Parish Council and Town Council Submissions to the Central Bedfordshire City Council Electoral Review
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Parish council and town council submissions to the Central Bedfordshire City Council electoral review This PDF document contains 20 submissions by parish councils and town councils. Some versions of Adobe allow the viewer to move quickly between bookmarks. Click on the submission you would like to view. If you are not taken to that page, please scroll through the document. Dear Arion Further to your letter dated 27th October 2009 inviting comments from the Parish Council with regard to the proposed new warding arrangements. The Aspley Heath Parish Council support the Conservative proposal that Aspley Heath should sit in the same ward as Woburn. Aspley Heath has ties with Woburn both geographically and traditionally and the PC feel that it is important to maintain these whereas they fail to see any natural affinity with Westoning, Pulloxhill and Flitton. Regards Lyn Davis Clerk to Aspley Heath Parish Council From: M Mugridge Sent: 10 January 2010 14:51 To: Reviews@ Cc: Gill Wiggs Subject: Blunham Parish - Wardship Dear Sirs We (the Parish Council of Blunham) are given to understand that in the matter of the consideration of electoral ward boundaries, Sandy Town Council has put forward a proposal to incorporate our parish and that of Mogerhanger within its boundary. Our feeling on the proposal is that the current makeup of the Northill and Blunham Ward is aligned with its rural character and would not fit well with the essentially urban nature of the Sandy ward. Although at one time Sandy was a market town and functioned to serve the surrounding villages, because of its location on the A1 and the London rail link its main purpose now is as a dormitory town with a smattering of light industry. We think it fair to say that the residents of Blunham look primarily to Sandy for the doctors and dentist surgeries only, as Bedford, St Neots and Biggleswade offer better shopping facilities. Inevitably any discussions within the ward would tend to be dominated by the thoughts and needs of the Town Council with the rural parishes being disadvantaged. Furthermore we understand that the reason for this is to enable Sandy Town Council justification to retain two Unitary Councillors. We are of the opinion this is not a valid justification for changing the current arrangement with which we are well satisfied. With regards Malcolm Mugridge Chairman Blunham Parish Council Page 1 of 1 Eleanor Gregory From: Harlington Parish Council Sent: 24 December 2009 12:25 To: Arion Lawrence Cc: [email protected] Subject: Electoral Review of Central Bedfordshire Attachments: Boundary Committee - Electoral Review of Central Beds - 23.12.09.DOC Dear Mr Lawrence Please find a letter attached with regards the above. Nicky Upton Clerk Harlington Parish Council If you have received this email in error, please notify the Council and delete the email and all attachments immediately. This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information, if you are not the intended recipient any reliance on use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or attachments is strictly prohibited. It has been checked for virus but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system. Harlington Parish Council does not accept liability for any damage you sustain as a result of a virus introduced by this email or any attachment and you are advised to use up-to-date virus checking software. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free. 19/01/2010 HARLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL Member, Bedfordshire Association of Town and Parish Councils Member, Bedfordshire Playing Fields Association Chairman: Clerk: Mr D J McLeod Mrs N S Upton MILCM 24th December 2009 BY EMAIL TO: Arion Lawrence Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire) The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW Dear Mr Lawrence Re: Electoral review of Central Bedfordshire Thank you for your letter of 27th October on the above which was received by Council at its last meeting. Further to the Council’s previous letter dated 11th September 2009 on this matter and the additional information received from Central Bedfordshire Council, it wishes to reiterate that with regards the new warding arrangements, it believes Harlington would be more naturally linked with Toddington and Westoning as all three villages are along the A5120 corridor and thus have very similar interests. As for the number of councilors per ward it was ask that there be no less than two. If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours sincerely Mrs N S Upton MILCM Clerk to Harlington Parish Council Copied to: [email protected] Page 1 of 1 Eleanor Gregory From: karencousins Sent: 11 January 2010 10:49 To: Arion Lawrence Subject: Re: Electoral Review of Central Bedfordshire Attachments: The Boundary Committee - review - 8th January 2010.doc Dear Mr Lawrence Please find attached the comments of Shillington Parish Council in respect of the above review. regards Karen Cousins Clerk to Shillington Parish Council This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. Please also destroy and delete the messages from your computer. Any modifications of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the sender. 19/01/2010 Shillington Parish Council Including Pegsdon & Higham Gobion BEDFORDSHIRE Mrs. Karen Cousins Chairman: Clerk to the Council Mrs. Sally Stapleton 8th January 2010 The Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire) The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street LONDON SW1P 2HW Dear Mr Lawrence Electoral Review of Central Bedfordshire Thank you for your letter of 27th October 2009 inviting Shillington Parish Council to comment on the future warding arrangements for Central Bedfordshire. We understand that the proposals put forward by Central Bedfordshire Council propose placing the parish of Shillington in a one member ward with Gravenhurst and Silsoe. Shillington Parish Council considers that Shillington parish has no commonality with Silsoe and feels that it would be better placed in a ward with Meppershall and Gravenhurst. Shillington has more in common with Gravenhurst and Meppershall (same middle school catchment area, same Police Safer Neighbourhood Team, etc) and has worked closely with Meppershall in the past, for example when they jointly funded the employment of a Police Community safety officer to tackle antisocial behaviour and other issues. We trust that you will take into consideration these comments when making a decision but should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us Yours sincerely Clerk to the Council Page 1 of 2 Eleanor Gregory From: Andrew Stephenson Sent: 11 January 2010 14:26 To: Arion Lawrence Cc: [email protected] Subject: Electoral Review of Central Bedfordshire Attachments: SPC 2nd letter to Boundary Committee.doc Dear Sirs Please find attached and below, a letter from the Streatley Parish Council. Yours faithfully A J Stephenson Clerk to the Streatley Parish Council January 10th 2010 The Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire) The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW Dear Sir I have been asked to let you know the further views of the Streatley Parish Council concerning the review of Central Bedfordshire. The Council has been supplied with details of the proposals submitted by the Conservative Group and the Liberal Democrat Group and would like to make the following comments. The Parish of Streatley has very little in common with the village of Barton-Le-Clay and very little contact with that village or the village of Pulloxhill. The Streatley Parish Council does not consider that it would be appropriate for all these areas to be part of the same ward. Similarly, the Parish has very little in common with and virtually no contact with the much larger villages of Harlington and Toddington. The Streatley Parish Council is of the opinion that there should be one ward made up of the parishes of Sundon, Chalton and Streatley. These three villages have much in common and are of similar size. The Parish Council would again like to draw the Committee’s attention to the small area of the Bushmead estate. This falls within Streatley Parish but is entirely separate and has very little contact with the rest of the Parish. The area consists entirely of dwelling houses and all amenities, such as shops, the community centre and the nearest public house, are outside the Parish. The area is served by a different church and a different utility company to the rest of Streatley Parish, and is part of a different police division. There is very little contact between the residents of the estate and the rest of Streatley Parish. The Luton Borough Council owns much of the land in the vicinity of the Bushmead estate and is responsible for certain aspects of maintenance and upkeep under the original handover agreement and other agreements with Central Bedfordshire Council. The Parish Council has suggested on a number of occasions that the area should not be part of Streatley Parish. 19/01/2010 Page 2 of 2 Yours faithfully A J Stephenson Clerk to the Streatley Parish Council Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now 19/01/2010 STREATLEY PARISH COUNCIL January 10th 2010 The Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire) The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW Dear Sir I have been asked to let you know the further views of the Streatley Parish Council concerning the review of Central Bedfordshire.