RESOLVED: That the Council approved the response to the LGBCE consultation, attached as Appendix A for submission to the LGBCE, subject to the following amendments:
· Point 4.e to remove suggested ward name ‘Mimram’ and retain the suggested ward name by the Commission of ‘Codicote and Kimpton’.
· Point 4.f to include objection of the proposed ward name ‘Langley, Preston and Walden’ and that the ward name should instead be referred to as ‘Hitchwood’ (being the former name for this area and a more accurate reflection of the different communities in the proposed ward).
· Point 4.h to include objection of the proposed ward name ‘Offley and Pirton’ and the ward name should instead be referred to as ‘Offa’.
· Point 7 to include that the Council ‘strongly objects’ to the proposals regarding Baldock and specifically the proposed Ashwell and Weston ward, rather than it ‘has significant concerns’.