drupal/local_council

A local government website template built on Drupal CMS with Canvas. Classic blue/white palette.

1.x-dev 2026-03-12 09:32 UTC

Requires

• drupal/bpmn_io: ^3
• drupal/consistent: ^1
• drupal/drupal_cms_admin_ui: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_anti_spam: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_authentication: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_helper: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_media: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_privacy_basic: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_search: ^2
• drupal/drupal_cms_seo_basic: ^2
• drupal/easy_email_express: ^1
• drupal/eca: ^2
• drupal/entity_reference_revisions: ^1
• drupal/paragraphs: ^1
• drupal/site_template_helper: ^1

GPL-2.0-or-later

README

A site template for local government organisations built on Drupal CMS.

What's included

• Content types — Service page and Service landing page, with Pathauto clean URLs
• ECA automation — Service landing pages stay in sync automatically when service pages are published or updated
• Canvas pages — Home, About, and What's on, laid out with Canvas components
• Demo content — Five service sections (Waste, Local Tax, Housing, Parks, Libraries) with 25+ service pages
• Consistent theme — A clean, accessible theme built on the GOV.UK Design System colour palette

Installation for testing before there is a release

1. Create the Drupal CMS project

mkdir my-project
cd my-project
ddev config --project-type=drupal11 --docroot=web
ddev composer create-project drupal/cms

2. Get the recipes code

Download and unpack the following into your recipes/ folder:

• local_council_bright
• local_council

3. Get the contrib theme code

Download and unpack the following into your web/themes/contrib/ folder:

• consistent
• bright

4. Get the contrib modules

ddev composer require drupal/paragraphs

5. Get the Drupal CMS recipes

ddev composer require drupal/paragraphs
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_admin_ui
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_anti_spam
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_authentication
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_helper
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_media
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_privacy_basic
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_search
ddev composer require drupal/drupal_cms_seo_basic
ddev composer require drupal/easy_email_express

Project Structure

├── recipes/
│   ├── local_council/
│   └── local_council_bright/
└── web/
    └── themes/
        └── contrib/
            ├── consistent/
            └── bright/

Usage

Start the DDEV environment:

ddev start
ddev launch