Lockwood Parish Council Clerk to the Council: Mr M.P.Stone Village Hall, Meadowdale Court, Lingdale Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 3HF

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Paul Kingsley Review Officer ( and Cleveland) Local Government Boundary Commission for 14th Floor Millbank Tower Millbank SW1P 4QP

Thursday 30th November 2017

Electoral Review of : Warding Arrangements

Dear Mr Kingsley

Lockwood Parish Council has considered the impact that the Redcar & Cleveland Council (RCBC) wards have on the work of the Parish Council and would like to request that the RCBC Lockwood ward boundary is aligned with the current Lockwood Parish Council boundary.

The current situation is that all of the Lockwood Ward (Gerrick, Lingdale, , and ) on Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council sits within the Lockwood Parish Council boundary. In addition the villages of Aysdalegate, , , and Slapewath also sit within the Lockwood Parish Council boundary, but fall within the RCBC Westworth Ward along with parts of which fall within the Guisborough Town Council boundary.

Confusion is caused due to the split of the Westworth ward between the villages of Lockwood Parish Council and the town wards of Guisborough and also due to the RCBC Ward and Lockwood Parish Council sharing the same name. Because the RCBC ward name is Lockwood Ward and the Parish Council is Lockwood Parish Council the assumption often made by residents is that the two democratic areas are the same. This can cause confusion with people either believing, for example, that Boosbeck is in the RCBC Lockwood Ward because it is part of the Lockwood Parish Council area or that Boosbeck is not part of the Lockwood Parish Council area because it is part of the RCBC Westworth Ward in Guisborough.

Lockwood Parish Council covers an entirely rural area made up of a number of small and medium sized villages in East Cleveland with Lingdale being the largest. The Parish Council believes that these small villages will be better served being part of one rural ward, where the villages have similar issues and concerns and where the Parish Council will be able to work closely with the elected ward councillors for the benefit of all the villages, than they are at present, with some of the villages being tagged on to one of three town wards in Guisborough.

Lockwood Parish Council serves the villages and hamlets of: Aysdalegate, Boosbeck, Charltons, Gerrick, Kilton Thorpe, Lingdale, Little Moorsholm, Margrove Park, Moorsholm, Slapewath and Stanghow Lockwood Parish Council very much hopes that its views will be taken into consideration when deciding the outcome of the review.

Yours Sincerely

M.P.Stone

Martin Stone

Parish Clerk

Lockwood Parish Council serves the villages and hamlets of: Aysdalegate, Boosbeck, Charltons, Gerrick, Kilton Thorpe, Lingdale, Little Moorsholm, Margrove Park, Moorsholm, Slapewath and Stanghow