Agenda item

To inform the Committee of the proposed arrangements for the Community Governance Review of the north of the borough.

The Committee proposed arrangements for the Community Governance Review of the north of the borough.

A previous review carried out in 2020/21 concluded that further work was needed to achieve satisfactory arrangements for Brinsley, Eastwood, Greasley, Kimberley and Nuthall where they border each other and which takes into account the complex relationship between the communities in that part of the Borough.

Any changes arising from that review will come into effect for the elections in 2027.  It is recommended that the Review start in December 2023

RESOLVED that:

1.   The Terms of Reference for the Review attached at Appendix 1 be APPROVED.

2.   The proposed consultation programme set out in Appendix 2.be APPROVED.

3.   The consultation proposals set out in Appendix 3 be APPROVED.

4.   A Task and Finish Group comprising 3 members of this Committee be appointed to consider the responses received during the two consultation stages and to make recommendations on the options in light of those responses.

(Having declared a non-pecuniary registrable interest in the item, Councillors P Bales, B Bullock, M Brown, G Hills, J Owen and P J Owen left the meeting before commencement of the discussion).