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Cooper, Mark From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 25 April 2014 14:22 To: Cooper, Mark Subject: FW: Electoral Review of West Dorset From: Christopher Dobbs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 25 April 2014 13:16 To: Reviews@ Subject: FW: Electoral Review of West Dorset From: Christopher Dobbs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 April 2014 12:39 Subject: Electoral Review of West Dorset Review Officer (West Dorset ) Local Government Boundary Commission for England At their recent April Meeting, Bothenhampton & Walditch Parish Council considered the recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission to reduce the number of West Dorset District Councillors to one for the Wards of Bothenhampton and Walditch. At the present time, B&WPC have the guidance of a District Councillor from each Ward who regularly attend the monthly Parish Council Meetings, and it was the majority view of the PC for this most satisfactory arrangement to continue. It is therefore, the recommendation of Bothenhampton & Walditch Parish Council that a District Councillor continues to represent each Ward. Any reduction in this provision will inevitably cause the enablement of democracy to be challenged. Sent by Christopher Dobbs Clerk to B&WPC, Wednesday 23 April 2014 16 Cooper, Mark From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 20 March 2014 09:10 To: Cooper, Mark Subject: FW: Bouindary Commission Attachments: LGBC letter.doc; boundary commission response2 v3.doc From: Sue Woodford (Chetnole-PC) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 March 2014 00:50 To: Reviews@ Subject: FW: Bouindary Commission Hello Please find attached covering letter and submission to the draft recommendations in the Boundary Commission review of West Dorset. We would appreciate your consideration of the attached. A hard copy will follow. Many thanks Sue Woodford Clerk – Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council 29 CHETNOLE AND STOCKWOOD PARISH COUNCIL Chairman Clerk Mr.R B L Owen Mrs. S. Woodford Blossom Hill C haring Cross House The Review Officer (West Dorset) xx March 2014 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Layden House 76-86 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5LG Dear Sir Further Electoral Review of West Dorset District Council I refer to your draft recommendations issued on 12th February 2014 regarding the above, and particularly to the proposal contained therein to incorporate the Parishes of Chetnole and Stockwood into a new Frome Valley Ward. We wish to express our strong opposition to this proposal, which will separate these parishes from all their longstanding community connections. Our formal response, to which we trust you will give sympathetic consideration, is attached. Yours sincerely S Woodford (Mrs) Clerk Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council Electoral Review of West Dorset – Proposed New Ward Boundaries Response of the Parish Council of Chetnole and Stockwood to the Local Government Boundary Commission Proposal to include the Parishes of Chetnole and Stockwood into a new Frome Valley Ward 1 Introduction The Parishes of Chetnole and Stockwood share a single combined Parish Council. This response represents the views of that Parish Council. The Parishes of Chetnole and Stockwood responded to the proposals originally made to the Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC) by West Dorset District Council (WDDC) during the public consultation which lasted from 3rd September to 11th November 2013. In that response we objected to the proposals on the grounds that they would all separate Chetnole and Stockwood from the village of Yetminster. We then stated that the criteria identified in the Briefing Note, provided as part of that consultation, were only met by retaining Chetnole and Stockwood within Yetminster Ward. It is of some concern to us that our closely argued proposal for continued common local government with Yetminster appears to have been ignored, presumably to take account simply of the criterion of the number of voters served. We would be surprised if the combined number of electors in the two parishes of 307 was sufficient to significantly upset that criterion. Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council now objects to the proposal of the Local Government Boundary Commission to incorporate the Parishes into a ward entitled Frome Valley Ward. This objection is made on the grounds that, in respect of Chetnole and Stockwood, this proposal o does not reflect community interests and identities o does not respect evidence of community links o is not based upon strong easily identifiable boundaries o will not assist in the delivery by WDDC of effective local government. RBLO 14/03/14 2 Community interests and identities and respect for evidence of community links Ward arrangements should take account of areas where there is evidence of strong links between villages/communities. The proposal totally fails to do so. Chetnole and Stockwood clearly form a community with Yetminster. Examples are o Yetminster Health Centre, providing both local surgery and pharmacy service to Chetnole and Stockwood, is in Yetminster o Community feeling is enhanced by the children of the community attending the same schools throughout their school careers. Children of pre-school age from Chetnole have over many years attended the Montessori School in Yetminster . Chetnole and Stockwood primary school pupils attend St Andrew’s School, Yetminster. Chetnole and Stockwood secondary school pupils attend the Gryphon School in Sherborne, as do those from Yetminster. o The Church of England benefice covering St Peter’s Church Chetnole is run from Yetminster o The two significant local shops, one including the only Post Office in the area offering a complete service, are in Yetminster o Many local voluntary organisations involve both Yetminster and Chetnole o Chetnole and Stockwood have a readily accessible direct rail link with Yetminster o Chetnole in particular has short and easy road links with Yetminster. Chetnole and Stockwood in common with their neighbouring settlements of Yetminster and Leigh, look North to Sherborne as the centre of their rural area, for all substantial purposes. All are in the Sherborne Rural Ward of Dorset County Council. It is of note that media coverage tends to divide at Batcombe Ridge. For instance the local newspaper is the Western Gazette, Sherborne Edition, television coverage for the Sherborne area tends to come from Bristol and RBLO 14/03/14 Chetnole is within the coverage of the Blackmore Vale Magazine, which is entirely focussed on the North of the County. Furthermore Chetnole and Stockwood are linked with Yetminster and the neighbouring communities through the Wriggle Valley Magazine which is connected with the local Church of England Benefice The settlements of Cattistock, Frome St Quintin and Sydling St Nicholas, which are actually in the Frome Valley, have no practical connections with Sherborne, largely on account of the significant geographical barrier of Batcombe Ridge between them. They look south to Dorchester as their urban centre. Few activities are shared, there are no common community organisations nor are there other common local government arrangements. They are served by radio and television from the South and West and their local newspaper is the Dorset Echo. The historic connections which Chetnole and Stockwood did have with Evershot and Melbury Osmond, based upon the Melbury Estate, have now largely atrophied as the Estate has moved from employed to contractorised labour and tenanted estate farms have been subsumed into a centralised farming enterprise. Children from Melbury Osmond and Evershot attend primary school in Evershot and Beaminster School, not St Andrews Yetminster or the Gryphon in Sherborne. We have insufficient knowledge of the communities in Cattistock, Frome St Quentin and Sydling St Nicholas to know where their children attend secondary school, but it is known not to be the Gryphon School, Sherborne. 3 Strong easily identifiable boundaries A ward pattern should provide for coherent wards. There is no coherence in the suggested allocation of Chetnole and Stockwood into the proposed Frome Valley Ward. There is in fact a very significant line of high ground which forms a watershed running from west to east across the proposed Frome Valley Ward, which creates a long-standing divide in community activities. The proposed new Ward does not relate to easily identifiable geographical boundaries. On the contrary, there are significant geographical features which create boundaries running through the proposed ward. o There is a strong easily identifiable boundary, known as Batcombe Ridge, which runs directly across the middle of the proposed Frome Valley Ward. Batcombe Ridge divides Chetnole and Stockwood, which are in the Wriggle Valley, from the settlements which actually are in the Frome Valley. RBLO 14/03/14 o To the west, the A37 provides a less significant, but nevertheless real boundary between Chetnole and Stockwood on the one hand and the villages of Melbury Osmond and Melbury Sampford on the other. o Evershot is separated from Chetnole and Stockwood by both the A37 and northern arm of the Batcombe Ridge known as Melbury Down. o Indeed the proposed Frome Valley Ward has a feel of being made up of the elements of other wards left over when the other wards were settled. 4 Effective and convenient local government It is impossible to see how this proposal would contribute to effective local government for either Chetnole and Stockwood or the wider Wriggle Valley. The proposal places Chetnole and Stockwood in a fictional geographical location, along with communities with which they have few connections. The proposed Ward conforms to no locally recognised boundaries but combines three separate identifiable community areas. Neither Chetnole nor Stockwood has any real connection with either of the other two.
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