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Nottingham: 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.
Nottingham City Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, East Midlands; part of the EMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
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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 Nottingham for 2026–27: £2,342.08 of a £2,755.39 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 new provision), 1 closed (1 closure)
- Snape Wood Primary and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
- Crisp Vocational Provision — open; reason recorded: new provision, 19 June 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £188.5 million |
| Highways and transport services | £53.8 million |
| Children's social care | £131.5 million |
| Adult social care | £170.1 million |
| Public health | £48.0 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £31.3 million |
| Cultural and related services | £16.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £44.7 million |
| Planning and development services | £7.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £23.5 million |
| Other services | £22.7 million |
| Total service expenditure | £737.7 million |
Nottingham in numbers
- Total population
- 331,077 people
- Median age
- 31 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £17,696
- Gross median weekly pay
- £531
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 40.2%
- Claimant Count
- 6.0%
- Average house price
- £190,200
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 6.5 affordability ratio
- Female healthy life expectancy
- 55.3 years
- Male healthy life expectancy
- 55.6 years
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.3 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 96.8%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 154.3 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 10,485 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
55 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 43, Nottingham People’s Alliance 6, Nottingham Independents 3, Independent / Other 2, Green Party (E&W) 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 55 councillors, by ward
- Carole McCulloch (Labour Party) — Aspley
- Graham Chapman (Labour Party) — Aspley
- Patience Ifediora (Labour Party) — Aspley
- Linda Woodings (Labour Party) — Basford
- Nick Raine (Labour Party) — Basford
- Salma Mumtaz (Labour Party) — Basford
- Angela Kandola (Labour Party) — Berridge
- Shuguftah Quddoos (Green Party (E&W)) — Berridge
- Sulcan Mahmood (Labour Party) — Berridge
- Audra Wynter (Labour Party) — Bestwood
- Georgia Power (Labour Party) — Bestwood
- Jay Hayes (Labour Party) — Bestwood
- Faith Gakanje-Ajala (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — Bilborough
- Helen Kalsi (Labour Party) — Bilborough
- Sam Harris (Labour Party) — Bilborough
- Ethan Radford (Labour Party) — Bulwell
- Maria Joannou (Labour Party) — Bulwell
- Michael Savage (Labour Party) — Bulwell
- Cheryl Barnard (Labour Party) — Bulwell Forest
- Samuel Gardiner (Labour Party) — Bulwell Forest
- Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall (Labour Party) — Bulwell Forest
- Matt Shannon (Labour Party) — Castle
- Sam Lux (Labour Party) — Castle
- Kevin Clarke (Nottingham Independents) — Clifton East
- Kirsty Jones (Nottingham Independents) — Clifton East
- Maria Watson (Nottingham Independents) — Clifton East
- Andrew Rule (Independent / Other) — Clifton West
- Hayley Spain (Labour Party) — Clifton West
- David Mellen (Labour Party) — Dales
- Gul Khan (Labour Party) — Dales
- Neghat Khan (Labour Party) — Dales
- Liaqat Ali (Labour Party) — Hyson Green & Arboretum
- Naim Salim (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — Hyson Green & Arboretum
- Sana Nasir (Labour Party) — Hyson Green & Arboretum
- Audrey Dinnall (Labour Party) — Leen Valley
- Nadia Farhat (Independent / Other) — Leen Valley
- Imran Jalil (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — Lenton & Wollaton East
- Pavlos Kotsonis (Labour Party) — Lenton & Wollaton East
- Samina Riaz (Labour Party) — Lenton & Wollaton East
- Kirsty L Jones (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — Mapperley
- Leslie Ayoola (Labour Party) — Mapperley
- Sajid Mohammed (Labour Party) — Mapperley
- Eunice Regan (Labour Party) — Meadows
- Michael Edwards (Labour Party) — Meadows
- Farzanna Mahmood (Labour Party) — Radford
- Fozia Mubashar (Labour Party) — Radford
- Adele Williams (Labour Party) — Sherwood
- AJ Matsiko (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — Sherwood
- Nayab Patel (Labour Party) — Sherwood
- Anwar Khan (Nottingham People’s Alliance) — St. Ann's
- Corall Jenkins (Labour Party) — St. Ann's
- Devontay Okure (Labour Party) — St. Ann's
- Saj Ahmad (Labour Party) — Wollaton West
- Steve Battlemuch (Labour Party) — Wollaton West
- Zafran Nawaz Khan (Labour Party) — Wollaton West