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Report No: G22/18 Eden District Council Council 15 February 2018 Community Governance Review for Eden District Second Stage Consultation Portfolio: Resources Report from: Deputy Chief Executive Wards: All Wards OPEN PUBLIC ITEM 1 Purpose 1.1 To enable consideration to be given to proceeding to the second stage of consultation for the Community Governance Review for Parish and Town Councils and Parish Meetings within Eden District. 2 Recommendation It is recommended that the Deputy Chief Executive be authorised to commence a second stage of consultation with the following parishes: a) Barton Parish Council with regard to increasing the number of Councillors within Barton Parish and changing the name of the council to ‘Pooley Bridge Parish Council’; b) Brougham Parish Council and Temple Sowerby Parish Council with regard to merging the two Parish Councils; c) Castle Sowerby Parish Council with regard to exploring the viability of retaining the parish council but separating the parish boundary into 2 wards; d) Crackenthorpe Parish Meeting and Long Marton Parish Council with regard to merging the two parishes, with Crackenthorpe becoming a 1 member ward within Long Marton Parish Council; e) Dacre Parish Council with regard to reducing the number of councillors within Dacre Parish; f) Helbeck Parish Meeting and Brough Parish Council with regard to merging the two parishes; g) Hutton Parish Council and Greystoke Parish Council with regard to Motherby village being placed wholly within Hutton Parish, and ensuring that the parish boundaries are coterminous with the District Ward boundaries; h) Kirkby Thore Parish Council, Newbiggin Parish Meeting and Temple Sowerby Parish Council with regard to exploring boundary changes requested by Kirkby Thore Parish Council; i) Murton Parish Meeting with regard to exploring whether the Parish Meeting should have the name ‘Hilton’ included in the parish name; j) Ousby Parish Council with regard to splitting the Parish into two separate Parish Councils, ‘Ousby Parish Council’ and ‘Melmerby Parish Council’; and k) Thrimby Parish Meeting, Little Strickland Parish Meeting and Great Strickland Parish Council with regard to either Thrimby merging with Little Strickland Parish Meeting or both Thrimby and Little Strickland merging with Great Strickland Parish Council. 3 Report Details 3.1 The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 gives full responsibility for Community Governance Reviews to principal councils in England. At the full Council meeting on 7 September 2017, it was resolved that a full Community Governance Review should be undertaken and further, a six member working group should established to advise the Deputy Chief Executive on recommendations to be made as part of the Community Governance Review. An extract from the Council minutes can be found at Appendix A to this report. 3.2 The first Working Group meeting was held on 2 October 2017, with the Chairman of the Scrutiny Co-ordinating Board being elected as Chairman of the Working Group. The Working Group established that all Town, Parish Councils and Parish Meetings should be contacted as part of the first consultation as well as all electors within the parishes being encouraged to comment as well. An electronic survey would be set up on a commonly used survey builder, with paper copies being available at libraries and through Member services. Written submissions would also be considered. 3.3 The public consultation period began Thursday 16 November 2017, and ran through until Friday 22 December 2017. During this time publicity surrounding the Community Governance Review process took place, with articles in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, press releases, and posters and leaflets being distributed widely throughout the District. County and District Councillors were encouraged to respond, as were the statutory consultees Cumbria County Council, the Lake District National Park Authority and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority . Cumbria Association of Local Councils (CALC) have been consulted on a number of occasions regarding the Community Governance Review. The Deputy Chief Executive appeared on Eden FM to further publicise the consultation process. 3.4 Out of 72 Parish Councils and Meetings, 44 responded to the questionnaire, with 28 not responding. There were also 34 public responses, from a wide range of parish residents across the District. There was one response from a County Councillor. 3.5 Of the 44 Parish Councils and Meetings that responded, 33 of those requested that there be no change to their governance arrangements. This information assembled in a document which was then distributed to the Working Group, who met for their second meeting on 15 January 2018. This document is attached at Appendix B. 3.6 The Working Group discussed each Parish Council who had responded with an indication that they wished to alter their governance arrangements in depth, assessing the viability of each request. Of the requests from parishes that had been received, the Working Group felt that recommendations to proceed could be made for eight of the Parishes. Two Parishes’ requests did not gain support from the Working Group. These parishes were Penrith Town Council and Waitby Parish Meeting. 