Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Northill

Responses from consultation

Parish council: members agreed that we are firmly in favour of maintaining our current parish boundary with the River Ivel remaining the defining border – rather than any realignment to the A1. We would also like to highlight that Northill Parish Council is an active and fully functioning council, comprising 12 proactive councillors, with no difficulty in filling vacancies when they arise. In summary, the council is operating effectively, collaboratively, and in the best interest of the parish community. We are content with current arrangements and do not support any changes to our existing governance or boundaries.

6 responses

Comments:

“Our Parish Council are very good and communicate well with residents.”

“If it is not broken don’t fix it.”

“It is fine as is!”

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 Northill should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Northill Parish Council are reduced from 12 to 7

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.