-A new local Council with its own money, staff and legal powers, a new statutory body to sit one level below Tower Hamlets Council (not replace it)
-10,000 such local Councils already exist outside of London where they are known as Town, Parish or Community Councils but were banned in London until 2007, one was set up in west London following a referendum of residents in 2012, should we do the same here?
-They allow local people to have a greater say over purely local issues and are led by elected Councillors
-Funded by a small increase in Council tax but give a greater local say over 25% of Community Infrastructure Levy money paid by developers to Tower Hamlets Council, they can bid to run Council services like street sweeping and can apply for money directly from central government
More information here https://www.e14residents.com

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* 1. Should we explore setting up a local Council for the area & do more work on it?

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* 2. If we decide to do this ultimately who should make the final decision?

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* 3. What area should we consider? should it be the existing 3 island wards of Island Gardens, Canary Wharf, Blackwall & Cubitt Town or smaller or larger - see map at the top - there will be more surveys on this

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* 4. What description should we use for it:

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* 5. Do you live, work or visit the area in the map at the top

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* 6. Where do you live approximately - in order to check where you live we just need a part of your address i.e. Ramillies Road or W4 3 - we want to check whether the responses to this survey are local or not

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* 7. Would you be willing to help take this idea forward? If yes, please provide your email address

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* 8. Do you want to be kept in touch via email about what happens next?

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