Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is inviting residents to take up a once-in-a-generation opportunity to share their views and help shape the areas they live in.

The Council is conducting a Community Governance Review to find out if new parish or town councils should be created to represent the unparished areas in the borough and give residents the opportunity to share their views on the community governance in their local area.

An unparished area is one that is not represented by a parish or town council. Instead, all council services are delivered directly by either Maidstone Borough Council or Kent County Council.

Community Governance refers to the way in which a local area is run, how its residents are represented and how they can have a say in how decisions affect them.

Maidstone Town has seen growth and change over the years, and the area under review currently has an electorate of around 64,000 people, 60,000 in the unparished area, and this review will consider the projected growth in the area up to 2030. The Community Governance Review also incorporates the potential impacts of upcoming Local Government Reorganisation, including keeping a Mayor for Maidstone and establishing the identity of the Town and the areas surrounding it.

This Community Governance Review will consider if a new parish and/or town council(s) should be created to represent the unparished areas of Maidstone Borough.

The Community Governance Review stage 1 consultation is now live.

https://letstalkmaidstone.uk.engagementhq.com/local-government-reorganisation-unparished-areas