Parish and Town Council submissions to the Winchester City Council electoral review This PDF document contains all parish and town council submissions. Some versions of Adobe allow the viewer to move quickly between bookmarks. Local Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 1 Winchester District Personal Details: Name: Rhian Dolby E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Badger Farm Parish Council Comment text: I live in Badger Farm. We have a residents association in common with Oliver's Battery and most of our children (including my own) go to school there. We have farm more in common in terms of socio-economic factors with Oliver's Battery, Compton and Otterbourne etc. than we do with St Luke ward. It would be a big mistake to put a parished area like Badger Farm in with city of Winchester area. I am a councillor for Badger Farm Parish Council and we work well with our current arrangements. Uploaded Documents: None Uploaded https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/print/informed-representation/5012 17/03/2015 Local Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 1 Winchester District Personal Details: Name: Debbie Harding E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Colden Common Parish Council Comment text: We note that your 3 main considerations in conducting an electoral review are set out in legislation and your aims is to strike the best balance between:-• Improve electoral equality by equalising the number of electors each Councillor represents• Community identify • Provide effective and convenient local government We believe that your proposal to split Twyford and Colden Common Ward does not achieve to meet these aims, and that our proposal of reducing the existing Twyford and Colden Common ward to a 2 Councillor ward does meet your three aims entirely. We cannot stress enough that Colden Common and Twyford share the same challenges and the benefits of sharing the same ward cannot be understated. Listed below is not an exhaustive list to demonstrate this • Speed and volume of traffic – both villages having the busy B3335/4 running through them and the associated problems with HGV Lorries. o Shared aims to provide safe cycle routes and pavement along with road• Aircraft noise • Rights of Way network between the Parishes• Poor public transport, none after 7pm• Shared services o Doctors surgery including a Patients Participation Group o Church services The Benefice is Morestead, Colden Common, Owslebury and Twyford o Shared charities which the beneficiaries are both villages Twyford and District Nursing trust an example o Youth and Community groups which service both parishes o Recently Police neighbourhood team restructures do not align Sporting groups and associations which service both parishes Historically Twyford and Colden Common were one Parish. Despite today being two legal parishes, a very strong joint community identity remains. We believe that Twyford and Colden Common as one ward with two Ward Councillors is the most effective and efficient way of local democracy and best reflects the 3 main considerations as laid down in legislation. Please allow Colden Common and Twyford to remain as one ward. Uploaded Documents: None Uploaded https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/print/informed-representation/4970 17/03/2015 Local Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 1 Winchester District Personal Details: Name: Adrian Walmsley E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Compton & Shawford Parish Council Comment text: We were disappointed to see that your draft proposal does not reflect the points made in our submission to the first round of consultation. We strongly believe that our original submission satisfies all of your legislative objectives much better than does your draft proposal. Our proposal is to combine the existing Compton & Otterbourne ward with Olivers Battery & Badger Farm ward into a new 3-member ward wholly contained with the County’s Winchester Downlands Division. It would • meet the requirement for electoral equality even better (to within about 0.1% of the target number of electors per councillor, using 2020 projections);• be well-connected by roads (A3090, Poles Lane and Otterbourne Road/Main Road) and footpaths • preserve existing ties • enhance community identity by reconnecting us with neighbouring parishes with whom we have shared interests and historic links, and thus • make it easier for our ward councillors to deliver effective and convenient local government. • sit nicely with the strong desire of Colden Common and Twyford that they remain together as a two-member ward. That ward would meet the requirement for electoral equality to within about 0.5%. The attached document explains our reasons in more detail. Uploaded Documents: Download https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/print/informed-representation/5099 16/04/2015 Compton and Shawford Parish Council Response to the LGBCE draft warding proposals at https://www.lgbce.org.uk/current-reviews/south-east/hampshire/winchester Justification Common interests and initiatives between Compton & Shawford and Otterbourne • Speed and volume of traffic along the busy Otterbourne Road/Main Road running through our two adjacent parishes • Transport - the Winchester-Southampton bus service. • Motorway noise : our parishes are both affected; the long campaign for a low noise surface on the M3 was launched back in 2001 at a joint meeting hosted by Otterbourne PC and chaired by C&S PC • Open Spaces o The Sparrowgrove and Oakwood Copse Conservation Trust was formed a few years ago to purchase and conserve for public enjoyment land sold off by Southern Water. This woodland straddles the boundary between the two parishes. The trust is supported by both parish councils. o Play areas – C&S Parish Council contributed to the cost of play equipment in Otterbourne because parishioners in the south of our parish are likely to use it o A joint interest in preserving the Otterbourne-Southdown local gap to the south (“Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 - Joint Core Strategy” Policy CP18) • Shared services o Williams Garage, convenience store and Post Office located just inside Otterbourne are a valuable resource for C&S parishioners in general and in particular those who live in the southern part of our parish Common interests between Compton & Shawford, Otterbourne and Hursley • Church : These three civil parishes make up the ecclesiastical benefice of Compton, Hursley and Otterbourne • Traffic : the busy Poles Lane, where the Veolia waste station is sited, runs along our border with Otterbourne and into Hursley, so affects all three parishes • Open countryside : over recent years there have been many planning applications for developments in farmland near Silkstead where the boundaries of the three parishes meet. Having all three parishes in the same ward makes it easier to have a consistent approach to planning matters. Common interests between Compton & Shawford, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm • Historic : Olivers Battery (pre 1956) and parts of Badger Farm (pre 1985) were part of the historic parish of Compton • Church: Before Olivers Battery had its own church, parishioners used to walk to church in Compton. Some still attend Compton Church • Open Spaces : o There is a very good network of well-used footpaths and bridleways around the boundary between Compton & Shawford and Olivers Battery and onwards to Badger Farm. We are looking at joint projects for their upkeep. o Bushfield Camp: this is a very valuable open space, lying mostly in Compton & Shawford but enjoyed by many residents of Olivers Battery and Badger Farm. It forms part of the Winchester-Compton Street Local Gap. 2 Compton and Shawford Parish Council Response to the LGBCE draft warding proposals at https://www.lgbce.org.uk/current-reviews/south-east/hampshire/winchester • Services: o the Sainsburys supermarket in Badger Farm is where most residents of all three parishes do their regular shopping, o many residents use the doctor’s surgery in Badger Farm o the shops in Olivers Battery (butcher, post office etc.) are a valuable resource for residents of all three parishes Observations about ward size Since the last ward boundary changes took effect in 2002, we have been part of a 2-member ward. I am not aware of any feeling that this has put us at a disadvantage, despite the legislative preference for 3-member wards in a district council elected by thirds. We know that the Boundary Commission has to strike a balance between the different aims set out in Schedule 2 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. We would prefer that you give priority to effective local government and the preservation of local ties, and, where appropriate, show flexibility over the number of members per ward. Knock-on effects Clearly, implementing our proposals would have knock-on effects for the rest of your recommendations. We note that one of the party groups on the City Council submitted a proposal which came to the same conclusion as us for our area of the district. That is, combining Compton & Otterbourne with Olivers Battery & Badger Farm, and retaining Twyford & Colden Common as a two-member ward. Their proposal was worked through for the whole of Winchester district. Summary We believe that merging the current 2-member wards Compton & Otterbourne and Olivers Battery & Badger Farm into a new 3-member ward is the most effective and efficient solution for local democracy and best reflects the three main considerations laid down in legislation. We understand that all our neighbouring parishes will be making representations consistent with ours. Adrian Walmsley Chairman Compton & Shawford Parish Council 28 March 2015 3 From: Durleypc Sent: 25 Februa To: Reviews@ Subject: Electoral Review of Winchester: Draft Recommendations Dear Sir, Attached are the comments from Durley Parish Council on the above Review. Best wishes, Anne Collins (Mrs) Clerk to Durley Parish Council 1 Local Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Page 1 of 1 Winchester District Personal Details: Name: John Thornton E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Hambledon Parish Council Comment text: Hambledon Parish Council is happy to be in the Central Meon Valley ward.