Swadlincote and Surrounding Areas Community Governance Review


What is a Community Governance Review (CGR)?

Parish and town councils play an important role in local democracy and can help communities feel they are being represented on a local level. This is your opportunity to suggest changes to the current parish boundaries and make them more reflective of the communities they serve.

Through this CGR, you can give us your feedback and suggestions such as:

  • changing boundaries of existing parishes
  • creating new parishes
  • merging parishes
  • grouping parishes to work together.

South Derbyshire has a growing population and this will continue, so parishes need to be responsive and representative of the diverse needs of our communties.

Do you think that a parish council or councils should be created in and around the Swadlincote area?

What do you think about the existing Castle Gresley Parish Council arrangements?

Complete the surveys today and help us to understand the needs of your community!

If you would like to provide your feedback, please complete the forms below:

Swadlincote Review Representation Form

Castle Gresley Review Representation Form

Maps for each area are below:

If you would like more information about the community governance review, please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions (docx, 98kb).

Please see the CGR Public Notice and Terms of Reference on the right hand column of this page.

The current CGR covers the following unparished polling district areas:

  • Church Gresley (polling district areas known as CGA, CGB, CGC, & CGD)
  • Midway (polling district areas known as MWA, MWB & MWC)
  • Newhall (polling district areas known as NSA, NSB, NSC, NSD, NSE)
  • Swadlincote (polling district areas known as SWA, SWB, SWC, SWD, SWE, SWF)
  • Woodville (polling district known as WVE).

The CGR will also consider future governance arrangements for the parished area of Castle Gresley (the polling district known as LTA), which is currently represented by Castle Gresley Parish Council.

The CGR consultation has started and a report will be presented with its findings to a meeting of the Council on 26 February 2026 to consider the recommendations. Following the consultation, we will consider draft recommendations for a further round of consultation.