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Community Governance Reviews take a number of months to complete, because we want to spend enough time during each round of the process hearing from residents and parish councils. This Community Governance Review started in November 2019, and you can see in the timetable section on our website where we are now in the process: Consultation Round 2. You can also see when we expect to be able to announce the new governance arrangements.

Before completing your online submission form, please make sure you have read the information about the review and each of the options (including maps) that are available on our website.

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* Please confirm you have read the information available on our Community Governance Review webpage before completing the form.

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* Postal address, including postcode

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* Are you a resident of:

Option A: 

Option A is the suggestion that all of Northstowe (phases 1, 2, 3A and 3B) would form a new parish of its own. It would be taken out of Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick parishes. In this option, Westwick would remain with Oakington, with all current arrangements for Oakington and Westwick otherwise remaining unaffected. Longstanton Parish Council would also retain the same arrangements as currently, within what would be its reduced boundaries. Land within Longstanton parish, north of the guided busway, would be transferred to Willingham.
Option A: Northstowe would be a parish of its own and Longstanton land north of the busway would be transferred to Willingham.

If you feel this proposal is largely what you would like to happen, but there is some alteration needed to the boundary line, please download and print the map from our website and mark up the map(s) to show us what changes you think should be made. You can upload these below.

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Option B:

Option B is the suggestion that all of Northstowe (phases 1, 2, 3A and 3B) would form a parish of its own. It would be taken out of Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick parishes. In this option, Westwick would remain with Oakington, with all current arrangements for Oakington and Westwick otherwise remaining unaffected. Longstanton Parish Council would also retain the same arrangements as currently, within what would be its reduced boundaries. Land north of the busway within Longstanton parish would be taken into the new Northstowe parish.
Option B: Northstowe would be a parish of its own, taking in some land in Longstanton north of the busway.

If you feel this proposal is largely what you would like to happen, but there is some alteration needed to the boundary line, please download and print the map from our website and mark up the map(s) to show us what changes you think should be made. You can upload these below.

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Option C: 

A new parish for some of Northstowe, with Longstanton taking some parts of Northstowe. (See Northstowe Masterplan map on the website under the heading "Extent of Northstowe Development").

Option C is the suggestion that the majority of Northstowe – phases 1, 2 and 3A – would be taken out of Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick parishes, to create a new parish for only this part of Northstowe.

This option excludes land west of the B1050. The 91 homes in the Bloor development (the first to be built at Northstowe) would be retained within Longstanton civil parish, to which the 1,000 homes in Phase 3B plus any others likely to come forward in other parcels (Digital Park and Endurance Estates) at this location would be added.

This could add an additional 2,240 Northstowe electors to be represented by Longstanton Parish Council.

To ensure that roughly equal numbers of parish councillors represent the roughly equal numbers of residents in Northstowe and the village of Longstanton, the parish could be sub-divided into wards covering each settlement. Your views on this are welcomed on this potential option.
Option C: A new parish for some of Northstowe, with Longstanton taking some parts of Northstowe


If you feel this proposal is largely what you would like to happen, but there is some alteration needed to the boundary line, please download and print the map from our website and mark up the map(s) to show us what changes you think should be made. You can upload these below.

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Use the questions below as a guide to let us know what you think.

There is also a comment box at the end of the form for general feedback

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* Question 1: Please indicate your one preferred option

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* Question 2: Should a new civil parish for Northstowe be called Northstowe?

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* Question 3: If you don't think it should be called 'Northstowe', please explain why and tell us what you think it should be called

A new civil parish for Northstowe would mean Northstowe would have its own local governance. This could be a parish council, town council, community council, or neighbourhood council - all of which have equivalent powers to that of a parish council.

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* Question 4: Should a civil parish Northstowe be a:

The National Association of Local Councils has suggested that the minimum number of councillors for up to 900 electors should be 7 and the maximum 25 for electors over 23,000. (The District Council advises no fewer than 5).

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* Question 5: How many people should be elected to govern as part of this new local governance arrangement for a new civil parish for Northstowe?

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* Question 6: When should the new civil parish take effect? The next scheduled District Council elections are in May 2022. However, an election could be held in 2021 alongside the County Council and Combined Authority mayoral elections

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* Question 7: If elections were not to take place in 2021 an unelected caretaker council (shadow) could be established. If you opted for elections in 2022, would you support the establishment of an unelected caretaker (shadow) council?

When there are distinct areas within one parish, a fair representation of the interests of these different areas within one parish can be achieved by creating wards for each of these areas, with a set number of parish councillors representing each ward. Further information on warding is available within the Terms of Reference, Section 6 (6.5, 6.6, 6.7).

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* Question 8: If you selected Option A or B, do you think it will be necessary to create wards within Northstowe (phases 1, 2 ,3A and 3B) for these options?

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* Question 9: If you selected Option C, do you think Longstanton civil parish should be warded to to reflect the 1,000 potential new homes to come forward as part of Phase 3B plus any others likely to come forward in other parcels (Digital Park and Endurance Estates) in addition to those already occupied in the Bloor development, west of the B1050.

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* Question 10: Do you think there will be knock-on effects of any of the options that will need to be addressed? Please tick all that apply: 

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* Please provide any additional comments / feedback relevant to the process

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