Proposals
Interim submission of three options
In March 2025, all council’s agreed on three options that would be submitted to government. This was Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s ‘interim submission’ and the three options (each given its own unique reference) were:
1b. A new unitary authority combining Nottingham City, Broxtowe, and Gedling, with a second new unitary authority for the rest of Nottinghamshire.
1e. A new unitary authority combining Nottingham City, Broxtowe, and Rushcliffe, with a second new unitary authority for the rest of Nottinghamshire.
2. Nottingham City remains a unitary authority, with a new single unitary authority for the rest of Nottinghamshire.
How the interim submission was developed
To support the nine councils in recommending informed and data-led options, a detailed options analysis exercise was complete. You can read the full Options Appraisal document online here, or you read a summary of the Options Appraisal document online here.
Government feedback on the interim submission
The government has already provided initial feedback on interim plans to all councils around the UK undergoing LGR. A summary of that feedback is available here.
Current position - progressing with two core options
Since March 2025 the nine Councils have completed more work on the three initial options. As a result option 2 has been removed from further consideration for several reasons, including not matching the required population size as outlined by government in their LGR criteria.
This means that two core options are currently being considered. These are options 1b and 1e as described above, as shown on the maps.
Additional option information
1. At this stage, no final decision has been made on a single option, and some councils could still explore additional proposals alongside the two core options currently being considered. Nottingham City Council is one of those councils and is currently working up a boundary review option. This looks at the current boundaries, the communities within them and the services they access to see if they work well or whether new boundaries may work better.
2. Each council will need to decide on its own preferred option. Individual councils preferred options will then be submitted as part of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire's whole submission to government. The government will make the overall decision on what option is selected for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and it will base its decision on its LGR criteria.
Share your views
We are now currently asking people across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire to share their views on the future of local government. You can access the survey, and further information via our website.