Question: referenda on establishing town/parish councils

[matgb]

Before I start wading through loads of links, searches and similar, is there out there somewhere a simple guide on petitioning for a town council referendum? Brighouse is part of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough, but several local towns also have their own town council.

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Create-a-council

[onehourahead]

No doubt you'll find this anyway but...

http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Create_a_Council/Create_a_council.aspx

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Create-a-council

[matgb]

Danke, that looks like the exact place I need, the NALC guidelines are more up to date than the regs I barely knew, didn't know it had changed last year.

10% of the local voters. Ouch.

Sustainable Communities Act

[ext_133651]

I'd also recommend lobbying the council to set up a process for using the Sustainable Communities Act (but then I would, wouldn't I?). Losing a local resource would fit into the act's definition of sustainability and it would be a lot easier than finding 2,000+ signatures.

FYI - Bradford have already signed up.

http://www.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/?page_id=537