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Final recommendations

At a meeting on 19 October 2026, full council considered the recommendations made by the community governance working group, based on the outcome from the three stages of consultation and the further discussions with the parishes and community groups.

View the report and appendicies for full details of the final recommendations and maps

The following is a summary of the final recommendations that were approved by council following debate.

Summary of community governance review final recommendations
Parish Final recommendations

Swindon
  • Changes are made to boundaries as shown on map 1 at Appendix (i)
  • The number of parish councillors to remain unchanged (9).

Prestbury
  • Changes are made to boundaries as shown on map 2 at Appendix (i)
  • No change to the number of parish councillors (15)

Charlton Kings
  • No change to boundaries or to the current number of parish councillors (17)

Leckhampton with Warden Hill
  • Changes are made to boundaries as shown on map 3 at Appendix (i)
  • The name of the parish should not be altered
  • No change to the number of parish councillors (18)
  • Leckhampton Undercliff parish is replaced by Pilley Parish ward. 
  • Warding arrangements are redrawn for the four wards with the allocation of parish councillors, Pilley (2), Leckhampton Mead (1), Leckhampton Village (8) and Warden Hill (7)  

Up Hatherley
  • Changes are made to the boundaries as shown on the map 4 at Appendix (i)
  • The name of the parish to be changed to Up Hatherley with Benhall and The Reddings
  • The parish council shall consist of 16 councillors
  • Warding arrangements are redrawn to create three wards, Benhall and The Reddings, Up Hatherley West and Up Hatherley East and the allocation of councillors is redistributed across the wards.

New town council
  • To create a new town council as shown on map 5 at Appendix (i) with a total of 25 councillors
  • The town council to be divided into 15 wards, All Saints, Oakley, Battledown, Fiddlers Green, Charlton Park, College, Hester’s Way,
  • Springbank, Lansdown, Park, Pittville, St Paul’s, St Mark’s, St Peter’s and Swindon Village.
  • The town council to be named Cheltenham Spa Town Council.

 

In addition, council agreed to establish a shadow town council made up of the existing borough ward councillors for the currently unparished area which will form the new town council.

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