BOUNDARY CHANGE Coronavirus Covid-19 The boundary change has been agreed by both parish councils and the next step is to get a signed petition from the statutory required number of residents of both parishes. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic this process has been put on hold for the foreseeable future. Further to our preliminary survey (details below) which indicated that the vast majority of Woodland residents wished to be in one parish, Woodland Parish Council has carried out a further survey of the 52 domestic properties within Woodland village (i.e. properties with a Woodland postal address) which currently fall within Lynesack & Softley parish boundary.
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CHANGE: Reasons Why & Initial Survey Results Woodland village is currently one village split between two parish councils. Roughly speaking everything to the West of the school is in Woodland Parish Council (about 68% of the village) and the rest is in Lynesack & Softley. We have therefore conducted a preliminary survey to see if the residents of Woodland, on both sides of ‘the border’ would be in favour of this move. The parish council has conducted a leaflet distribution to every household within Woodland & Lynesack Parish areas with a Woodland postal address.
The results are as follows:
· Those who would like Woodland Parish Council to represent all of Woodland – 97.1% · Those who are happy with the current arrangement (2 parish councils) – 2.9% · Response Rate (% leaflets returned): 20% (ASA Distribution, a professional leaflet distribution company, considers that 2% is an average response rate from a leaflet distribution survey}
The Parish Council considers this an overwhelming endorsement of our proposal and so we have written to our neighbours, Lynesack and Softley Parish Council, and asked them to consider this and, if in agreement, to open a dialogue between both councils to agree a way forward within County Council guidelines. |