Residents, businesses, and organisations in the surrounding area of Cranbrook are invited to share their thoughts in a review of how their communities can best be governed at the parish level.
To reflect that some residents in Cranbrook’s planned expansion areas currently live within the boundaries of other parish councils, Cranbrook Town Council requested a Community Governance Review in December 2024. The aim of a Community Governance Review is to ensure that appropriate community engagement and local democracy arrangements are in place to support the effective and convenient delivery of local services.
Each town and parish council in the review area is responsible for providing services to its residents, which East Devon District Council (EDDC) or Devon County Council does not cover. The review aims to ensure residents feel that the governance arrangements for the affected area, including the parish and town council boundaries and the number of councillors elected to them, are appropriate.
The request for a review followed key landmark moments for the town’s development, including the adoption of the Cranbrook Plan in late 2022. EDDC produced a report recommending that now is an appropriate time for a review. Councillors voted for it to go ahead at a Full Council meeting on Wednesday 26 February 2025.
Have your say by the deadline of 5pm on Friday 24 October 2025. You can take part by visiting eastdevon.gov.uk/CranbrookCGR. If you, or someone you know, is unable to access the online consultation, request a paper version, by emailing CranbrookCGR@eastdevon.gov.uk at least four days before the consultation deadline.
Stages of the review
- Invite consultation submissions
- Consideration of submissions received, and draft proposals prepared
- Draft proposals are published and consultation on proposals undertaken
- Consideration of submissions - received and final proposals prepared
- Preparation of recommendations, approval by Full Council, and publication of recommendations
- Following the review, EDDC will decide whether to make a Reorganisation Order, which would make any changes that have been agreed.
- Read answers to frequently asked questions about the Cranbrook Area Community Governance Review on the council website. If you have any questions about the review which haven’t been answered, you can contact CranbrookCGR@eastdevon.gov.uk.
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