The
Head of Policy, Communications and Governance presented a report on
the Committee which outlined the following:
·
That consultation had been carried out with local
residents and, of those who responded, 67% were in favour of
changing the ward name to Barming and
Teston.
·
Comments had been received as part of the
consultation. A full list of the comments were available in
Appendix A to the report.
·
If the name change was agreed by the Committee, the
next stage would be for it to be considered by Full Council at a
special Council meeting.
Councillor Gooch spoke on this item.
Councillor Peter Coulling, of
Teston Parish Council, spoke on this
item.
The
Committee noted that Teston Parish
Council, the Ward Member and a majority of the public who were
consulted were in favour of the name change. Therefore they
considered that this name change should be progressed.
In
response to a question from a member of the Committee, the Head of
Policy, Communications and Governance confirmed that a report would
be brought to the next Democracy Committee meeting demonstrating
the different options for conducting a Community Governance Review
for Parish Council boundaries in the borough.
RESOLVED: That Council
is recommended to change the name of Barming Ward to Barming
and Teston Ward.