There is now more time to have your say on plans for a new town council in Scarborough.
A consultation on plans to create a Town Council for Scarborough has been extended. The consultation was due to end on Friday bit will now run until October 14th.
The Town Council idea has been put forward because Scarborough is one of only two large towns in North Yorkshire (Harrogate is the other) that don’t have their own council at parish level.
That could become a problem next April when the Borough Council is abolished as part of Local Government Reorganisation in the county.
The county council and the other six district/borough councils in North Yorkshire will also be abolished from 1 April 2023 and replaced with a single – unitary – council providing local services across the whole county from the coast all the way to the borders with Lancashire and Cumbria.
If there is public support for the town council idea, it would bring Scarborough into line with other parts of the county where very local services are provided by town and parish councils. If there isn't support for the idea then parts of Scarborough town centre would remain unparished.
Money to pay for town and parish councils is collected through the council tax system and residents in areas with one are charged an additional levy (called a precept).
The process to collect views on whether Scarborough should have a town council is called a community governance review (CGR) which is open until 14 October, more details can be found at https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/community-governance-reviews
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