Kingston Seymour Parish Council

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Community Governance Review – Consultations

Community Governance Review – Consultations

Update 11th December 2025

The final report for the NSC Executive has been produced – and the suggestion that the properties at Kingston Bridge be included in the parish has been rejected.

You may begin to notice that our neighbouring parish – Yatton – may now start to be called “Yatton and Claverham” as this is a recommendation that has been accepted.

Steve Dixon, Parish Clerk

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Update 10th September 2025

The first stage of consultation has happened and some draft recommendations have been made – you may see a flyer about this with your electoral roll checking document.

The only mention in the document about Kingston Seymour is a suggestion that the parish boundary should be changed to include the properties at Kingston Bridge.  The Parish Council did not make this suggestion and it is not a suggestion that is currently being taken forward by NSC.

If you are interested in the proposals for elsewhere in North Somerset, please visit here (NSC website opens in a new window)

Steve Dixon, Parish Clerk

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Information from North Somerset Council

We’ve launched a Community Governance Review (CGR). It’s a legal process to review, create and make changes to the governance arrangements for town and parish councils and parish areas.
Town and parish councils play a vital role in their local communities. We want to make sure the electoral arrangements of parishes are appropriate, equal and easy to understand.
A CGR can make changes to local governance arrangements where there’s evidence to do so. This can include:
– Creating, merging, altering or abolishing parishes
– The naming of parishes and the style of any new parishes
– The electoral arrangements for the parishes, including the ordinary year of election, the number of councillors, the number and boundaries of wards (if warded) and the name of any ward (if warded)
– Grouping parishes under a common parish council or de-grouping parishes (we don’t currently have any grouped parishes in North Somerset).
A CGR can’t change the number of councillors on our council, change our district council ward boundaries or change individual town or parish councillors.
Find out more and take part in our online survey here (links to the NSC site and opens in a new window) or pick up a paper copy at a library. The survey closes on Wednesday 30 April.
Your responses to the consultation will be reviewed by officers. Any draft recommendations for changes would be considered by all councillors later this year before another public consultation would take place.
Any changes to existing parish or town council arrangements would come into effect the same day as the next scheduled parish and town council elections in May 2027.
Steve Dixon, Parish Clerk. 1st March 2025
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