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? St Thomas More Upper School is accessed solely from Brickhill. Currently only part of the tennis courts are within Brickhill.

? Little Park Farm - this is accessible solely from Hawk Drive in Brickhill.

? A simple re-alignment of the parish boundary to include the above would also move a small wooded area into Brickhill.

Moving these areas into Brickhill Parish would give the parish council a more formal role in commenting on and addressing issues that arise
there.

2) A number of properties on the eastern side of Brickhill should be formally removed from the Parish. No. 1 Rowallan Drive appears to have
been placed in Brickhill by accident by a drafting error while drawing the parish/ward boundary, while 4 properties in Maple Place, Polhill
Avenue were built on land taken from the back gardens of several properties, including two in Brickhill. Two of the Maples Place properties are
completely in Brickhill, while two are partly in Brickhill.

In the Brickhill/Ravensden Community Governance Review, No. 2a Rowallan Drive was removed from Brickhill Parish. To be consistent, the same
action should be taken to No. 1 Rowallan Drive and the four properties in Maple Place. None of these properties are accessed directly from
Brickhill Parish.

In both council tax and electoral registration perspectives, none of these five properties are being considered to be in Brickhill. However the
definitive parish boundary map shows they are either in or partly in Brickhill Parish.

3) The Borough Council wishes to see any parish governance in the Borough to be robust, representative and enabled to meet the challenges
that lay before it. Brickhill Parish Council has 15 councillors (including one current vacancy) representing the parish through 4 parish wards. The
Parish Council has achieved Foundation Status in Local Council Award Scheme and is working towards Quality Status. It communicates with
residents through newsletters, its website and social media. Adjusting the parish boundary would enable greater cohesiveness between the local
community in Brickhill and the Parish Council.

4) The Borough Council is consulting on a range of aspects of Community Governance. Brickhill Parish Council's views on these matters are:

i) Parish Council name - no change is proposed to the name 'Brickhill Parish Council'.

ii) Parish Warding - no change from the current 4 wards. Having wards supports a closer relationship between councillors and the residents
of an area.

iii) Names of parish wards - no change needed to the names of the current wards (East, North, South and West, Woodlands Park). They are
descriptive and fair representations of the parts of the parish.

iv) Number of councillors - no change from the current 15. This number enables a similar ratio of electors to councillors to occur across
Brickhill Parish.

v) Electoral arrangements - the parish council supports changes taking effect as soon as possible; on the assumption that it is not necessary
to have a further set of elections prior to May 2019.

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