1. Community Governance Review
Daventry District
Gill Kennedy – Governance & HR Manager
Jane Lyons – Principal Elections Officer

2. OVERVIEW
Under the Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 it is now the responsibility of ‘Principal Councils’ to undertake a review of local governance every years; this is a review of Town and Parish arrangements.
It was agreed at Full Council on 16th May that a review would commence for the Daventry District.
This will be the first CGR that Daventry District has held and the requirement is that it should be held before 2022.
All stakeholders will be consulted but ultimately the final decisions are made by DDC.

3. Review Timetable
The review must be completed within one year of the publication of the Terms of Reference and therefore will be completed by July 2019.
The review timetable is as follows:

4. Review Timetable cont…
Stage 1
Wednesday 16th May
Full Council resolves to undertake review
Thursday 17th May – Wednesday 18th July
Deadline for submission of issues to be looked at (from parishes and district councillors)
Stage 2
Friday 27th July
Final Terms of Reference Published
Between Friday 28th July and Friday 10th August 2018
Working Group meet to review requests and prepare consultation
Friday 10th August to Friday 14th September 2018
Prepare Consultation Information
Stage 3
Monday 17th September to Friday 16th November
Consultation with Members of all affected areas
Between Monday 19th November and Monday 10th December 2018
Working Group meet to review consultation responses received and formulate recommendations
Monday 21st January 2019
Report to SMT with recommendations
Thursday 7th February 2019
Report to Strategy Group with recommendations
Stage 4
Monday 25th February to Monday 25th March 2019
Consultation on recommendations
Between Friday 29th March and Thursday 4th April 2019
Working Group meet to consider consultation responses received an finalise recommendations
Stage 5
Thursday 11th April 2019
Final report to Strategy Group
W/C Monday 29th April 2019
Final recommendations published; Community Governance Review Order drafted.
May 2019
Final report to Council and finalise CGR Order.
Stage 6
May 2020
Implement order.

5. Current Arrangements
In Daventry District there are 52 Parish Councils, 20 Parish Meetings and 1 Town Council.
Responsible for setting precept to manage local facilities such as village/town halls, allotments, bus shelters, parks, playgrounds, public seats, public toilets, public clocks.

6. Current Arrangements Councillors are elected every 4 years in thirds.
Parish populations range from 12 to
Some parishes are warded (split into areas) and some are grouped (joined together)

7. What can be changed? Changing boundaries Creating new parishes
Abolishing parishes
Changing the name of the council
Dividing a parish into wards
Group parishes together
Changing the number of seats on a council

8. What should you consider …
….. When thinking about issues that may affect you?
The identities and interests of the community
Cost of casual vacancies
The effective and convenient governance of the area
The impact the proposal may have on community cohesion
Does the change make sense
Acknowledge people’s sense of place and historic attachment to the areas

9. What Happens Next?
We have set up a working group of members of Daventry District Councillors and officers
We will involve and consult the communities affected
We can come and talk at your council meeting if required
We will refer to all guidance available to us from the Electoral Commission, The Government & NALC.
We will consult on all proposals put forward.

10. Contact Details Jane Lyons – Principal Elections Officer
Tel:
Gill Kennedy
Tel:

11. Any questions?