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Lincolnshire: 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.

Lincolnshire County Council: County (upper tier), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the GLCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000019.

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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 Lincolnshire for 2026–27: £1,673.01. 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 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: 9 opened (6 new provision, 2 academy converter, 1 result of amalgamation), 4 closed (2 academy converter, 2 result of amalgamation/merger)

Coleby Church of England (Controlled) Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
Frithville Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
New York Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Pollyplatt Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
Acacia School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 19 January 2026
Coleby Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025
Conquest School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 22 May 2026
Illuminate You — open; reason recorded: new provision, 9 June 2026
Pollyplatt Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
Swallow Grange — open; reason recorded: new provision, 19 August 2026
The Willows School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 16 December 2025
Venture Independent School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 4 September 2026
West Fen Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: result of amalgamation, 1 September 2026

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 Lincolnshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Lincolnshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£540.9 million
Highways and transport services	£75.0 million
Children's social care	£179.4 million
Adult social care	£349.5 million
Public health	£45.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£4.4 million
Cultural and related services	£11.4 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£41.3 million
Planning and development services	£9.1 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	£42.8 million
Central services	£10.5 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,309.2 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).

Lincolnshire in numbers

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

Total population: 789,502 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 45 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,107 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £583 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 27.4% 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: 3.1% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £218,821 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.7 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 58.6 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: 58.6 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: 6.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 78.1% 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: 115.9 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: 27,325 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

70 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 43, Conservative and Unionist 15, Liberal Democrats 5, Labour Party 3, Independent / Other 3, Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 70 councillors, by ward

Mike Beecham (Reform UK) — Alford & Sutton
Trevor Bridgwood (Reform UK) — Bardney & Cherry Willingham
Marianne Overton (Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First) — Bassingham & Welbourn
Brenda Collier (Reform UK) — Birchwood
Alistair Arundell (Reform UK) — Boston Coastal
Maggie Cullen (Reform UK) — Boston North
Paul Lock (Reform UK) — Boston Rural
Barry Daish (Reform UK) — Boston South
Michael Cheyne (Reform UK) — Boston West
Kevin Clarke (Labour Party) — Boultham
Susan Woolley (Conservative and Unionist) — Bourne North and Morton
Kenneth Redfern (Reform UK) — Bourne South and Thurlby
Neil Murray (Labour Party) — Carholme
Charlotte Vernon (Conservative and Unionist) — Colsterworth Rural
Raymond Condell (Reform UK) — Crowland
Philip Dilks (Independent / Other) — Deepings East
Ashley Baxter (Independent / Other) — Deepings West and Rural
Jane King (Reform UK) — Donington Rural
Alan Woodruff (Reform UK) — Eagle & Hykeham West
Karen Lee (Labour Party) — Ermine & Cathedral
Martin Hill (Conservative and Unionist) — Folkingham Rural
Matthew Boles (Liberal Democrats) — Gainsborough Hill
Paul Wimhurst (Reform UK) — Gainsborough Rural South
Trevor Young (Liberal Democrats) — Gainsborough Trent
Richard Litchfield (Reform UK) — Grantham Barrowby
Cain Parkinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham East
Paul Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham North
Carl Edgoose-Zagorskiy (Reform UK) — Grantham South
Richard Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham West
Stuart Grantham (Reform UK) — Hartsholme
David East (Reform UK) — Heckington
Thomas Sneath (Reform UK) — Holbeach
Neil Carey (Reform UK) — Holbeach Rural
Philip Roberts (Reform UK) — Horncastle & the Keals
Kenneth Bamford (Reform UK) — Hough
Stephen Roe (Conservative and Unionist) — Hykeham Forum
Danny Brookes (Reform UK) — Ingoldmells Rural
Nick Hastings (Reform UK) — Louth North
Thomas Catton (Reform UK) — Louth South
Alex McGonigle (Reform UK) — Louth Wolds
Courtney Robinson (Reform UK) — Mablethorpe
Stephen Bunney (Liberal Democrats) — Market Rasen Wolds
Robert Kendrick (Conservative and Unionist) — Metheringham Rural
Jacqueline Brockway (Conservative and Unionist) — Nettleham & Saxilby
James Bean (Reform UK) — North Wolds
Natasha Chapman (Liberal Democrats) — Park
Ian Carrington (Conservative and Unionist) — Potterhanworth & Coleby
Richard Wright (Conservative and Unionist) — Ruskington
Bayleigh Robinson (Reform UK) — Saltfleet & the Cotes
Christopher Reeve (Reform UK) — Scotter Rural
Adrian Findley (Reform UK) — Skegness North
Jimmy Brookes (Reform UK) — Skegness South
Sam French (Reform UK) — Skirbeck
Steve Clegg (Reform UK) — Sleaford
Raymond Whitaker (Reform UK) — Sleaford Rural
Robert Gibson (Reform UK) — Spalding East
Ingrid Sheard (Reform UK) — Spalding Elloe
Gary Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Spalding South
Manzur Hasan (Reform UK) — Spalding West
Martin Christopher (Liberal Democrats) — St. Giles
Kelham Cooke (Conservative and Unionist) — Stamford East
Richard Cleaver (Independent / Other) — Stamford West
Liam Kelly (Reform UK) — Swallow Beck & Witham
Sean Matthews (Reform UK) — Tattershall Castle
Robbie Woods (Reform UK) — The Suttons
Thomas Dyer (Conservative and Unionist) — Waddington & Hykeham East
Maria Hume (Reform UK) — Wainfleet
Lindsey Cawrey (Conservative and Unionist) — Washingborough
Jane Smith (Reform UK) — Welton Rural
Natalie Oliver (Reform UK) — Woodhall Spa & Wragby

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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