Community Governance Review - Aspley Heath

Parish and ward information (Aspley Heath)
Aspley Heath parish topic Value
Number of councillors 9
Electorate as of 1 May 2025 512
Forecast electorate for 2030 512
Current ratio of electors to councillors 57
Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 57
Central Bedfordshire average ratio of electors to councillors 331

Aspley Heath has a parish council. It is unwarded and has 9 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at no further dwellings.

The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Aspley Guise and Woburn. The parish, together with the parishes of Aspley Guise, Battlesden, Eversholt, Husborne Crawley, Milton Bryan, Potsgrove and Woburn are coterminous (i.e. they border each other in the same area) within the Central Bedfordshire ward of Aspley and Woburn.

Seats and candidates
Number of seats 9
Number of candidates in 2023 8
Number of candidates in 2019 6
Number of candidates in 2015 9
Number of candidates in 2011 6

As can be seen from the table above there has not been a contested election since the creation of Central Bedfordshire. The elections in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 had insufficient candidates and consequently the candidates were elected without contest. The vacant seats were authorised to be filled by co-option.

Parish/town council initial proposal for consideration for the 2025 review

No proposal received.

Review of property anomalies

Numbers 9 and 11 Woburn Road are in the parish of Aspley Heath but the newly built 15 Woburn Road together with the property Henry V11 Lodge are geographically in the parish of Aspley Guise. Consideration should be given to rectify this anomaly.

Aspley Heath parish profile anomalies