North Norfolk District Council's Response to the Government Consultation Around Local Government Reorganisation

Date published: 6th January 2026

At a Cabinet meeting on Monday, January 5, Councillors discussed and agreed the Council's statutory consultation submission around the Norfolk Local Government Reorganisation.

You can read the full submission here

Communities across Norfolk are encouraged to take part in a once-in-a-generation consultation on the future of Local Government in the county. The consultation runs until Sunday, January 11, 2026, and you can complete it here - Norfolk and Suffolk Consultation.

If you don’t have online access, you are welcome to use the public-access computers available at local libraries. Paper copies of the response form can also be requested by calling your council; however, you must post your response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to be counted. 

The Government is asking for people’s views on three different proposals put forward in response to its drive to reorganise Norfolk’s eight county, city, district and borough councils into new unitary authorities responsible for all local services.

The options are: 

• Three councils (East Norfolk, West Norfolk and Greater Norwich) – proposed jointly by the Future Norfolk partnership of six district councils: Breckland District Council, Broadland District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk District Council, and Norwich City Council 

• Two councils (Norwich & East Norfolk, and West & North Norfolk) – proposed by South Norfolk District Council 

• One council (covering the whole of Norfolk) – proposed by Norfolk County Council 

The Government is expected to make its final decision in the spring, with elections to the new shadow council(s) in May 2027 and the council(s) going live in April 2028.

You can find more details about all the proposals and a link to the Government consultation on the Future Norfolk website.