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Isles of Scilly: 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.
Council of the Isles of Scilly: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South West. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary 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
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- 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
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: 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 Isles of Scilly for 2026–27: £1,744.76 of a £2,047.96 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £756,000 |
| Highways and transport services | −£268,000 |
| Children's social care | £680,000 |
| Adult social care | £1.6 million |
| Public health | £156,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | −£196,000 |
| Cultural and related services | £384,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £1.4 million |
| Planning and development services | £166,000 |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | £821,000 |
| Central services | £3.1 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £8.6 million |
Isles of Scilly in numbers
- Total population
- 2,366 people
- Median age
- 46 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £24,127
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 11.5%
- Claimant Count
- 1.0%
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 2.9 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 50.2%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 676.2 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 170 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
16 seats in 2026. Run by: independents, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Independent / Other 16.
Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.
All 16 councillors, by ward
- Alex Sandford (Independent / Other) — Bryher
- Harry Legg (Independent / Other) — St Agnes
- Geoff White (Independent / Other) — St Martin's
- Andrew Guy (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Avril Mumford (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Dan Marcus (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Euan Rodger (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Fran Grottick (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Joel Williams (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- John Peacock (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Lynn Blackwell (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Robert Francis (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Steve Sims (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Stuart Nixon (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Tim Dean (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
- Robert Dorrien-Smith (Independent / Other) — Tresco