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Leicestershire and Rutland will be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial counties of Leicestershire and Rutland, England. It is planned to be formed on 1 April 2028.[1] The largest settlement will be Loughborough, and it will also include Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville, Hinckley, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, and Uppingham.[2][3]

Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Incorporated1 April 2028
TimezoneUTC+0 (GMT)
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Leicestershire and Rutland
Future unitary authority area
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Coordinates: 52.7721°N 1.2061°W / 52.7721; -1.2061
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyLeicestershire and Rutland
Incorporated1 April 2028
Government
 • TypeUnitary authority
 • BodyLeicestershire and Rutland Council
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
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Formation

It will be formed from the existing two-tier Leicestershire districts of Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton and North West Leicestershire and the existing unitary authority of Rutland, with portions of Blaby, Charnwood and Harborough districts.[1]

The remaining portions of those districts will form part of an enlarged Leicester.[4]

Leicestershire and Rutland is being formed as part of ongoing local government changes throughout England, in which all areas of the country that have separate county councils and district councils will see those replaced with single-tier, or unitary, local governance.[5] The alternative proposal for two unitaries for the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland area, and the proposal for three unitaries were not accepted.[6]

Governance

It will be run by Leicestershire and Rutland Council, which will comprise 94 councillors.[7]

Parishes

Coalville, Hinckley, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray and the Thringstone area are currently unparished, the rest of the area is parished.[8] In Charnwood, a civil parish will be created for Loughborough in 2027, as well as a new parish for the new Broadnook development, which will be formed out of part of the existing Rothley, Thurcaston and Cropston and Wanlip parishes.[9] In Harborough a parish council for Market Harborough is under consideration.[10]

Catmose House, the headquarters of Rutland County Council

The unitary authority will include the following civil parishes:[11]

In Blaby
In Charnwood
In Harborough
In Rutland
Main article: List of civil parishes in Rutland

Notes

  1. [a]
    to be created in 2027[9]

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