Decision due on creating new town and parish councils – Latest News – News Updates

Published: Fri 5th June, 2026

Plans to create a town council for Loughborough and a parish council for Broadnook in the south of the borough will be considered by councillors.

Charnwood borough councillors meet on 15 June 2026 and will be recommended to create the two new councils following two community governance reviews over the past year.

The reviews are a statutory process used to consider changes to local governance arrangements. They included two consultation stages with over 500 responses which showed support for creating the councils.

Councillor Jewel Miah, Leader of Charnwood Borough Council, said: “Town and parish councils can play an important role in giving communities a strong local voice, and the community governance review process has allowed people to share their views on these proposals.

“I would once again thank everyone who responded to the consultations and for engaging in the process.

“The Council will now consider the report and recommendations before making a decision.”

If approved, a town council for Loughborough would have 25 councillors and be based on existing Charnwood Borough Council ward boundaries. It would be called a parish council in the first instance but once formed, it is expected that the name would be changed to a town council.

The recommendation for Broadnook is to create a parish council with 12 councillors. It would not have wards and would be known as Broadnook Village Council. 

Town and parish councils can provide a variety of services, such as allotments, parks and open spaces, bus shelters and community transport schemes, community centres and leisure facilities, crime reduction and community safety measures, festivals, celebrations and tourism activities, litter bins, street lighting and street cleaning.

While some services and assets could transfer from the borough council to a new town council, no decisions have been made at this stage. Any future arrangements would be determined later in the process.

As well as approving the creation of the councils, councillors will be asked to approve Reorganisation of Community Governance Orders which once ‘made’ would mean the town and parish councils would come into effect on 1 April 2027 with elections due in May that year.

Read the report to Council