East Dorset District Council undertook a review of community governance arrangements within the district area including the parishes and their electoral arrangements.
The review was conducted in accordance with the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007and other relevant legislation. Regard was given to the guidance on community governance reviews.
Gov.uk community governance reviews guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
Formal Reorganisation Orders
To make the changes happen, the council has drawn up a series of legal documents called Orders, which can be viewed below, along with a series of maps detailing the new boundaries as referred to in each of the respective Orders. The Orders relate to different parishes within East Dorset as described below.
Parishes
Parish of Alderholt, Corfe Mullen, Cranborne, Edmondsham, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Hinton Martell, Hinton Parva, Holt, Long Crichel, Moor Crichel, Pamphill, Pentridge, Shapwick, Sixpenny Handley, St Leonards and St Ives, Sturminster Marshall and Witchampton
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.1) Order 2015
Parishes of Chalbury, Horton, Verwood, Wimborne St. Giles and Woodlands
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.2) Order 2015
Parish of West Moors and that part of the existing parish of Ferndown indicated to become part of the parish of West Moors
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.3) Order 2015
Parish of West Parley and that part of the existing parish of Ferndown indicated to become part of the parish of West Parley
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.4) Order 2015
Parish of Ferndown
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.5) Order 2015
Parishes of Colehill and Wimborne Minster and the parish ward of Ferndown Stapehill West of the parish of Ferndown indicated to become part of the parish of Colehill
East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance No.6) Order 2015
Public engagement
In developing the final options which formed the reorganisation orders, the council undertook two rounds of consultation and engagement.
Stage 1 (Invitation of Initial Submissions) ran from 7 April to 6 July 2014. Local electors and other interested parties were invited to submit their views on existing arrangements in their local area, together with any proposals for change.
A Task and Finish Group considered the representations received and made a series of draft recommendations to the council's Resources Committee and subsequently full council meeting on 1 September 2014.
1 September 2014 - Committee Calendar Modern Gov. These draft recommendations were approved by the council, which formed the formal draft recommendations for wider consultation. A revision to the timetable was also approved by council bringing forward the final decision on the Review to 15 December 2014.
During Stage 3 (Consultation on Draft Recommendations) local electors and other interested parties were invited for their views on these recommendations. A consultation paper, maps showing the proposed parishes and parish wards of East Dorset and details of how to comment were available for download.
The representations received were considered by the Task and Finish Group and were used to inform the final recommendations, which were presented to the council's Resources Committee and subsequently full council meeting on 15 December 2014.