Dear Resident,
On 26 March, the Council agreed final recommendations for all areas of the borough to be represented by a town or parish council. This completed our community governance review (CGR) which began in June 2025 and gave local people and organisations an opportunity to have their say on the most suitable ways to represent their communities.
The agreed recommendations, that were put forward by a cross-party working group of councillors, are for:
- a new Banstead and The Villages Council in the north of the borough
- minor changes to Horley Town Council to increase the number of town councillors and change the wards to better reflect local communities and new development
- a new Redhill Town Council that includes the areas of Merstham, Earlswood and Whitebushes
- a new Reigate Town Council that includes the areas of Woodhatch and Southpark
- no changes to Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council
The next step will be to prepare a draft legal Order for the new East Surrey Council, which will have the legal power to implement these changes.
Recommendations shaped by local feedback
Through two rounds of public consultation local people were invited to consider whether current parish and town councils remained fit for purpose and whether people living elsewhere in the borough might be better represented in the future with similar arrangements.
Suggestions received during the first stage consultation helped to inform the draft recommendations that were the subject of the next public consultation. second stage consultation.
The final agreed recommendations include several changes made following the second round of consultation, for example:
- no expansion of Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council, following strong community opposition
- revision of ward names and councillor numbers for the new Banstead & The Villages Council
- two separate town councils for Redhill and Reigate after consultation showed strong support for town councils but mixed views on combining them.
For more detail, see the report to Full Council.Top of Form
Yours sincerely,
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0SH
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