52°15′05″N 0°41′48″E / 52.2514°N 0.6968°E
St Edmundsbury
Borough of St Edmundsbury | |
|---|---|
 West Suffolk House in Bury St Edmunds, the seat of the council | |
 St Edmundsbury shown within Suffolk | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Suffolk |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Bury St Edmunds |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Abolished | 31 March 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader (Cllr John Griffiths) & Cabinet ( ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 253.7 sq mi (657.0 km2) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 113,700 |
| • Density | 450/sq mi (170/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.0% White |
| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Succeeded by | West Suffolk |
| ONS code | 42UF (ONS) E07000204 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL8406364939 |
| Website | www.westsuffolk.gov.uk |
St Edmundsbury was a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It was named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district was Haverhill. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.[1]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 (along with the abolition of the county of West Suffolk) by the merger of the Borough of Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill Urban District, Clare Rural District and Thingoe Rural District.
Until March 2009, its main offices were in Bury St Edmunds (Angel Hill and Western Way). Thereafter, a purpose-built complex named West Suffolk House housed both St Edmundsbury and Suffolk County Council staff.[2]
In 2008, the Council submitted a proposal to the Boundary Commission which would see it as central to a new West Suffolk unitary council.[3][4] However, the proposal was rejected and no unitary scheme for Suffolk was adopted. (For more details see also Suffolk.)
In October 2011, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council agreed to have one chief executive, a shared management team and a combined workforce.[5]
St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath were merged on 1 April 2019 to form the new West Suffolk district.[6]
- ^ "Local Authority population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ St Edmundsbury website
- ^ St Edmundsbury website
- ^ "[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] – Unitary Authorities: 24 Feb 2009: Westminster Hall debates". TheyWorkForYou.
- ^ "West Suffolk: Councils to merge workforces in move to save cash". East Anglian Daily Times. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.