Agenda item

To  receive a report of the Head of Licensing and Registration considering the initial proposals for the joint polling district review and community governance review of parish and town councils and to agree the initial proposals to be published on 24 June 2013 for the second consultation period of the review.

Members considered a report of the Head of Licensing and Registration setting out the results of the preliminary stage of a joint review of Polling Districts and the Community Governance Review of Parish and Town Councils. 

The report provided the results of the public consultation and representations received to date and set out the conclusions reached by the Electoral Working Group.

RESOLVED – that;

a)  the summary of representations set out in Appendices A, B and C of the report as initial proposals be approved.

b)  the initial proposals be published for further consultation from 24 June to 16 September 2013 and that the outcome of that consultation be considered by General Purposes Committee in November.