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A report was presented to the Committee seeking approval to consult on a request from Tandridge Parish Council for the Council to consider a change of a ward name from ‘Lingfield & Crowhurst’ to ‘Lingfield, Crowhurst & Tandridge’. The report also sought authority for the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer to seek consent for the change from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), subject to the outcome of the consultation.

The request followed the LGBCE’s electoral review which concluded in December 2023. The outcome of the review moved Tandridge Parish from the Oxted North & Tandridge ward into the Lingfield & Crowhurst ward. The name of ‘Lingfield & Crowhurst’ remained unchanged. The process for changing a ward name was set out in statute and included the Council taking reasonable steps to consult such persons as it considered appropriate, and a requirement for the LGBCE to give consent for a change.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

A.    A consultation be undertaken as set out in paragraph 6 of the report on the proposal to replace the ward name ‘Lingfield & Crowhurst’ with ‘Lingfield, Crowhurst & Tandridge’.

B.    Subject to the overall response of the consultation being in favour, authority be delegated to the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer to write to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) to seek consent for the change of name.