If there is support for the proposal the boundaries Have your say Complete survey online at: of Mangotsfield Rural Parish will change and in There are several ways for you to tell us your views future the parish will cover a smaller geographical www.southglos.gov.uk/cgr on this important local issue. You can: area with fewer electors. It is proposed that Mangotsfield Rural Parish is • Complete the survey enclosed with this letter/ For office use only renamed Mangotsfield Parish. If the proposed leaflet and return it FREEPOST to: boundaries of the new Emersons Green Town UAP Council are agreed, Mangotsfield Parish is likely to have between 9 and 11 councillors in the future. FREEPOST RRZE-CTRG-TJLJ We have enclosed a map which shows the area South Gloucestershire Council that Mangotsfield Parish may cover in the future. Community Governance Review The area where you live is highlighted as the unparished area. Council Offices, Castle Street, South Gloucestershire Council Thornbury,

2. No change – Status Quo Bristol BS35 1HF Mangotsfield This would mean that the area where you live would remain unparished. You would continue to • Complete a survey online at: be represented at a district level by Rodway Ward www.southglos.gov.uk/cgr village area councillors. Community Governance Review • Email: [email protected] What happens next? When we have had an opportunity to consider all the responses we receive to this consultation, the council • Write to the FREEPOST address will decide what to do next based on the results. The council is carrying out a review of the way If changes are supported, the area where you live decisions are made on local issues in your area, Please return by 12 April 2013 would become part of Mangotsfield Parish with effect and wants to hear your views. This process from the 2015 local elections. called a ‘community governance review’ will look at whether you would like to become part of the Mangotsfield parished area. We have distrubuted a leaflet to each household. If you require additional copies for other people to

If you have any further questions or require any complete who live in your household call additional information, including translations or 01454 868009, accessible versions of this document please email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Alternatively you can complete this survey online or phone: 01454 868009 at: www.southglos.gov.uk/cgr

SGCCreativeDesign 8622/2/13 Printed by SGCPrint on recycled paper 75% post consumer waste www.southglos.gov.uk Introduction Residents in your area were not specifically asked What about the costs? In August 2012 the council wrote to you and your views on whether you would like to become part Parish and town councils are funded through a charge other residents in the unparished areas of South of Mangotsfield Parish. Before the council makes any added to your council tax. This is known as a precept. Gloucestershire to explain that a review of the way final decisions we would like to ask all residents in The amount of this is something that the parish or decision are made on local issues in your area was Mangotsfield village for your views. town council decides for itself and depends on what taking place. This process called a ‘community services and facilities it wants to provide. governance review’ is looking at whether you would Who are we consulting at stage two? South Gloucestershire Council provides some like to become part of a parished area. This leaflet is being sent to all the households in services which benefit only certain areas and which The first stage of consultation on the review has now the Mangotsfield village area so that residents are provided elsewhere by parish councils. The costs closed and this leaflet provides an update on the can have their say. In addition to residents we are of providing such services, called special expenses, results of the consultation and seeks your views again consulting South Gloucestershire district councillors, are added to the council tax amounts paid by before any final decisions are made. Mangotsfield Parish Council, local businesses, residents in the areas benefiting from these services. tenants and residents associations as well as local community groups and associations. Where you live in the unparished area, the average What were your views? Band D council tax payer currently pays £1255.90 There were a total of 2086 responses to the first (2012/13 excluding Avon Fire Authority and Avon and consultation on whether changes should be made Why have a Parish/Town Council? Somerset Police Authority payments). to community governance arrangements in the • an important focus for local community identity unparished areas of South Gloucestershire. Of these, The average Band D council tax payer in Mangotsfield 553 responses were received in relation to Rodway • an additional local voice for the needs of the area Rural Parish currently pays £1274.76 (2012/13 Ward, the area where you live. excluding Avon Fire Authority and Avon and Somerset • an opportunity for local people to be involved in Police Authority payments). At the first consultation you and other residents their community on local issues in your area were asked if you would prefer to • provision of extra or improved local services, for What already exists? live in an area served by a parish or town council example: Below the level of South Gloucestershire Council or whether you wanted for your area to remain there are currently a number of forms of community unparished. • community and leisure facilities (e.g. community halls, allotments) governance. These include area forums, safer and In Rodway Ward 21.5% of respondents in favour stronger groups, residents and tenants associations of becoming parished, with 67.8% of respondents • recreation and play facilities and community groups and associations. wanting for their area to remain unparished. The (e.g. parks, play areas, sports pitches) What are the possibilities? remaining 10.7% of respondents either had no • facilities for young people and children There are two possible outcomes of this review. They preference or did not know which option they (e.g. holiday clubs) preferred. are: • community events and festivals 1. The area where you live becomes part of What are we going to do with the results? • environmental improvements Mangotsfield Parish The council has now considered the responses and (e.g. flowers, litter bins, bus shelters) This would mean that the area where you live comments from residents in your area and in the other • support/grants for local voluntary groups and would become part of Mangotsfield Parish. You review areas. community representation on local bodies would pay a precept in your council tax which Overall there was not sufficient support in the would contribute to funding the services provided • improvements to open spaces and verges unparished areas for new parish or town councils by Mangotsfield Parish Council. to be created. At the first consultation comments • local ‘watchdog’ on planning and other local Residents in some parts of the existing indicated that some respondents felt that Mangotsfield matters. Mangotsfield Rural Parish are being consulted on village, which is currently unparished, may identify with the proposed boundaries of a new town council for the parish of Mangotsfield. Emersons Green. Unparished Rodway (Mangotsfield village) Area Community Governance Review

