Decision details

The Charter Trustees for Taunton had been notified by the District Council of the publication of the commencement of the second stage of consultation of the review. The Charter Trustees were able to submit a collective response or alternatively respond individually as Councillors.

At their meeting on 14^th December 2021 the Charter Trustees had collectively agreed to respond to the Stage 1 Consultation as follows;

“We believe that a single Town Council should be set up to cover at least the whole of the currently unparished area of Taunton.”

During the discussion of this item, Members made comments and asked questions which included:-

·       Concerns were raised around the impact of a significant jump in the precept on residents.

·       Discussion was held on the situation if there was divergent responses from across the locality.

RESOLVED that the Charter Trustees would re-state their response to the Stage 2 Consultation as had been submitted to the Stage 1 Consultation, namely that:

“We believe that a single Town Council for Taunton should be set up to cover whichever boundaries are established, taking into account the results of the consultation.”