Issue - meetings

The committee considered the community governance review CGR-G, on a proposal to increase the number of parish councillors from six to seven. 

Uffington Parish Council had put forward the request.  Two further responses had been received in support of the proposal. 

Officers concurred, recommending an increase in the size of the parish council.  The National Association of Local Councils recommended that the minimum number of members of a parish council should be seven, and that this number should apply to all councils with an electorate up to 900. The committee considered that Uffington Parish Council’s request was reasonable as it had an electorate of approximately 650.  The committee supported the proposal. 

RESOLVED: to increase the size of Uffington Parish Council from six to seven parish councillors.