We have agreed not to pursue the options for parish or town councils at the moment.
Why we considered parish and town councils
The government wants to make changes to the way that local government is organised, with plans to replace the current system of councils with new unitary councils.
Because any new unitary council would be much bigger than we are now, we considered what, if any, local arrangements could be put in place to make sure that residents' voices are heard on local decisions. These are known as community governance arrangements.
Update on the review
We consulted with residents, businesses and partners on what options could work locally. This looked at parish or town councils and what are known as neighbourhood area committees.
On Thursday 29 January, an extraordinary meeting of the council agreed that there would be no changes to the current community governance arrangements in Rushmoor at this time.
At the meeting, members considered the results and a report on the findings and given the relatively low response to the survey agreed that no changes would be taken forward at this time and when a new unitary council is created in the future this could be considered again.
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