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Doncaster: 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.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

City of Doncaster Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the SCR combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000017.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Doncaster for 2026–27: £1,749.86 of a £2,167.75 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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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 reason not recorded), 1 closed (1 closure)

Thorneberry School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 17 July 2026
Sutherland House School Braithwell — open, 11 December 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Doncaster reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Doncaster: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£170.6 million
Highways and transport services	£11.4 million
Children's social care	£110.0 million
Adult social care	£163.5 million
Public health	£38.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£10.8 million
Cultural and related services	£16.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£39.8 million
Planning and development services	£10.1 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£13.9 million
Other services	£2.7 million
Total service expenditure	£588.3 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Doncaster in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 319,765 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 41 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £20,640 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £602 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 34.7% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 4.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £172,305 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 55.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 55.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 96.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 97.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 11,035 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

55 seats in 2026. Run by: LAB Mayor, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 34, Labour Party 12, Conservative and Unionist 6, Advance UK 2, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 55 councillors, by ward

Maria Hollingworth (Reform UK) — Adwick le Street & Carcroft
Nicola Brown (Advance UK) — Adwick le Street & Carcroft
Steven Plater (Reform UK) — Adwick le Street & Carcroft
Christopher Marriott (Advance UK) — Armthorpe
Nick Pritchard (Reform UK) — Armthorpe
Tim Needham (Labour Party) — Armthorpe
Ioan-Emanuel Craciun (Reform UK) — Balby South
Sue Farmer (Labour Party) — Balby South
Isaiah-John Reasbeck (Reform UK) — Bentley
James Church (Labour Party) — Bentley
Rebecca Booth (Reform UK) — Bentley
Chris Kidger (Reform UK) — Bessacarr
David Carroll (Reform UK) — Bessacarr
Nick Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Bessacarr
Jason Charity (Reform UK) — Conisbrough
Rachel Reed (Reform UK) — Conisbrough
William Shaw (Reform UK) — Conisbrough
Alexander Jones (Reform UK) — Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
David Nevett (Labour Party) — Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
Joan Briggs (Reform UK) — Edlington & Warmsworth
Stephen Barnett (Reform UK) — Edlington & Warmsworth
Jane Cox (Conservative and Unionist) — Finningley
Steve Cox (Conservative and Unionist) — Finningley
Symeon Waller (Conservative and Unionist) — Finningley
Dan Dawson (Reform UK) — Hatfield
Mark Broadhurst (Independent / Other) — Hatfield
Nick Smith (Reform UK) — Hatfield
Glyn Jones (Labour Party) — Hexthorpe & Balby North
Russ Linley (Reform UK) — Hexthorpe & Balby North
Antony Dodds (Reform UK) — Mexborough
Brendan Megaw (Reform UK) — Mexborough
John Reed (Reform UK) — Mexborough
Frank Jackson (Reform UK) — Norton & Askern
Gerald Squire (Reform UK) — Norton & Askern
Vicky Lawson (Reform UK) — Norton & Askern
Craig Ward (Reform UK) — Roman Ridge
Howard Rimmer (Reform UK) — Roman Ridge
Bob Anderson (Labour Party) — Rossington & Bawtry
Ken Guest (Labour Party) — Rossington & Bawtry
Lee Sammut (Labour Party) — Rossington & Bawtry
Cynthia Ransome (Conservative and Unionist) — Sprotbrough
Oliver Bloor (Reform UK) — Sprotbrough
Karl Hughes (Reform UK) — Stainforth & Barnby Dun
Neil Wood (Reform UK) — Stainforth & Barnby Dun
Dave Knight (Reform UK) — Thorne & Moorends
Glyn Whiting (Reform UK) — Thorne & Moorends
Kieran Lay (Reform UK) — Thorne & Moorends
Jackie Dudley (Reform UK) — Tickhill & Wadsworth
Martin Greenhalgh (Conservative and Unionist) — Tickhill & Wadsworth
Gemma Cobby (Labour Party) — Town
Majid Khan (Labour Party) — Town
Rob Dennis (Labour Party) — Town
Guy Aston (Reform UK) — Wheatley Hills & Intake
Jane Kidd (Labour Party) — Wheatley Hills & Intake
Paul Cutts (Reform UK) — Wheatley Hills & Intake

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. 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.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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