Which of the following options do you prefer? Please tell us your full name: ❑ Yes - Mental health condition, such as depression, ❑ Join Mangotsfield Parish anxiety or schizophrenia ❑ ❑ No change, stay as we are now (unparished) Yes - Learning disability/difficulty (such as Down’s Syndrome, dyslexia, dyspraxia) or cognitive ❑ No preference Are you responding as? impairment (such as autistic spectrum disorder) ❑ Don’t know ❑ A local resident ❑ Yes - Long standing illness or health condition, Please use this space for any further comments. ❑ A town or parish council such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease or epilepsy ❑ A South Gloucestershire Councillor ❑ Yes - Other ❑ A local voluntary or community group ❑ No ❑ A local business ❑ Prefer not to say ❑ Other

Please tell us your ethnic origin About you ❑ Arab Please answer the following optional questions about yourself. The information you supply will help us to ❑ Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi analyse the results of this consultation and to ensure ❑ Asian/Asian British - Chinese that we understand the views of different people. ❑ Asian/Asian British - Indian Responses to these questions will remain confidential. Individuals will not be identified and personal details will ❑ Asian/Asian British - Other not be published. ❑ Asian/Asian British - Pakistani ❑ Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African Are you? ❑ Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean ❑ Male ❑ Female ❑ Prefer not to say ❑ Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Other

How old are you? ❑ Gypsy or Traveller of Irish heritage ❑ ❑ 18 to 35 ❑ 36 to 45 ❑ 46 to 55 Mixed/multiple ethnic group - Other We are committed to understanding the views ❑ Mixed/multiple ethnic group - White & Asian of all of our residents, and the impact of the ❑ 56 to 65 ❑ Over 65 ❑ Prefer not to say proposals. Please provide your name and address ❑ Mixed/multiple ethnic group - White & Black African below. Please note, this information will not be ❑ Mixed/multiple ethnic group - White & Black Do you consider yourself to have a disability? used for any other purposes than the Community Caribbean Governance Review consultation. ❑ Yes - Physical impairment, such as difficulty using ❑ White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British arms or mobility issues which may mean using a ❑ White - Other Please tell us your house number and full wheelchair or crutches postcode: ❑ Yes - Sensory impairment, such as being blind / ❑ White Irish having a serious visual impairment or being deaf / ❑ Other For office use only have a serious hearing impairment ❑ Prefer not to say UAP Proposed amended Mangotsfield Parish boundary

Proposed amended Mangots eld Parish boundary

Unparished area for possible inclusion in the proposed Mangots eld Parish

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