Community Governance Review 2022/23 - Phase 1 Consultation

Date of consultation: Monday, October 31, 2022 - Sunday, January 29, 2023

Consultation summary

This Consultation is now open

Stroud District Council are undertaking a community governance review pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, and other relevant statutory provisions. The review is being undertaken for the following Parish/Town areas:
• Cam
• Dursley
• Eastington
• Frampton
• Horsley
• Hunts Grove
• Minchinhampton
• Nailsworth
• Standish
• Stonehouse
• Woodchester

The review will have regard to the ‘Guidance on Community Governance Reviews’ issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE). The aim of the review is to ensure that the arrangements for community governance reflect ‘the identities and interests of the community in the area’ and are ‘effective and convenient’. The review will be conducted with the Terms of Reference contained in this document and agreed by Council.

Why we are consulting

A Community Governance Review provides the opportunity to consider whether changes should be made to parish arrangements in response to these and other issues raised by local people. It is intended that any new parish arrangements will take effect at the May 2024 local elections.

A full CGR took place across the whole of the Stroud district in 2019 and several changes were implemented across a number of parish and town council areas including the establishment of Hunts Grove Parish Council. When approving the final recommendations of the 2019 review, Council resolved for a further CGR to be undertaken for the parishes that contain the Great Oldbury development (Eastington, Standish and Stonehouse) by the end of 2023. The reasoning for this was that at the time of the last review, Great Oldbury was a new development and any decisions made may not reflect the identity of a community which was yet to have established.  

Ahead of commencing this CGR, all Parish and Town Councils were asked if there had been any significant changes to their electoral arrangements since 2019 and whether their parish or town council areas should be considered for a CGR. Following this consultation with Parish and Town Councils the Council agreed to carry out a review in:

Cam	Dursley	Eastington
Frampton	Horsley	Hunts Grove
Minchinhampton	Nailsworth	Standish
Stonehouse	Woodchester

 

 

More information is listed on the Community Governance Review webpage here.

Link to Consultation Survey