Our Interim Plan

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All of the councils in Warwickshire received a letter from government on 5 February 2025 formally asking each council to submit proposals for this restructuring local government. The government believes that change is needed to make local government simpler and more efficient and invited the six councils to work together on a plan to achieve this. This initial review of options was called an “interim plan”, and the same plan was approved in mid-March by all five district and borough councils, the detail for this can be found here.

At the same time, the government also wants to create a network of strategic authorities, made up of of two or more unitary authorities and each be run by an elected mayor.

Strategic authorities would be responsible for planning things like transport, housing and economic growth over the longer term. They would make decisions on important issues and receive funding direct from government for large scale schemes and projects.

As a result, the five district and borough councils, have to create a plan for the future of our council structure in the area.

There were two options identified for future unitary authorities in Warwickshire within this plan:

A single unitary authority for the whole county of Warwickshire. The latest population estimate for 2024 of this council would be 632,207.

Two unitary authorities in Warwickshire,these being made up as follows:

  1. The north: which includes the boroughs of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Rugby. This area would have an estimated population of 331,060 and
  2. The south: which includes the districts of Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick. The population for this area is estimated to be 301,147.

The two unitary authorities is favoured by the district and borough councils of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick. Rugby Borough Council has yet to decide.