Agenda item

Community Governance Reviews

Summary:

Following consultation with relevant stakeholders, final recommendations are now being made on the series of Community Governance Reviews to reflect changes to the boundaries of several parishes within the district;as well as the proposed grouping of the Hempton and Pudding Norton parishes which had previously been requestedby thetwo ParishCouncils. Wehave alsorun a recent consultation on whether or not a warding arrangementshould beimplemented withinthe parishof Raynham, should the boundary change with Helhoughton beimplemented.

Conclusions:

The report contained herewith details final recommendations relating to the series of Community Governance reviews to be considered by Full Council for implementation.

Recommendations:

 

Reasons for Recommendations:

That Full Council considers the community governance reviews and approves implementation.

 

These final recommendations are being made in order to address some historical administrative anomalies, reflect better, clearer boundaries which reflect the identities of those living within the areas concerned and establish sustainable community governance

structures.

 

LIST OF BACKGROUND PAPERS AS REQUIRED BY LAW

(Papers relied on to write the report, which do not contain exempt information and which are not published elsewhere)

Text Box: Appendix 1: Maps and summaries of proposals pdf Appendix 2: Sculthorpe/Fakenham proposals and implications pdf Appendix 3: Cromer/Roughton/Northrepps revised final recommendations and implications pdf Appendix 4: Raynham and Helhoughton proposed mapping and implications pdf

 

Contact Officer, telephone number and email:

  Rob Henry. X6327, robert.henry@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Minutes:

This agenda item was brought forward to accommodate the two public speakers who were in attendance.

 

Cllr N Housden sought clarification regarding the reference to warding in context of the Raynhams (section 2.4 of the report). The Chief Executive replied that there were approximately 200 homes on the former RAF West Raynham site (known as the Kiptons). About 50 houses were in the Raynham parish and others fell within Helhoughton Parish. To support the building of community identity, it was proposed that they should join the Raynham Parish. It was felt that the number of electors was too low to facilitate the establishment of a new parish. It was therefore proposed that the parish of Raynham was ‘warded’ with two distinct areas, covering existing ward of South, East and West Raynham and then another separate ward for the Kiptons. He added that this was not without precedent. The Runtons, Walsingham and Ryburgh. It was therefore suggested that this model was consulted upon to meet the needs of residents going forward.

 

Cllr T FitzPatrick referred to page 134 of the agenda. He said that the reference to himself as the county member but in this instance he was acting in his role as District member for Sculthorpe. He asked that the record was corrected to reflect this.

 

Cllr A Fitch-Tillett said that she wanted to thank the Council on behalf of the residents of Northrepps for listening to their concerns and adapting the recommendation accordingly.

 

Cllr T FitzPatrick said that having heard the two public speakers regarding the proposals for Sculthorpe and the fact that the report mentioned that the majority of residents in Sculthorpe did not support the proposals, he wished to propose that the proposals relating to Sculthorpe parish as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, were deleted.

Cllr G Mancini-Boyle seconded the proposal.

 

The Chief Executive explained that the community governance reviews were undertaken following the District Council’s boundary review in 2016/17 – which came into effect in May 2019. The new warding arrangements had led to a number of minor administrative anomalies identified with some parish boundaries and they were acknowledged and accepted at the Full Council meeting in July 2021. There were then a number of proposals which involved a larger number of residential properties in a smaller number of locations – including the boundary between Fakenham North and South and the parish of Sculthorpe. The properties affected, on Sandy Lane fell within the boundary of the Fakenham west bypass and it was felt that these properties were well connected and closer to Fakenham. In addition, the local plan consultation identified two areas for further development and it was proposed that these new properties fell within the Fakenham boundary and that the boundary line should be re-drawn in line with the Fakenham west bypass.

 

The amendment, having been duly proposed and seconded was then put to the vote and supported with 30 votes in favour, 2 against and one abstention.

 

The substantive motion was then proposed by Cllr J Toye, seconded by Cllr P Heinink and it was

 

RESOLVED

 

To approve the community governance reviews as amended.

 

Two members voted against the recommendations.

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