St Albans Community Governance Review
Gedling Borough Council is carrying out a Community Governance Review (CGR) in the Parish of St. Albans in accordance with the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. This CGR was triggered after the council received a valid petition asking for the formation of a separate Parish Council for the Bestwood Lodge and Deer Park area of the parish.
There are two consultation stages to the review. The first stage will gather opinions on whether St Albans Parish Council should be divided into separate parishes for the area; the second stage will be consideration of the Council’s recommendations on the way forward.
The Council will take full account of the views of local people, identifying any person or body who it considers may have an interest in the review, and will invite them to submit their views at both stages of the consultation.
What is a CGR?
The CGR is the process used to consider whether the existing parish council should be in any way modified. There are several options with regards to the outcome of the review depending on the results of the consultation. The review could recommend to Council that:
- There should be no change to the existing arrangements; or
- There should be changes to the electoral arrangements for the parish or an alteration to the number of seats; or
- The existing parish council should be abolished; or
- A Parish council should be established for one or both of the existing parish areas, and if so, the boundary, names, and the electoral arrangements for each, i.e. how many councillors on each and the election cycle; or
- An ‘alternative style’ for one or both of the areas should be established, e.g. parish, neighbourhood, community, or village meeting.
There are two stages to the review: the first stage will gather opinions on whether St. Albans Parish Council should be divided into separate parishes for the area; the second stage will be the Council’s recommendations on the way forward which the public will be able to comment on.
Please note that the first stage of the consultation has now closed.
Terms of reference
The terms of reference were agreed and have been published following full council approval at a special council meeting on 17 October. The meeting can be viewed here: Full Council - 17 October.
The terms of reference details the specifics of the review and all recommendations the petition suggested and can be found here: Terms of reference - St Albans CGR 2024
Please read this document in detail before completing the survey with your comments.
Timetable for the review
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Action |
Timescale |
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Terms of reference presented to Council |
17 October 2024 |
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Publish Terms of Reference |
28 October 2024 |
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Initial Consultation period |
28 October 2024 – 6 January 2025 |
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Prepare draft proposals |
By 21 February 2025 |
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Consultation on draft proposals |
21 February – 2 May 2025 |
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Deadline for submissions |
2 May 2025 |
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Prepare final proposals |
2 May – 27 May 2025 |
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Report to Council |
4 June 2025 |
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If required: Organisation of Community Governance Order |
After June 2025 council meeting |
How to submit your views
Comments on the review and the suggested recommendations can be submitted here using this online survey:
https://forms.office.com/e/F2zL49RH0z
You can also email and write to the team with your comments, using the below details:
Writing to:
Community Governance Review (Elections)
Gedling Borough Council
Civic Centre
Arnot Hill Park
Arnold Nottingham
NG5 6LU
Emailing: elections@gedling.gov.uk
If you have any queries, comments or would like a copy of this survey in another format please contact us.