Agenda item

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic services which invites the committee to consider matters referred to it by Council at its meeting in July 2015, a request from Longworth Parish Council to undertake a review of its warding arrangements and whether to invite parish councils to put forward any changes to community governance arrangements – report attached.

The committee considered the report of the head of legal and democratic services on those matters referred by Council at its meeting in July 2014 and a further request for a review from Longworth Parish Council.

The committee agreed to undertake reviews of CGR13 (Grove and East Challow), CGR21 (Radley and Kennington), CGR24 (Wantage, Grove and Lockinge) and Longworth parish. In agreeing to undertake a review of CGR14 (a new parish East of Harwell) the committee was of the view that this should be undertaken when the development had been progressed for implementation at the May 2019 elections.

The committee considered whether to invite parish councils to submit further proposals for changes to community governance arrangements. The committee considered that as a major review had just been undertaken the council would deal with issues on an ad hoc basis in response to requests rather than inviting another full review.

RESOLVED TO:

1.            undertake a community governance review of CGR13 (Grove and East Challow)

2.            undertake a community governance review of CGR21 (Radley and Kennington

3.            undertake a community governance review of CGR24 (Wantage, Grove and Lockinge)

4.            undertake a community governance review of CGR14 (a new parish East of Harwell East) at a time to be agreed for implementation before the 2019 election  

5.            undertake a review of the warding arrangements in the parish of Longworth

6.            authorise the head of legal and democratic services to draft the terms of reference for items 1, 2, 3 and 5 above for consideration at a future meeting.