Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Ridgmont

Responses from consultation

Parish council: no proposal received

7 responses

Comments:

“Parish councils who are unpaid volunteers do an excellent job representing their communities. Without them residents would not have a voice on local issues.”

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 Ridgmont should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Ridgmont 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.