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Community Governance Review 2025 - stage 1

Have your say on the Community Governance Review

Consultation opens: Monday, 7 July 2025
Consultation closes: Monday, 1 September 2025

At this stage, we are asking if you think your local town or parish council properly represents your community. Do you feel it is reflective of the identity and interests of your parish, ward, village or town? If not, now is your opportunity to suggest a change!

We have developed some parish profiles which will give you information about the current arrangements in your parish.

Please visit the parish profiles directory to find out more about your parish before taking part in the consultation.

Have your say on the Community Governance Review

You can also email us requesting a printed copy of this consultation document and questionnaire. Please state which town and parish council you’d like us to send you, as well as your name and address, to consultations@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.

What happens next?

The feedback from this consultation will be considered at the General Purposes Committee meeting on 23 October 2025. A further consultation on the resulting proposals for change will take place at the end of the year (2025).