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Gedling: 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.
Gedling Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of NTT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Nottinghamshire County Council.
Do it online
- 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
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- 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 Gedling for 2026–27: £200.32 of a £2,609.55 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: 2 opened (1 new provision, 1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- Wood's Foundation CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 July 2026
- Longdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre — open; reason recorded: new provision, 13 January 2026
- Wood's Foundation CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 August 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£332,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £3.4 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.1 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.2 million |
| Other services | £288,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £17.9 million |
Life in Gedling: the official facts
- People living here
- 121,105 people
- Typical age
- 43 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £23,982
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £606
- Children growing up in poverty
- 21.2%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.1%
- Average price of a home
- £245,028
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.6 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.6 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 93.5%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 99.0 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,925 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by East Midlands combined authority, with its elected mayor.
41 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 24, Conservative and Unionist 9, Independent / Other 4, Liberal Democrats 4.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 41 councillors, by ward
- Darren Maltby (Conservative and Unionist) — Bestwood St Albans
- Rachael Ellis (Labour Party) — Bestwood St Albans
- Andrew Meads (Independent / Other) — Calverton
- Boyd Elliott (Conservative and Unionist) — Calverton
- Jane Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Calverton
- Catherine Pope (Labour Party) — Carlton
- Paul Wilkinson (Labour Party) — Carlton
- Alex Scroggie (Labour Party) — Carlton Hill
- Jim Creamer (Labour Party) — Carlton Hill
- Paul Feeney (Labour Party) — Carlton Hill
- Andrew Dunkin (Liberal Democrats) — Cavendish
- Paul Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — Cavendish
- Russell Whiting (Independent / Other) — Colwick
- Henry Wheeler (Labour Party) — Coppice
- Marje Paling (Labour Party) — Coppice
- Kyle Robinson-Payne (Labour Party) — Daybrook
- Sandra Barnes (Labour Party) — Daybrook
- Helen Greensmith (Conservative and Unionist) — Dumbles
- David Ellis (Independent / Other) — Ernehale
- Roxanne Ellis (Independent / Other) — Ernehale
- Jenny Hollingsworth (Labour Party) — Gedling
- Lynda Pearson (Labour Party) — Gedling
- Alison Hunt (Labour Party) — Netherfield
- John Clarke (Labour Party) — Netherfield
- Martin Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Newstead Abbey
- Stuart Bestwick (Conservative and Unionist) — Newstead Abbey
- Sue Pickering (Conservative and Unionist) — Newstead Abbey
- Andrew Ellwood (Liberal Democrats) — Phoenix
- Clive Towsey-Hinton (Liberal Democrats) — Phoenix
- David Brocklebank (Labour Party) — Plains
- Grahame Pope (Labour Party) — Plains
- Ruth Strong (Labour Party) — Plains
- Julie Najuk (Labour Party) — Porchester
- Roy Allan (Labour Party) — Porchester
- Roy Allan (Labour Party) — Porchester
- Kathryn Fox (Labour Party) — Redhill
- Michael Payne (Labour Party) — Redhill
- Michael Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Trent Valley
- Sam Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Trent Valley
- Ron McCrossen (Labour Party) — Woodthorpe
- Viv McCrossen (Labour Party) — Woodthorpe