Mid Essex

In February 2025, Essex was accepted into the Devolution Priority Programme. Tied to this, councils were invited to submit proposals for the reorganisation of local government districts by September 2025. The government held statutory consultations from November 2025 to January 2026 and made a decision in March 2026. In Mid Essex, it was decided to create a new unitary authority district by combining Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon. ==Geography==

The largest settlement in the district is the city of Chelmsford. The Office for National Statistics mid-2023 population estimate of the district is 331,757. Parishes Parts of the district, including Brentwood and Chelmsford, are unparished. The rest of the area is made of civil parishes: • Althorne, Asheldham • Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green, Boreham, Bradwell-on-Sea, Broomfield, Burnham-on-Crouch • Chelmer, Chelmsford Garden, Chignall, Cold Norton • Danbury, Dengie, Doddinghurst • East Hanningfield • Galleywood, Goldhanger, Good Easter, Great and Little Leighs, Great Baddow, Great Braxted, Great Totham, Great Waltham • Herongate and Ingrave, Hazeleigh, Heybridge, Heybridge Basin, Highwood • Ingatestone and Fryerning, Kelvedon Hatch • Langford, Latchingdon, Little Baddow, Little Braxted, Little Totham, Little Waltham • Maldon, Margaretting, Mashbury , Mayland, Mountnessing, Mundon • Navestock, North Fambridge • Pleshey, Purleigh • Rettendon, Roxwell, Runwell • Sandon, St Lawrence, South Hanningfield, Southminster, South Woodham Ferrers, Springfield, Steeple, Stock, Stondon Massey, Stow Maries • Tillingham, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major • Ulting • West Hanningfield, West Horndon, Wickham Bishops, Writtle, Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre, Woodham Mortimer, Woodham Walter ==Governance==

The local authority will be Mid Essex Council. The first councillors will be elected in the 2027 Mid Essex Council election. ==Notes==