Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Steppingley

Responses from consultation

Parish council: no proposal received

2 responses

Comments:

“This parish council offers poor value for money. The electorate at 152 electors is almost below the threshold for there even being a council. My personal view is that Steppingley should be grouped with Flitwick.”

Feedback received through the public consultation indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation and to make no other changes although there was a comment regarding the number of councillors. 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 Steppingley should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Steppingley 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.