3.7 The parishes for which there are specific proposals which are recommended to be the subject of a second stage of consultation are Barton, Brougham, Crackenthorpe, Dacre, Hutton, Kirkby Thore, and Ousby. The minutes of the meeting of the Working Group of 15 January 2018 are attached at Appendix C. 3.8 Consideration was further given to the public response to the questionnaire. The Working Group especially noted the depth of feeling regarding the parish of Ousby which had 13 public respondents which is by far the largest number for any single parish at this stage of consultation. Due consideration was given to all of these public responses. The Working Group recommended that two further Parish Councils should proceed to the second stage of consultation. These Parishes were Castle Sowerby Parish Council and Murton Parish Council. 3.9 Consideration was given to the viability of Thrimby Parish Meeting. Thrimby has an electorate of just 21 and has not had a clerk or a meeting for a number of years, contravening the legal requirement to have a formal meeting at least twice a year. The Working Group recommended that the following two options be the subject of the second stage of consultation: (a) Thrimby to merge with Little Strickland (current electorate 57); or (b) Both Thrimby and Little Strickland to merge with Great Strickland Parish Council (current electorate 205). 3.10 Helbeck Parish Meeting has an electorate of 6 and whilst it is currently functioning the Working Group had concerns about the long term viability of the Parish. The Working Group asked for consideration to be given to merging Helbeck with Brough Parish Council to enable the residents to continue to be represented, and requested that this option be included as part of the second stage of consultation with both parishes. 3.11 The Working Group recommended that officers proceed to the second stage of consultation for the parishes affected by the recommendations made in this report, with initial contact to be made with the parishes affected to obtain their views and public meetings to be set up as required. 3.12 Proceeding to the second stage of consultation with parishes will allow Members and officers to have a clearer idea of exactly what Parish Councils and their parishioners want to make them more sustainable. 4 Policy Framework 4.1 The Council has four corporate priorities which are: Decent Homes for All; Strong Economy, Rich Environment; Thriving Communities; and Quality Council 4.2 This report meets the corporate priority of Thriving Communities. 5 Consultation 5.1 Full Council were consulted on the need to undertake a full Community Governance Review in Eden District on 7 September 2017. Members requested, amongst other matters, that a six-member Working Group be set up to advise the Deputy Chief Executive on recommendations to be made. 5.2 A full public consultation exercise was undertaken between Thursday 16 November 2017 and Friday 22 December 2017, enabling all parishes to discuss and respond to the consultation, as well as all members of the electorate within Eden District. 6 Implications 6.1 Financial and Resources 6.1.1 Any decision to reduce or increase resources or alternatively increase income must be made within the context of the Council’s stated priorities, as set out in its Council Plan 2015-19 as agreed at Council on 17 September 2015. 6.1.2 There is minimal budget provision for the Review to assist with postage costs and advertisements, otherwise it is anticipated that any other costs in respect of the Review will be found within existing budgets. 6.2 Legal 6.2.1 Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 devolves power to District Councils to undertake Community Governance Reviews. 6.2.2 The Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12, paragraph 4(1) and (3) requires that a Parish Meeting must assemble annually between 1 March and 1 June (both inclusive) and it must meet on at least one other occasion in the year. 6.2.3 Guidance from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England states that ‘reasonable periods for consultation’ should be built into any timetable for planning a Community Governance Review. Council agreed a timetable for processing the Community Governance Review, which is still being adhered to. This timetable has allowed the period from February through until April to undertake the second stage of consultation. 6.3 Human Resources 6.3.1 There will be staff resource involved in undertaking the Review and various teams across the Council will contribute to the work of the Review. However, the extra workload will not incur any additional staffing resources.
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