Mid Essex will be a unitary authority area scheduled to be created in April 2028 in Essex, England. Created as part of an ongoing local government reorganisation, it will be formed from the three existing districts of Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon. The first councillors to Mid Essex Council will be elected at the 2027 Mid Essex Council election in May 2027. The largest settlement in the district is Chelmsford.
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.
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.
Parts of the district, including Brentwood and Chelmsford, are unparished. The rest of the area is made of civil parishes:
The local authority will be Mid Essex Council. The first councillors will be elected in the 2027 Mid Essex Council election.