Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Henlow

Responses from consultation

Parish council: no proposal received

3 responses

Comments:

“I see no point whatsoever in having Henlow Camp joined with Henlow village. There are absolutely no synergies. Henlow Camp should have its own Parish Council, especially since the number of new homes have been built along the A600- Bedford Road-past the A659 and there are proposals to build by Derwent School and are there still plans to build/convert into living accommodation on Henlow Camp airfield?”

“Henlow Camp is closed to Stondon than Henlow. Would make sense merge or move boundary.”

Feedback received through the public consultation indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation. 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 and the views of the community.

Draft recommendations

1. that the parish name of Henlow should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Henlow Parish Council is reduced from 12 to 9

Reason for recommendations

The recommendation to reduce the number of councillors is made in accordance with the terms of reference due to the number of councillors being disproportionate to the electorate or to avoid uncontested elections and the subsequent need to co-opt members to fill the outstanding vacancies.