Decision details

Decision

That the Terms of Reference for a Community Governance Review of all parishes in the Dorset Council area be adopted.

Reason for Recommendation

To ensure that community governance arrangements within the area under review are reflective of the identities and interests of the community in that area.

Executive Summary

A community governance review looks at the governance arrangements of parishes in the area under review – in this case the whole of the Dorset Council Area – and seeks to ensure that these are reflective of the identities and interests of the community in that area.

In undertaking the Review, Dorset Council (“the Council”) will comply with the requirements of Part 4 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) and the relevant parts of the Local Government Act 1972, and have regard to Guidance on Community Governance Reviews issued in accordance with section 100(4) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 by the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England in March 2010.

The Council will also give due consideration to the Guidance on Community Governance Reviews issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government published in 2008.

Background documents

Agenda for Dorset Council on Thursday, 15th July, 2021, 6.30 pm - Dorset Council (wdwp.local)

Delegated Decision of the Corporate Director for Legal and Democratic

That the Terms of Reference for a Community Governance Review of all parishes in the Dorset Council area be adopted.