Am Extraordinary Council Meeting is to be held on 19th March - 6pm at the Civic Centre, Arnot Hill, Arnold.
Purpose of this meeting is to provide an overview of the government’s requirement for plans for local government reorganisation to be developed in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; to outline the work undertaken to respond to the requirements; and to agree the submission of an interim plan for the area of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, in line with government requirements.
Communications and engagement (April to November), there will be a comprehensive communications and engagement activity over the spring and summer to ensure that proposals to be submitted to Government in November meet local need and are informed by l local views. This is likely to involve public consultation but there will be no vote.
There are 3 options being considered and are as follows:
a) One unitary covering Broxtowe, Gedling, and Nottingham City and one unitary covering the remaining County including Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood and Rushcliffe,
b) One unitary covering Broxtowe, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe and one unitary covering the remaining County including Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood.
c) One unitary covering Nottingham city (current arrangement); One unitary covering the County of Nottinghamshire.
The full 50 page document can be found here:
The public can attend this meeting but I will also share the www address for live streaming on my facebook page.