Local Resident Submissions to the Newark and Sherwood District Council Electoral Review
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Local resident submissions to the Newark and Sherwood District Council electoral review This PDF document contains 43 submissions. 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. Ward, Lucy Subject: FW: Boundary changes Blidworth & Rainworth From: John A [ Sent: 21 December 2013 19:33 To: Reviews@ Subject: Boundary changes Blidworth & Rainworth I do not agree with your proposals? The siting of present boundaries differentiating Rainworth from Blidworth are historical, geographical and demographically relevant. Your proposals lump part of Rainworth with Blidworth, not a move that will be popular with both groups. That is why I am considering both wards, as changes in one would affect the other. You might consider putting together the Mansfield part of Rainworth with the NSDC part. But I am not desperate for this to happen, I am happy with things as they are Proposed housing changes will boost population in both areas. So change would have to be undone in the future. Having attended both Parish Council meetings I am convinced the Parish Councillors have local expertise and that the issues associated with each rely on this local knowledge so as to determine parish council positions on specific and very local issues. Your proposals do not reflect the interests and identities of our local communities. These are best served by leaving things as they are. I have no suggestions for new ward/division names; these are not merited. My proposals possibly does not mean each councillor represents roughly the same number of voters but I do not think this is an issue. John Allen 1 Ward, Lucy From: Sent: 30 December 2013 20:34 To: Ward, Lucy Subject: Re Rainworth Boundaries Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Why can't people leave our village alone??? I moved to Rainworth 11 years ago. If I had wanted to live in Blidworth or Bilsthorpe I would have bought a house there. These changes are ludicrous. We want our whole village to have a community, not to be divided up just to suite someone else's agenda!!! I knew nothing of this until just before Christmas, so well publicized to RESIDENTS of OUR VILLAGE it has not been. Leave us a lone to live in our village. These changes are insane!!!!! Mrs Alison Bailey Sent from Samsung tablet 1 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 2 Newark and Sherwood District Personal Details: Name: Barbara Barratt E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2013. Map Features: Comment text: As a res dent of Wellow for the past 59 years, I have seen what the effect of putting small villages in the same ward as large urban areas has had on the smaller communities. Ollerton has grown to such an extent that t is now classed as a town, so my fear is that the problems we encountered in the past can only be exaggerated. At present we have a District Councillor who was born and brought up in a rural community and who understands the needs of the small villages and supports them accordingly. I fully support the views of Wellow Parish Council in this matter and hope that you will take both their and our views into account when making your final decisions on what is a very important matter for our village. https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk//node/print/informed-representation/2746 30/12/2013 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 2 of 2 https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk//node/print/informed-representation/2746 30/12/2013 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 2 Newark and Sherwood District Personal Details: Name: keith bradley E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2013. Map Features: Comment text: The village of Wellow Should be in Sutton on Trent ward in order to preserve ts rural dentity https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk//node/print/informed-representation/2778 06/01/2014 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 2 of 2 https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk//node/print/informed-representation/2778 06/01/2014 Ward, Lucy From: nicholas brownley Sent: 06 January 2014 16:00 To: Ward, Lucy Subject: Comments regarding Boundary proposals in Rainworth Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged In reference to the proposals for Rainworth. I strongly oppose the proposals. I am writing as a resident of Rainworth Village living on one of the streets to be lost to Blidworth. Our village is already divided by having a sizeable area under Mansfield District Council. I feel by further dividing Rainworth we would lose our sense of community and an ability to stand strong together on local issues. We want to retain an identifiable village, as Edwinstowe and Southwell have. We have good electorate numbers to be a 2 member ward, so where is the necessity to split the village further. We have Schools, Doctors, Dentist, shops and three District Councillors. Fortunately a small number of residents stumbled across the information concerning the boundary proposals and have endeavoured to pass the information on to other residents. This was in December 2013 with the deadline for comments to be in by 6th January 2014. Taking out the busy festive period, this did not leave much time Residents that became aware of the proposals were not in favour of them, and signed a petition to show there feelings. I feel it was also unfair that as a village we did not receive any information regarding these proposals through our doors. I read a small piece in our local newspaper, but even this did not outline what is proposed. We do not have community links to the other villages mentioned . I do not feel we would benefit at all from this. Rainworth would certainly not have clear identifiable boundaries. None of the proposals would make it any easier for Councils to deliver an effective and convenient local Government as our representatives will more than likely be residents of other villages with no community links to ours. We need representatives with passion and understanding of our community, not one 20 something miles away. It is my proposal that Rainworth be a 2 member ward. Kind regards, Samantha Brownley. 1 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 2 Newark and Sherwood District Personal Details: Name: Helen Cattle E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2013. Map Features: Comment text: As a small rural village (populat on a l ttle over 400 people), Wellow shares many common characteristics and issues with other similar settlements to the east that are very much Newark focussed and collectively form a distinct band of the District that has a very strong agricultural emphasis and a dispersed, low dens ty population. At the same time, like many of these other villages to the east, Wellow has a well preserved individual identity, with substantial Conservat on Area coverage reflecting its unique settlement form and open spaces, a small commun ty w th limited local serv ces and a clear and up to date local planning framework that post dates the National Planning Policy Framework and dentifies no specif c growth objectives. In reviewing the boundaries, t is imperative that the interests and indiv dual ident ty of Wellow are appropriately reflected and that the arrangements ensure that Wellow is represented by a councillor that understands these interests and characteristics, and the issues faced by Wellow as a small rural commun ty. Inclusion within Ollerton Ward would not achieve this due to the very different urban attributes of Ollerton, that has a substantial, high density population which is set to increase further through several large scale residential development s tes allocated in the July 2013 Newark and Sherwood Site Allocations and Development Management DPD (Local Plan). W thin the proposed Ollerton and Boughton wards, allocated sites amount to 537 new dwellings. This would represent a significantly greater population than that of Wellow, whereas in comparison, there is only one allocated s te for just 37 dwellings in the proposed Sutton on Trent ward to the east. Ollerton has a strong and well established Town Council with clear pr or ties focussed on physical, social and economic regeneration to help overcome the legacy of the former mining industry within a high density settlement. Ollerton marks the eastern edge of the Nottinghamshire Coalfield whilst both in physical landscape and socio-economic terms, the village of Wellow marks very much the beginning of the rural/agricultural band of the Distr ct that stretches eastwards to the market town of Newark. Because of the significant imbalance in the scale of communities involved, electoral representat on within ‘Ollerton Ward’ would understandably be dominated by the needs and priorities of the substantial former mining community, and there is an extremely strong likelihood that the distinctly different issues facing Wellow would not be recognised and understood, and that they would become marginalised and attributed insufficient weight. There is also the added risk that, when combined w th the significant growth plans for Ollerton, this lack of recognit on for the distinct interests of Wellow would, over time, result in ts indiv dual identity being eroded and potentially lost to the excessive domination of the much larger settlement to the west. There is only one main bus route serving Wellow, the ‘No: 32 to Newark’.