Issue - meetings
Meeting: 04/02/2025 - Cabinet (Item 120)
120 COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW REQUEST BY PETITION - HILGAY 
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Additional documents:
- Terms of Reference - Hilgay Parish Council - FINAL DRAFT, item 120
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- Request - 12th November 2024 - NAMES REDACTED, item 120
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- Petition Summary, item 120
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- Hilgay plan, item 120
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Decision:
RECOMMENDED: That Officers be requested to conduct a Community Governance Review in respect of Hilgay Parish in line with the Terms of Reference drafted to potentially reorganise the parish into two parishes with parish councils using existing parish and ward boundaries as a guide.
Reason for Decision
BCKLWN have a statutory duty to carry out a Community Governance Review when a valid Community Governance Petition is received.
BCKLWN a statutory duty to agree and publish a Terms of Reference for the Community Governance Review to proceed. Once agreed and published, BCKLWN must comply with them.
Minutes:
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Cabinet considered a report which presented a valid Community Governance Petition received from Hilgay Parish (Ten Mile Bank Ward) electors. The petition requested that Hilgay Parish and its existing wards of Hilgay and Ten Mile Bank were reorganised into two separate parishes with parish councils using the existing parish and ward boundaries.
The Borough Council had a statutory duty to conduct a community governance review to assess and make a determination in respect of the request within the petition.
RECOMMENDED: That Officers be requested to conduct a Community Governance Review in respect of Hilgay Parish in line with the Terms of Reference drafted to potentially reorganise the parish into two parishes with parish councils using existing parish and ward boundaries as a guide.
Reason for Decision
BCKLWN have a statutory duty to carry out a Community Governance Review when a valid Community Governance Petition is received.
BCKLWN a statutory duty to agree and publish a Terms of Reference for the Community Governance Review to proceed. Once agreed and published, BCKLWN must comply with them.