Unitary authority · England

Milton Keynes

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

What this council is responsible for

Milton Keynes
Unitary authority · E06000042
  • 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
E06000042
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
63
Postcode sectors
20
Wards
3
Constituencies

6 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

20 wards recorded in this council area.

Aspley & Woburn · Bletchley East · Bletchley Park · Bletchley West · Bradwell · Broughton · Campbell Park & Old Woughton · Central Milton Keynes · Danesborough & Walton · Loughton & Shenley · Monkston · Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope · Newport Pagnell South · Olney · Shenley Brook End · Stantonbury · Stony Stratford · Tattenhoe · Wolverton · Woughton & Fishermead

Postcode sectors

MK1 1 · MK1 9 · MK10 0 · MK10 1 · MK10 7 · MK10 9 · MK11 1 · MK11 2 · MK11 3 · MK11 4 · MK11 9 · MK12 5 · MK12 6 · MK13 0 · MK13 7 · MK13 8 · MK13 9 · MK14 5 · MK14 6 · MK14 7 · MK15 0 · MK15 8 · MK15 9 · MK16 0 · MK16 6 · MK16 8 · MK16 9 · MK17 7 · MK17 8 · MK17 9 · MK19 7 · MK2 2 · MK2 3 · MK20 0 · MK3 5 · MK3 6 · MK3 7 · MK4 1 · MK4 2 · MK4 3 · MK4 4 · MK46 4 · MK46 5 · MK5 6 · MK5 7 · MK5 8 · MK6 1 · MK6 2 · MK6 3 · MK6 4 · MK6 5 · MK7 6 · MK7 7 · MK7 8 · MK77 1 · MK8 0 · MK8 1 · MK8 8 · MK8 9 · MK9 1 · MK9 2 · MK9 3 · MK9 4

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 E06000042.