Resources Directorate A West UNCLASSIFIED Members & Elections Team Leader Room 63 Council House Earl Street Coventry CV1 5RR
Telephone: 024 76 832286 [email protected]
Our reference: FOI/Req00619 Date: 13th November 2015
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
Thank you for your recent FOI request. Your request has been considered under the above legislation. You have requested the following information:
1. Are there civil parishes in your local authority area? Response: Yes
2. If yes, is the entirety of your local authority area parished? Response: No
3. For each of parished parts of your local authority area, please provide the following information: a. The name of the civil parish. b. Whether it has a parish council or a parish meeting. c. Whether it is a precepting, group precepting, or non-precepting authority in the current financial year. d. If it has a parish council, what style (if any) does it have i.e. parish, town, community, village or city council? e. Elections: when, by year, (i) did they last take place, and (ii) are they next due to take place? (Please advise dates even if uncontested.) f. Are there individual (plural) wards within the parish, or is the whole parish one ward for the purposes of electing councillors?
Response: See below:
a) Name b) Council c) Precept d) Style ei) Date of eii) Date of f) or meeting last election next Warded election Allesley Parish Council Precepting Parish May 2015 May 2019 No Keresley Parish Council Precepting Parish May 2015 May 2019 No (An order has been Will have a N/A Parish N/A May 2016 No made for the Council creation of Finham Parish and Council in April 2016)
4. If parts of your local authority area are unparished, please provide the following information in relation to each part:
a. The name of the area which is unparished (i.e. name of town / village / community). Response: The city has a number of local communities and neighbourhoods but they do not have clear or co-terminous boundaries.
b. Whether there is an established community forum (or similar) recognised by your local authority, for consultations etc. Response: The Residents Associations and Neighbourhood groups known to the Council are available on line as part of the Community Activities Directory http://www.coventry.gov.uk/cad
c. If yes to (b) above, the name of any established community forum (or similar). Response: See b)
d. Whether there are charter trustees representing the unparished area. Response: Not known
You are free to use this information for your own purposes. If you wish to use the information for other purposes, you will need to contact us.
Should you be unhappy with the outcome or handling of your request, please write to the address below within 40 working days of the date of this letter:
Council House, Room 21a Lower Ground Floor Earl Street, Coventry. CV1 5RR [email protected]
If having done this you are still dissatisfied, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner at:
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Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Adrian West Members & Elections Team Leader
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