One week left to have your say on proposals for a Tamworth Parish Council consultation

• Residents have just over one week left to comment on proposals to create the borough's first-ever parish council
• Draft recommendations propose a single whole-borough parish council split into five wards, with 15 unpaid parish councillors
• The consultation closes on 4 October 2026

There is now just over one week left for Tamworth residents to have their say on proposals to create a new parish council for the borough. 

The public consultation on the draft recommendations closes on Sunday 4 October 2026, with residents encourage to take the opportunity to consider the proposals and submit their views before the deadline. 

The consultation is part of Tamworth Borough Council’s ongoing community governance review, which is considering how local representation and decision-making could work in the future.

The consultation follows an initial phase of engagement earlier this year, when residents were first asked for their views on whether Tamworth should have its own parish council. A cross-party working group of councillors, representing all local political groups (made up of Councillor Carol Dean, Councillor Stephen Doyle, Councillor Lee Wood, Councillor Bernard Skeen, Councillor Gareth Coates and Councillor Dave Foster), have used that feedback to draw up draft recommendations, which are now being put to residents for further comment.

The working group's draft recommendations are:

• A single parish council covering the whole borough
• Five wards, matching the existing county council division boundaries, to be called Mercia, Saxon, Anker, Tame and Peel
• Three councillors per ward, making 15 parish councillors in total
• Parish councillors to serve as unpaid volunteers

A parish council would be funded through a precept, an additional amount added to council tax. Based on an indicative annual budget of £500,000, this would range from 24 pence a week for a Band A property to 79 pence a week for a Band H property.

Councillor Carol Dean, chair of the cross-party councillor working group on community governance, said: “There is now just one week left for residents to have their say on these draft recommendations. 

“We want to hear from as many residents as possible before any final decision is made. Whether you support the proposals, have concerns or simply want to understand more about what is being suggested, please take the time to look at the information and share your views.

“We know a change of this scale raises a lot of questions, and for many residents this may be the first time they've heard about it. That's exactly why we want to hear from as many people as possible before any final decision is made.

“These are draft recommendations, and we want your feedback to help shape what happens next.”

The consultation runs until 4 October 2026. Residents can complete the survey online at www.tamworth.gov.uk/cgr. To make sure all local residents have the opportunity to have their say, a letter about the community governance review is being delivered to all homes in the borough. 

Once the consultation closes, the working group will consider all responses and prepare a report for a decision by full council, expected on 8 December 2026. 

Notes

Proposed parish wards

The five proposed wards would match the existing Staffordshire County Council division boundaries:

• Mercia — county council division known as Perrycrofts
• Saxon — county council division known as The Heaths
• Anker — county council division known as Cotes/Two Rivers
• Tame — county council division known as Watling
• Peel — county council division known as Wilnecote

Indicative precept costs by council tax band

Based on an initial annual budget of £500,000: