Agenda and minutes

To receive declarations of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or other registrable or non-registrable interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made by Councillors regarding items on the agenda.

This report sets out the necessary steps and timescale required to create one or more new parishes and Communities and Community Councils through a Community Governance Review (CGR), as mandated by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

Council received a report setting out the necessary steps and timescale required to create one or more new parishes and Communities and Community Councils through a Community Governance Review (CGR), as mandated by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

Councillor John Beckett MOVED and Councillor Rachel King SECONDED the recommendations in the report.

Upon being put, the recommendations were CARRIED as follows:

The Council resolved with 19 votes for, none against, 7 abstentions and the Mayor not voting to:

(1)      Agree that a Community Governance Review be undertaken for the Borough of Epsom & Ewell.

The Council resolved with 16 votes for, 6 against, 4 abstentions and the Mayor not voting to:

(2)      Authorise the Chief Executive and Head of Legal, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Chair of Standards and Constitution Committee, to approve the Consultation Questions & Terms of Reference once final typographical changes have been completed and to take all and any necessary action to progress the Community Governance Review.