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Community Governance Review of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

06/06/2018 - Community Governance Review of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Council considered a report on the Community Governance Review (CGR) of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council.  The Executive Member for Finance and Support Services presented the responses received during the initial consultation period for the CGR of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council, together with the recommendations of the Executive.  He referred to the criteria for making recommendations and the timetable for a further round of consultation on the recommendations agreed by Council.

 

Councillor G Williamson moved, and Councillor S Rutland-Barsby seconded a motion that the recommendations as printed in the report now submitted, be approved, except for recommendation (B)2 being split into (a) and (b) to separate the St Michael’s Mead and the land south of Whittington Way issues.

 

In response to Members’ questions and comments, it was confirmed that the consultation period would begin by the end of the next week in May and run until the last week in July 2018.

 

The Chairman agreed to a request that each recommendation be put individually for Council to determine.

 

After being put to the meeting, and a vote taken individually, the recommendations now detailed were declared CARRIED.

 

Council approved the recommendations now detailed.

 

RESOLVED – that (A) the responses received to the initial consultation on the Community  Governance Review of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council, together with the recommendations of the Executive in relation to the review, be received; and

 

(B)       the draft recommendations of the Community Governance Review be approved as the basis for a further round of public consultation as follows:

 

(1)                 that the detailed ward boundary changes within the existing area of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council, as proposed by the Town Council and shown in the maps included in Essential Reference  Paper B of the report submitted, be agreed;

 

(2)                 (a)       that the whole of the St Michael’s Mead development be incorporated within Bishop’s Stortford; and

 

(b)       the proposed area of further housing development south of Whittington Way be incorporated within Bishop’s Stortford;

 

(3)                 that Thorley Street and the areas east of London Road and the railway, including Pig Lane and Twyford Bury Lane remain part of Thorley parish;

 

(4)                 that the revised parish boundary between Bishop’s Stortford and Thorley be as shown in the plan at paragraph 7.35 of the report now submitted;

 

(5)                 that the Local Government Boundary Commission for England be recommended to amend the district ward boundaries accordingly;

 

(6)                 that the revised area of Thorley Parish Council be unwarded; and

 

(7)       that the revised Thorley Parish Council comprise of five parish councillors.

 

(see also Minute 9)