37 of a £2,308.73 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- Conquest School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 22 May 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£456,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.1 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £8.4 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.3 million |
| Other services | £36,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £17.9 million |
Boston in numbers
- Total population
- 71,080 people
- Median age
- 42 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £21,205
- Gross median weekly pay
- £544
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 35.2%
- Claimant Count
- 4.4%
- Average house price
- £177,438
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 6.9 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 5.2 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 80.0%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 123.8 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 2,295 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
30 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents and Conservatives.
Councillors by party: Independent / Other 23, Conservative and Unionist 4, Liberal Democrats 1, Blue Revolution 1, Reform UK 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 30 councillors, by ward
- Dale Broughton (Independent / Other) — Coastal
- Peter Bedford (Independent / Other) — Coastal
- Anton Dani (Independent / Other) — Fenside
- Patricia Marson (Independent / Other) — Fenside
- David Scoot (Independent / Other) — Fishtoft
- Helen Staples (Independent / Other) — Fishtoft
- Sarah Sharpe (Independent / Other) — Fishtoft
- David Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Five Village
- James Cantwell (Conservative and Unionist) — Five Village
- Claire Rylott (Conservative and Unionist) — Kirton and Frampton
- David Middleton (Independent / Other) — Kirton and Frampton
- Ralph Pryke (Liberal Democrats) — Kirton and Frampton
- Callum Butler (Independent / Other) — Old Leake and Wrangle
- John Baxter (Independent / Other) — Old Leake and Wrangle
- Anne Dorrian (Independent / Other) — Skirbeck
- Neil Drayton (Independent / Other) — Skirbeck
- Paul Gleeson (Independent / Other) — Skirbeck
- Alison Austin (Independent / Other) — St Thomas'
- Barrie Pierpoint (Independent / Other) — Staniland
- Mike Gilbert (Blue Revolution) — Staniland
- Lina Savickiene (Independent / Other) — Station
- Stuart Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Swineshead and Holland Fen
- Suzanne Welberry (Independent / Other) — Swineshead and Holland Fen
- Emma Cresswell (Independent / Other) — Trinity
- Jonathan Noble (Reform UK) — Trinity
- Stephen Woodliffe (Independent / Other) — West
- Andy Izard (Independent / Other) — Witham
- Sandeep Ghosh (Independent / Other) — Witham
- Chris Mountain (Independent / Other) — Wyberton
- Richard Austin (Independent / Other) — Wyberton