Unitary authority · England

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Buckinghamshire
Unitary authority · E06000060
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000060
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.

Other bodies covering this area

Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
93
Postcode sectors
42
Wards
6
Constituencies

17 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

42 wards recorded in this council area.

Abbey · Amersham & Chesham Bois · Aston Clinton & Weston Turville · Aylesbury East · Aylesbury North · Aylesbury North West · Aylesbury South East · Aylesbury South West · Aylesbury West · Beaconsfield · Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead · Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing · Booker & Cressex · Buckingham · Burnham · Castlefield & Oakridge · Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont · Chalfont St Peter · Chesham North · Chesham South · Chiltern Villages · Downley · Farnhams & Stoke Poges · Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns · Gerrards Cross & Denham · Grendon Underwood & The Claydons · Haddenham & Stone · Hazlemere · Iver · Long Crendon · Marlow · Marsh & Micklefield · Newton Longville · Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater · Princes Risborough · Quainton · Ridgeway East · Terriers & Amersham Hill · The Missendens · Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville · West Wycombe & Lane End · Winslow

Postcode sectors

HP10 0 · HP10 8 · HP10 9 · HP11 1 · HP11 2 · HP11 9 · HP12 3 · HP12 4 · HP12 9 · HP13 5 · HP13 6 · HP13 7 · HP14 3 · HP14 4 · HP15 6 · HP15 7 · HP15 9 · HP16 0 · HP16 6 · HP16 9 · HP17 0 · HP17 8 · HP17 9 · HP18 0 · HP18 1 · HP18 9 · HP19 0 · HP19 7 · HP19 8 · HP19 9 · HP20 1 · HP20 2 · HP20 9 · HP21 7 · HP21 8 · HP21 9 · HP22 0 · HP22 3 · HP22 4 · HP22 5 · HP22 6 · HP22 7 · HP22 9 · HP27 0 · HP27 7 · HP27 9 · HP5 1 · HP5 2 · HP5 3 · HP5 9 · HP6 5 · HP6 6 · HP6 9 · HP7 0 · HP7 9 · HP8 4 · HP9 1 · HP9 2 · HP9 9 · LU7 0 · MK17 0 · MK18 1 · MK18 2 · MK18 3 · MK18 4 · MK18 5 · MK18 6 · MK18 7 · MK18 8 · MK18 9 · MK3 4 · OX27 0 · RG9 6 · SL0 0 · SL0 9 · SL1 7 · SL1 8 · SL2 3 · SL2 4 · SL3 6 · SL6 0 · SL7 1 · SL7 2 · SL7 3 · SL7 9 · SL8 5 · SL9 0 · SL9 1 · SL9 7 · SL9 8 · SL9 9 · UB9 4 · UB9 5

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000060.