VALE of White Horse District Council is currently considering changing several parish arrangements across multiple areas.

These changes could include extra councillors and boundary changes. A public consultation is currently open until Friday, July 29 for residents to provide their feedback.

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The proposed changes are:

  • Grove – to remove the warding arrangements for this parish, so that that the current two wards are combined into one with 16 seats.
  • Grove/East Challow – to make no change to the boundary between these parishes.
  • Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor/Fyfield & Tubney – to make no change to the boundary between these two parishes
  • North Hinksey – to include ‘Botley’ within the name of the parish i.e. ‘Botley and North Hinksey Parish Council’ and to change the name from a ‘Parish Council’ to a “Community Council’
  • South Hinksey/Kennington – to make no change to the boundary between these parishes.
  • Sunningwell/Wootton/Cumnor – to make no change to the boundary between Sunningwell Parish and Wootton and Cumnor parishes. To change the name of Wootton Parish Council to Wootton and Boars Hill Parish Council.
  • Uffington – to increase the number of parish councillors from six to seven.

People can provide feedback on the consultation used an online form or by emailing cgr@southandvale.gov.uk

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Once the consultation has ended, the council’s community governance and electoral issues committee will agree any final changes which will apply from the May 2023 elections.

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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford, Wantage and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

Follow her on Twitter @Geeharland

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