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Location: East of England Population: 59,700 (ONS, census 2011) Interesting facts: The 'Rowley Mile' on the Newmarket racecourse is the longest horseracing straight in the world
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Forest Heath is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Forest Heath Information |
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| Phone number 01638 719000 |
Website www.forest-heath.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) - Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough - New Anglia |
| Frequency of elections Every 4 years |
Number of councillors 27 |
Political composition Conservative - 23 Liberal Democrat - 2 Independent - 1 Labour - 1 |
| MPs West Suffolk - Matthew Hancock (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Cabinet Executive Structure |
Population change One Year Population Change + 2,100 (3.38%) Ten Year Population Change + 2,000 (3.21%) |
| Police Authority Suffolk Police Authority |
Fire Service Suffolk County Fire and Rescue Service |
Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority |
| Area 37,775 Hectares |
Super Sparsity Indicator 0.1001 |
Audited by Central Region (Audit Commission) |
| Rural Classification (Birbeck) Predominently Rural (Rural 80) |
Population by Area- (Density) 1.58 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 22 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 2 |
Number of Parish Councils 20 |
Number of Town Councils 3 |
| Average house price £169,390 (Jan - March 2010) £187,109 (Oct - Dec 2010) £174,414 (July - Sept 2011) £163,513 (Oct - Dec 2011) £186,999 (July - Sept 2012) £181,466 (Oct - Dec 2012) |
Outsourced Services Council Tax and Benefits service is delivered by Anglia Revenues Partnership. Leisure sites in Brandon, Newmarket and Mildenhall are managed by Anglia Community Leisure |
Average age of population 38.8 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Newmarket, Midenhall and Brandon |
Unemployment rate 2.3% (JSA claimants for December 2012) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2010/2011 Council Tax - £137.43 2011/2012 Council Tax - £137.43 2012/2013 Council Tax - £137.43 2013/2014 Council Tax - £137.43 |
| Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation 0.64% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 48.1% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work 38% |
| Employed by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 37.3% (2011 Census data) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 47.5% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 15.8% 1 car or van - 45.5% 2 cars or vans - 30.4% 3 cars or vans - 6.1% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.2% |
Local Newspapers Newmarket Journal, Bury Free Press, East Anglian Daily Times , Eastern Daily Press, Cambridge News , Newmarket Weekly News |
National Park/AONBs None |
| MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services. | ||
Detail and Analysis for Forest Heath |
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Organisations within your authority who receive free community service as a benefit of your membership.
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The most up-to-date analysis of your authority's grant allocation position.
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A review of how your authority is performing compared with all rural authorities and other key benchmarks. |
An analysis of your authority's costs compared with other rural authorities and key benchmarks. |
The latest economic data for your authority compared with key benchmarks to assist local economic assesments.
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Observatory
The Observatory opens the window to a statistical view of rural life. It provides analyses and comment on key service provision and issues affecting rural communities (Click here to visit this section) |
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 Click here for further details about the Rural Services Network and the SPARSE Rural branch of the organisation. Diagrams illustrating the structure of the organisation can also be found here. |
Our Major Documents
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| (All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN) (Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available) |
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Fairer Funding
Financial Analysis
A local insight
The RSN is asking Councils to give a local rural perspective through answers to the two questions set out below. This process is ongoing, but we hope to be given first replies for this year by the end of 2011. The boxes below will be completed as we hear back from authorities. Information given will be incorporated into Rural Services Network reports, representations and programmes.
One area of policy undertaken by Forest Heath District Council where (in their rural areas) they felt they have made real progress in the last year:
Comment
One area of policy delivery undertaken by Forest Heath District Council where (in their rural areas) they consider they still face or now face a significant challenge:
Comment
(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)
