Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Sutton

Responses from consultation

Parish council: “Sutton Parish Council believes that the current boundaries of the parish, the make-up of the Council and the number of councillors is correct for the parish at this particular time and would not want to see any changes. If however, the recent ‘Call for Sites’ exercise was to include development that affects the parish of Sutton then the Council would want to be consulted further at that time.”

3 responses

Comments: none

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