Issue - meetings

The Sub-Committee is asked to discuss the briefing paper which sets out the proposed procedure for conducting the review, having regard to statutory guidance and criteria.

Members received a paper which set out the details of three petitions received in respect of community governance reviews for the Handforth, Wilmslow and Styal area. The paper also outlined the process for conducting a community governance review.

On 21^st September 2009 the Council had received a petition which called for a Community Governance Review and identified the following recommendations arising from a Review:

(1)   That a new parish be constituted under Section 87 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

(2)   That the new parish should have a parish council to be known as Handforth Community Council.

(3)   That members of the Council will not be affiliated to any political party.

(4)   That the area to which the review is to relate be defined as being the electoral ward of Handforth as known in 2007.

(5)   That the Council will not precept the area, only use moneys granted, delegated, awarded or given for the benefit of the area. 

Recommendations (3) and (5) were outside the scope of any recommendations which could be considered by the Council as part of the review. The petition had been validated as having been signed by at least 10% of the electorate. On the recommendation of the Committee, Council had agreed to extend the remit of the review to encompass the whole of the unparished area of Wilmslow.

A petition had also been received on 14^th October 2009, calling for a community governance review and identifying the following recommendations arising from a Review:

(1)   That a new parish be constituted under Section 87 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

(2)   That the new parish should have a parish council to be known as Wilmslow and Handforth Town Council.

(3)   That the area to which the review is to relate comprise the Electoral Wards of dean Row, Fulshaw, Handforth, Hough, Lacey Green and Morley & Styal.

The petition had since been validated and Council, on the recommendation of the Committee, had agreed to extend the Community Governance Review to cover the whole of the unparished area of Wilmslow (i.e. the former Electoral Wards of dean Row, Fulshaw, Handforth, Hough, Lacey Green, and Morley and Styal.

On 14^th January 2010 the Council had received a petition which called for a Community Governance Review and identified the following recommendations arising from a Review:

(1)   That a new parish be constituted under Section 87 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

(2)   That the new parish should have a parish council to be known as Styal Parish Council

(3)   That the area to which the review is to relate to be defined as shown on the attached map, being a part of the Electoral Wards of Morley and Styal.

The Governance and Constitution Committee on 21^st January 2010 agreed that the petition be dealt with as part of the Community Governance Review for the whole of the unparished area of Wilmslow. The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5