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North Warwickshire: 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 Warwickshire Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of WAR. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Warwickshire 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 discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: 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 Warwickshire for 2026–27: £242.75 of a £2,532.10 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
- Kingsbury Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
- Kingsbury Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £127,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.0 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.5 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.2 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.2 million |
| Other services | £5.9 million |
| Total service expenditure | £18.4 million |
North Warwickshire in numbers
- Total population
- 67,117 people
- Median age
- 44 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £23,858
- Gross median weekly pay
- £656
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 24.9%
- Claimant Count
- 2.6%
- Average house price
- £273,776
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 6.6 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 12.8 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 81.9%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 137.1 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 2,890 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
35 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 17, Labour Party 11, Independent / Other 5, Reform UK 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 35 councillors, by ward
- Micheala Jackson (Labour Party) — Arley and Whitacre
- Nigel Turley (Labour Party) — Arley and Whitacre
- Sue Guilmant (Reform UK) — Arley and Whitacre
- Neil Dirveiks (Labour Party) — Atherstone Central
- Steve Watson (Reform UK) — Atherstone Central
- Mejar Singh (Conservative and Unionist) — Atherstone North
- Ray Jarvis (Conservative and Unionist) — Atherstone North
- Denise Clews (Conservative and Unionist) — Atherstone South and Mancetter
- Keith Barnett (Labour Party) — Atherstone South and Mancetter
- Andy Wright (Conservative and Unionist) — Baddesley and Grendon
- Bernadette Davey (Conservative and Unionist) — Baddesley and Grendon
- Jane Farrow (Labour Party) — Coleshill North
- Peter Fowler (Conservative and Unionist) — Coleshill North
- Caroline Symonds (Conservative and Unionist) — Coleshill South
- Colin Hayfield (Conservative and Unionist) — Coleshill South
- Martin Watson (Conservative and Unionist) — Curdworth
- Sandra Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Curdworth
- Byron Melia (Independent / Other) — Dordon
- Davina Ridley (Independent / Other) — Dordon
- David Wright (Conservative and Unionist) — Fillongley
- Mark Simpson (Conservative and Unionist) — Fillongley
- Katie Hobley (Labour Party) — Hartshill
- Margaret Bell (Conservative and Unionist) — Hartshill
- Hayden Phillips (Labour Party) — Hurley and Wood End
- Owen Phillips (Labour Party) — Hurley and Wood End
- Andy Jenns (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingsbury
- Debbie Bates (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingsbury
- Brynnen Ririe (Labour Party) — Newton Regis and Warton
- David Humphreys (Conservative and Unionist) — Newton Regis and Warton
- David Parsons (Labour Party) — Polesworth East
- Neil Chapman (Labour Party) — Polesworth East
- Emma Whapples (Independent / Other) — Polesworth West
- Michael Osborne (Independent / Other) — Polesworth West
- David Reilly (Conservative and Unionist) — Water Orton
- Steven Stuart (Independent / Other) — Water Orton