What happens next?

Councillors from each of our councils (Breckland Council, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Broadland District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, North Norfolk District Council, and Norwich City Council) will debate and vote on our shared proposal at council meetings taking place in September 2025. You can find out when your council will be discussing this proposal via your local council's website.

If the elected members vote to support the proposal, we will submit this to the Government as our plan for the future of local services.

The Government will then review our proposal and supporting evidence we've provided (which includes feedback from our previous public survey), consider any other proposed models for the future of Norfolk's local government, and hold a public consultation. A final decision will then be made before we move into implementing any changes.

We currently expect the timeline to look something like this:
(Please note this timeline is subject to change)

• Autumn/Winter 2025: Government holds a public consultation to gather local people's views on proposals.
• Early 2026: Government makes a decision on how services will be delivered in the future
• Spring 2026: Necessary changes in legislation are made and elections held
• 2027: New authorities formed in shadow form
• 2028: New authorities go live and take over from existing councils

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