Community Governance Review - Babergh District Council - Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are carrying out a Community Governance Review of parishes, towns, and unparished areas in the districts.

Find below the updated terms of reference for the Community Governance Reviews:

The terms of reference are also available for inspection by appointment at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX.

What is a Community Governance Review?

A Community Governance Review is a statutory process to review the whole of the district to consider one or more of the following:

Creating, merging, altering, or abolishing parishes
The naming of parishes and the style of new parishes
The electoral arrangements for parishes (i.e. the ordinary year of election; council size; the number of councillors to be elected to the council, parish warding)
Grouping new or existing parishes under a common parish council or de-grouping existing parishes

Action	Timeline	Details
Report to Full Council	March 2022	Council approves the principle of the Community Governance Review and it terms of reference
Publish terms of reference	30^th March 2022	Publish terms of reference and notify stakeholders of the commencement of the Review
Prepare draft consultation document and invite initial submissions	April to May 2022	Initial submissions invited from: Town and Parish Councils Members of Parliament Local groups and interested parties
Deadline for initial submissions	27^th May 2022
Consider submissions	May to June 2022	Consider any submissions received by the elections team and prepare a report with informed draft recommendations
Publish draft recommendations	October 2022
Make final recommendations	December 2022	Consider any further final submissions and prepare a report with the final recommendations
Publish final recommendations	February 2023

Copies of published orders are available for inspection by appointment at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX.