Kidlington/Gosford & Water Eaton boundary review - KGWE
Kidlington Parish Council have asked us to consider two options:
- Merging the parish councils of Kidlington and Gosford & Water Eaton; or
- Changing where the parish boundary sits between the two parishes.
At the moment, Kidlington and Gosford & Water Eaton are two separate parishes, with their own parish councils.
- Kidlington Parish has approximately 6000 properties and the Parish Council has 15 councillors.
- Gosford & Water Eaton has approximately 650 properties, and the Parish Council has 8 councillors.
Each council decides how much money it needs to raise to fund the services it provides to residents in their parish. This is called a precept, and forms part of the Council Tax bill you receive each year from us.
Option 1 - merger of parish councils
If the parish councils were merged, Kidlington Parish Council and Gosford & Water Eaton Parish Council would no longer exist and a new parish council would be established to provide services to residents. If the parish councils merged we would need to consider how many councillors would represent the merged area. The new parish council would need to decide how much money it would need to collect via the precept.
Option 2 - possible change to the parish boundary
If merging the parish councils is not supported, Kidlington Parish Council would like us to consider moving the existing parish boundary, so that an area of Gosford & Water Eaton moves into Kidlington.
The boundary currently runs along the A4260/Oxford Road. Kidlington Parish Council would like us to consider moving the boundary so that it runs along the Bicester Road instead. If this change were made, the properties in the area marked by the letter P on the map – Cromwell Way, Cleveland Close, Fairfax Road, Hampden Drive, Kingsway Drive, Oxford Road and Bicester Road - would move from Gosford & Water Eaton Parish Council to Kidlington Parish Council.
More details on what these changes would mean can be found in the consultation letter.