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Post by cibwr on Jul 5, 2014 16:28:36 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 5, 2014 17:26:48 GMT
My main thought is that the name needs a change. 'Communities' - lol.
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Post by cibwr on Jul 6, 2014 9:40:56 GMT
other than taking the piss do you have a view?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 10:30:26 GMT
other than taking the piss do you have a view? That would require breaking the habit of a lifetime, so probably not, no. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 10:01:20 GMT
I don't agree that the reviews are carried out by Unitary Authorities. Ultimately they are carried out by the Local Democracy Boundary Commission for Wales ldbc-wales.gov.uk/reviews/?lang=en What Rhondda Cynon Taf did was consult with the public in order to formulate the authority's view for when the Commission come to review. The community boundaries in Cynon Valley need reform but I'm not sure what they proposed is that much better. I responded by saying that they should base communities on the current polling districts to give them as much flexibility as possible in forming wards. |
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Post by cibwr on Aug 23, 2014 10:43:23 GMT
I would say that using polling districts would make very small communities, requiring multiple to make one community council or ward for a community council. Id rather that the community councils were representing recognisable communities (I know which level do you go to) than polling districts.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 23, 2014 12:18:09 GMT
Do the communities actually perform any useful function? And is it permissible to split them to make wards?
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Post by Sibboleth on Aug 23, 2014 14:58:35 GMT
They're just civil parishes with a mildly saccharine name, so that depends on your view of the usefulness of parish/town councils.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 18:39:29 GMT
Do the communities actually perform any useful function? And is it permissible to split them to make wards? No. Yes - if the area is covered by a community council. Otherwise, no. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 23, 2014 21:39:07 GMT
Presumably a community council only exists if it is actually enough of a real community for there to be a desire to have one? So it can only be split if it actually represents something meaningful, but is sacrosanct if it's just an ambition to replicate a parish structure for no particularly good reason?
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Post by cibwr on Aug 24, 2014 10:06:05 GMT
All communities can have community councils if they so wish, some communities are split into wards, the communities and their wards are the building blocks that make up unitary council wards. For example Pentyrch Community Council in the Cardiff Unitary Authority serves the villages of Pentyrch, Creigiau, including Capel Llanilltern, and Gwaelod y Garth. The Council consists of 13 Councillors representing the villages 6:5:2 respectively. The Community Council area is covered by two County Council wards – Pentyrch (Pentyrch & Gwaelod y Garth) and Creigiau (Creigiau & Capel Llanilltern). The Creigiau ward also includes the separate community of St Fagans but there is a separate St Fagans Community Council. Its functions are much the same as Parish councils in England. www.pentyrch.cc/ |
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Post by cibwr on Apr 25, 2015 17:15:57 GMT
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Post by cibwr on Apr 25, 2015 18:39:08 GMT
The Cardiff consultation seems mostly about some minor boundary changes and suggested name changes, with a number of larger communities split into smaller communities and some new communities straddling current community boundaries.
New Communities.
Penylan – Creation of Ty Gwyn
Canton/Grangetown – Creation of Leckwith community. *
Pentwyn – Creation of Llanedeyrn community.
Butetown/Grangetown – Creation of Cardiff Bay community. * #
Splott – Creation of Tremorfa community.
Penylan – Creation of Ty Gwyn community.
Riverside – Creation of Pontcanna community.
Llandaff – Creation of Danescourt community.
Llanishen – Creation of Thornhill community.
Ely/St Fagans - Creation of Michaelston-super-Ely community. * #
* created out of parts of two communities.
# subject to some controversy
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