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North East 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.
North East Lincolnshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the GLCA combined authority. 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 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
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: 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 North East Lincolnshire for 2026–27: £2,039.88 of a £2,483.85 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 academy converter), 2 closed (1 academy converter, 1 closure)
- Franklin College (16 plus) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
- Franklin Sixth Form College (16 plus) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £91.9 million |
| Highways and transport services | £14.6 million |
| Children's social care | £61.8 million |
| Adult social care | £77.2 million |
| Public health | £20.7 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £8.1 million |
| Cultural and related services | £6.3 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £17.6 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £17.9 million |
| Other services | £2.2 million |
| Total service expenditure | £319.7 million |
North East Lincolnshire in numbers
- Total population
- 159,911 people
- Median age
- 43 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £21,068
- Gross median weekly pay
- £575
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 35.5%
- Claimant Count
- 4.1%
- Average house price
- £147,727
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 4.7 affordability ratio
- Female healthy life expectancy
- 54.9 years
- Male healthy life expectancy
- 54.7 years
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 6.3 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 94.2%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 70.0 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,035 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
42 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 14, Labour Party 11, Conservative and Unionist 10, Independent / Other 4, Liberal Democrats 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 42 councillors, by ward
- Malcolm Morland (Labour Party) — Croft Baker
- Marian Jervis (Labour Party) — Croft Baker
- Oliver Freeston (Reform UK) — Croft Baker
- Loyd Emmerson (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
- Nicola Aisthorpe (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
- Steve Beasant (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
- Karen Batson (Reform UK) — Freshney
- Lyndsey Downes (Independent / Other) — Freshney
- Paul Bright (Independent / Other) — Freshney
- Bill Parkinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Haverstoe
- Keith Brookes (Conservative and Unionist) — Haverstoe
- Samuel Grice (Reform UK) — Haverstoe
- Emma Clough (Labour Party) — Heneage
- Ingrid Oliver (Reform UK) — Heneage
- Matthew Patrick (Labour Party) — Heneage
- Hayden Dawkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Humberston and New Waltham
- Simon Taylor (Reform UK) — Humberston and New Waltham
- Stan Shreeve (Conservative and Unionist) — Humberston and New Waltham
- Blake Russell (Reform UK) — Immingham
- Karen Swinburn (Conservative and Unionist) — Immingham
- Trevor Crofts (Conservative and Unionist) — Immingham
- Marian Boyd (Conservative and Unionist) — Park
- Nige Oliver (Reform UK) — Park
- Robson Augusta (Labour Party) — Park
- Dan Humphrey (Labour Party) — Scartho
- Ian Lindley (Conservative and Unionist) — Scartho
- Tony Charlesworth (Reform UK) — Scartho
- Bob Callison (Reform UK) — Sidney Sussex
- Edward Kaczmarek (Labour Party) — Sidney Sussex
- Janet Haggis (Labour Party) — Sidney Sussex
- Janet Goodwin (Labour Party) — South
- Paul Batson (Reform UK) — South
- Sheldon Mill (Labour Party) — South
- James Sawkins (Reform UK) — Waltham
- Philip Jackson (Conservative and Unionist) — Waltham
- Karl Wilson (Labour Party) — West Marsh
- Tanya Brasted (Reform UK) — West Marsh
- Darren Mayne (Reform UK) — Wolds
- Henry Hudson (Conservative and Unionist) — Wolds
- John Mills (Reform UK) — Yarborough
- Les Bonner (Independent / Other) — Yarborough
- Paul Henderson (Independent / Other) — Yarborough