The leader of the county council hopes new “super authority” headquarters will be based in Aylesbury – despite plans previously slammed for “favouring the north of the county”.

If the single-unitary plans are given the final seal of approval from parliament, Bucks County Council leader, Martin Tett, said he will be “disappointed” if the council offices are not based in the county town – which is where the current BCC offices are based.

However he insisted the authority would still “have a strong presence right across the county”, as localised hubs will be scattered around Bucks so all residents have direct access to services.

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Cllr Tett said: “Aylesbury is is the county town, most councils have their headquarters in the county town.

“But that doesn’t in any way detract from the fact that we want to have a really strong presence right across the county.

“From Burnham to Silverstone I want to make sure that everybody felt that this is their council and they have a stake in it.”

In January this year chairman of Wycombe District Association of Local Councils, Ken Muller, criticised the single-unitary plan, claiming one council for the entire county would “have an increasingly detrimental impact on the future development of local governance across the southern part of Bucks.”