Scarborough's MP thinks some of the areas Parish councils might want to merge with the new town council that is being created for Scarborough.
The town council is being created to provide a local body for Scarborough when the borough council is abolished in 2023.
Robert Goodwill says some of the parishes in the Scarborough area might be better served by being part of the town council.
Scarborough and Harrogate are currently the only major places in North Yorkshire not to be covered by either a parish or a town council.
As part of the winning Local Government Reorganisation bid from North Yorkshire County Council, which will see all of the county’s councils scrapped and replaced with new unitary authority in the coming years, creating town councils in the two towns were a part of the proposal.
Earlier this month, Scarborough Council voted to start the process to gather information to allow the authority to make an “informed decision” to try and get the Town Council up and running before May 2023.
Mr Goodwill suggested that Newby and Scalby Parish Council, for example, should consider becoming part of the new authority, though he said Eastfield, a town council in its own right, should remain as it is now.
If a town council was created it would mean residents in Scarborough would pay a parish council precept as part of their bill for the first time, in line with the rest of the borough.


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