Rother set to launch Bexhill governance review

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Sep 2016, 08:31 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:22 BST
Bexhill Town Hall SUS-160804-165750001Bexhill Town Hall SUS-160804-165750001
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Bexhill is about to take one step closer to getting its own council.

Rother District Council is set to launch a Community Governance Review (CGR), following the receipt of a 3,816 signature strong petition last year.

Those behind the petition are calling on the local authority to establish an Area Committee for Bexhill, made up of the elected councillors for the nine wards in the town.

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Rother’s Cabinet committee is to meet on Monday (September 5) to consider the next steps.

Council officers are recommending that a CGR Steering Committee is established, with a public consultation to be launched in January 2017, with the aim of completing the review within 12 months.

A report issued ahead of Monday’s meeting says: “Before making any recommendations or publishing final proposals, the council will take full account of the views of local people.

“At the conclusion of the review it remains open for the council to make a recommendation which is different to the outcome the petitioners wish the review to make.”

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