Decision details

Tracy Mann, Development Officer, provided the Civic Affairs Committee with a verbal update on the Northstowe Community Governance Review.

Members were reminded of the informal consultation exercise carried out in 2008 which enabled officers at the time to identify and resolve any potential issues that affected Parish Councils or local residents had with regard to establishing a new boundary for Northstowe.  Officers intended to share the outcomes of this consultation exercise with affected Parish Councils, neighbouring Parish Councils and local residents as part of a new informal consultation process to ensure that current members of the respective Parish Councils and current residents had an opportunity to review the information collated and put forward any new views with regard to the governance arrangements for Northstowe. 

It was therefore proposed that liaison initially ensued with Parish Councils, taking into account the draft boundary for Northstowe as agreed following the informal 2008 consultation exercise.  Informal consultation would then take place with neighbouring Parish Councils and local residents in the form of drop-in sessions, following which it was anticipated that by the end of the year a consensus could be achieved on a proposed boundary for Northstowe in readiness for the commencement of a formal Community Governance Review early in 2014.

The Civic Affairs Committee NOTED the update.