Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Stanbridge

Responses from consultation

Parish council: no proposal received

3 responses

Comments:

“It would make sense to merge with Tilsworth. Stanbridge and Tilsworth are very similar and share a village hall. Around 50% of Stanbridge PCs precept is spent on the clerk (i.e. running itself) which is ludicrous.”

Feedback received through the public consultation indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation although there were some comments that the boundary was not suitable. This view has been considered alongside the working group’s rationale to ensure that any final draft recommendation reflects the aims of the terms of reference as well as the views of the community.

Draft recommendations

1. that the parish name of Stanbridge should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Stanbridge Parish Council remain unchanged at 7

Reason for recommendations

The current arrangements reflect effective and convenient local government in addition to the current number of councillors being proportionate to the size of the area.