RESOLVED, as amended, to support the draft recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) relating to the boundaries for 69 single-member divisions with the exception of those divisions in Cherwell District covering the area in and around Banbury for which the following response is proposed:
a) To request that the areas affected by the community governance review determined by Cherwell District Council on 17 October 2022 be included within the Banbury divisions.
b) To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Cropredy and Wroxton, Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Deddington and Hook Norton, and Fringford and Heyfords.
c)
To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council
submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Banbury as they better
reflect the identity of local communities, subject to one minor
amendment: the area to the west of the
railway line and to the east of the canal should become part of
Banbury Calthorpe (rather than Grimsbury and Castle). boundaries relating
to Banbury that better reflect the identity of local communities as
included in the updated map which reflects the adjustment to the
boundary between Bodicote and
Banbury.