Community governance review

Principal councils can carry out community governance reviews and put in place or make changes to local parish governance arrangements.

What is a community governance review (CGR)?

A review can take place for whole or part of the borough to consider one or more of the following:

creating or abolishing a parish area
altering parish boundaries or names to reflect local communities
grouping/de-grouping parishes under a common parish council
reviewing electoral arrangements (parish council or meeting, the number of councillors, parish wards and boundaries)
where a parish hasn't had an election for a long time, reviewing its membership so that it can stay accountable to voters

As a principal council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is responsible for:

carrying out the review of parish governance arrangements
finalising the terms of reference
analysing public consultation responses
making draft recommendations during the process
making the reorganisation order

There's been a lot of development in the borough and a lot more is planned. We must make sure that this hasn't adversely affected our parishes, and that current arrangements reflect the identities and interests of the community.

Current community governance reviews

Have your say on changes to Tankersley Parish boundary