Community Governance Review

North Warwickshire Borough Council has received a petition from local residents asking for a Community Governance Review (CGR) of Caldecote. The petition suggests the creation of Caldecote Parish Council.  For legal reasons this must include additional properties to achieve the required size for a Parish Council.  It is proposed in this case that 9 properties, currently in Hartshill Parish, will move to Caldecote Parish.

This means that there are 92 properties in Caldecote (138 Electors) and 9 in the area of Hartshill (19 electors) are directly affected by this proposal.

The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (the Act) provides that such a petition must contain at least 37.5% of the relevant electorate, in cases where this is fewer than 500 cases (as it is in this case).

Having received a valid petition from local residents, North Warwickshire Borough Council must undertake a Community Governance review as per these terms of reference and in accordance with Section 83(2) of the LGPIHA 2007.

What is a Community Governance Review?

 A community review is the process used to consider parish arrangements. It is a review 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 (the ordinary year of election; council size; the number of councillors to be elected to the council, and parish warding), and
• grouping parishes under a common parish council or de-grouping parishes.

What does this mean for you?

The creation of this new Parish Council will allow residents to elect Parish Councillors and for the Parish Council to raise funds.

Relevant Documents

1. Full Board Report including Terms of Reference – Exec Board – 10th June 2025
2. Existing Hartshill and Caldecote Parish Boundaries Map PDF
3. Proposed Hartshill and Caldecote Parish Boundaries Map PDF

Please come back to this page as further documents/information is expected.

Financial Information

Transferring nine properties from the parish of Hartshill would result in a reduction of the council tax base, leading to a budgetary loss of £735.62 for the Parish Council. Currently, Hartshill Parish Council's total budget amounts to £105,531.92.

A newly established Parish Council could set a precept for the residents in Caldecote which would mean additional Council Tax payments for residents. The amount is not predetermined; for instance, Hartshill's current Band D precept stands at £99.27. If Caldecote were to adopt the same precept, it would provide the Parish Council with a total budget of £9,180.

Next Steps

Click here to complete the questionnaire

Or come along to the North Warwickshire Borough Council drop-in sessions for residents seeking additional information - see timetable above.

Your name will not be published in the results of the survey.

Our preferred method for responses is online as this assists with administration of the process.

The deadline to complete the questionnaire is midnight on Tuesday 12th August 2025.

If you have any other queries please contact: planningpolicy@northwarks.gov.uk or call 01827 719499/451

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