Create a Maidenhead Town Council, within the current unparished boundaries of Maidenhead, to better represent the local needs of the residents of Maidenhead and to put the town on an equal footing with neighbouring areas
The unparished area of Maidenhead has a population of c50,000,
about one-third of the total population of RBWM, who are missing
local representation enjoyed by the areas of the Borough that are
‘parished’.
Maidenhead is undergoing massive change, which will significantly
impact its residents who only have access to the Maidenhead Town
Forum, which is scheduled to meet only four times a year. The
reality is that in the last two years it has only met three
times.
Funds raised by the new Community Infrastructure Levy (paid for by
property developers) are not kept locally. In addition, RBWM have
set the CIL rate in Maidenhead Town Centre at 0% meaning the town
centre currently has no local levy. A Town Council would be
consulted when rates are set and would receive 15% of the funds
(25% with an adopted Neighbourhood Plan, currently underway) and
choose what this money is spent on.
There would be no additional charge to Council Tax Payers as an
average of the Parish precepts collected in the
‘parished’ areas is currently charged to those who are
not in a ‘parished’ area but this goes into the RBWM
‘pot’ and is not ring-fenced to be spent locally to
those who have paid it.
Started by: Claire Stretton
This ePetition ran from 09/07/2019 to 11/01/2020 and has now finished.
142 people signed this ePetition.