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Peterborough: 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.
Peterborough City Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, East of England; part of the CPCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
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- 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
- 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 Peterborough for 2026–27: £1,836.72 of a £2,293.47 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: 2 opened (1 academy free school, 1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- St John Fisher Catholic High School (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
- Great Haddon Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 September 2026
- St John Fisher Catholic High School (secondary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £178.8 million |
| Highways and transport services | £4.0 million |
| Children's social care | £89.3 million |
| Adult social care | £91.4 million |
| Public health | £16.5 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £6.6 million |
| Cultural and related services | £5.4 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £18.8 million |
| Planning and development services | £8.0 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £7.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £426.2 million |
Life in Peterborough: the official facts
- People living here
- 224,757 people
- Typical age
- 37 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,966
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £590
- Children growing up in poverty
- 34.9%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 5.5%
- Average price of a home
- £231,634
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.9 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 57.4 years
- Years in good health: men
- 58.0 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 4.8 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 95.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 128.8 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 8,870 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority, with its elected mayor.
60 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 13, Labour Party 11, Independent / Other 9, Liberal Democrats 8, Peterborough First 8, Green Party (E&W) 6, Reform UK 5.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 60 councillors, by ward
- Kevin Tighe (Independent / Other) — Barnack
- John Bolton (Reform UK) — Bretton
- Nicola Jenkins (Independent / Other) — Bretton
- Richard Strangward (Labour Party) — Bretton
- Amjad Iqbal (Independent / Other) — Central
- Khurram Iqbal (Labour Party) — Central
- Mohammed Jamil (Labour Party) — Central
- Ishfaq Hussain (Conservative and Unionist) — Dogsthorpe
- Jason McNally (Labour Party) — Dogsthorpe
- Katy Cole (Labour Party) — Dogsthorpe
- Numan Iqbal (Labour Party) — East
- Samantha Hemraj (Labour Party) — East
- Shabina Qayyum (Labour Party) — East
- Layton Mills (Reform UK) — Eye, Thorney and Newborough
- Mark Ormston (Independent / Other) — Eye, Thorney and Newborough
- Steve Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Eye, Thorney and Newborough
- Christian Hogg (Liberal Democrats) — Fletton and Stanground
- Jade Seager (Liberal Democrats) — Fletton and Stanground
- Polly Geraghty (Liberal Democrats) — Fletton and Stanground
- Andrew O'Neil (Reform UK) — Fletton and Woodston
- Daisy Blakemore-Creedon (Independent / Other) — Fletton and Woodston
- Ed Murphy (Green Party (E&W)) — Fletton and Woodston
- Neil Boyce (Peterborough First) — Glinton and Castor
- Peter Hiller (Peterborough First) — Glinton and Castor
- Andrew Bond (Liberal Democrats) — Gunthorpe
- Ann Shaheed (Liberal Democrats) — Gunthorpe
- Sandra Bond (Liberal Democrats) — Gunthorpe
- Chris Wiggin (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton Vale
- Paul Wiggin (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton Vale
- Roger Antunes (Independent / Other) — Hampton Vale
- John Howard (Conservative and Unionist) — Hargate and Hempsted
- Saqib Farooq (Peterborough First) — Hargate and Hempsted
- Vishal Vichare (Conservative and Unionist) — Hargate and Hempsted
- Asim Mahmood (Labour Party) — North
- Javed Akhtar (Conservative and Unionist) — North
- Zameer Ali (Labour Party) — North
- Heather Skibsted (Green Party (E&W)) — Orton Longueville
- Imtiaz Ali (Green Party (E&W)) — Orton Longueville
- Philip Whitworth (Reform UK) — Orton Longueville
- Alex Bowerbanks (Green Party (E&W)) — Orton Waterville
- Kirsty Knight (Independent / Other) — Orton Waterville
- Nicola Day (Green Party (E&W)) — Orton Waterville
- Angus Ellis (Labour Party) — Park
- Arfan Khan (Conservative and Unionist) — Park
- Murtaza Ahmed-Munir (Conservative and Unionist) — Park
- Alexander Rafiq (Conservative and Unionist) — Paston and Walton
- Ivelina Banyalieva (Conservative and Unionist) — Paston and Walton
- Simon Barkham (Independent / Other) — Paston and Walton
- Gul Nawaz (Conservative and Unionist) — Ravensthorpe
- Qaiser Farid (Green Party (E&W)) — Ravensthorpe
- Raja Ahmed (Conservative and Unionist) — Ravensthorpe
- Brian Rush (Peterborough First) — Stanground South
- Chris Harper (Peterborough First) — Stanground South
- Peter Reeve (Reform UK) — Stanground South
- John Fox (Peterborough First) — Werrington
- Judy Fox (Peterborough First) — Werrington
- Sarah Hillier (Peterborough First) — Werrington
- Lynne Ayres (Conservative and Unionist) — West
- Wayne Fitzgerald (Conservative and Unionist) — West
- Gavin Elsey (Independent / Other) — Wittering