One of the concerns that has come up is that the new East and West Surrey councils will be more remote and will not feel as local to people.
A solution being put forward, including by SCC, is to create Neighbourhood Area Committees (NACs).
These would be advisory bodies set up in different areas and aims would include discussing key local issues and agreeing priorities for towns and villages.
There are four pilot NACs – in Dorking and the surrounding villages, East Elmbridge, Farnham and North Tandridge – which are going on until March.
Not everyone is convinced – the former chairman of the District Councils’ Network described them as “insufficient and inferior, external“.
Meanwhile, borough councils like Epsom and Ewell, Guildford and Woking are considering setting up new parish areas.
Parish and town councils have elected councillors and are able to raise money through council tax and other means to run services such as allotments, parks and public toilets.
Again it is not a universally popular idea.
For example, opposition councillors in Epsom and Ewell have warned they could increase household bills, duplicate services and create confusion, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.