URL: https://westsussex.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2245

Decision Maker: Executive Director of Law, Assurance and Insight (Tony Kershaw)

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: The report recommends that that the County Council submits a response to Mid Sussex District Council’s Haywards Heath Town Community Governance Review consultation. The response has been prepared by the Governance Committee’s advisory Electoral Review Panel. The urgency of this matter is due to the deadline for the consultation being 8 August 2025 and the next meeting of the Governance Committee is not scheduled until September 2025. The Executive Director of Law, Assurance and Insight has made a decision to approve the response, in consultation with Cllr Pieter Montyn, the Chairman of the Governance Committee, in accordance with Standing Order 3.45.  

Content: The report recommends that that the County Council submits a response to Mid Sussex District Council’s Haywards Heath Town Community Governance Review consultation. The response has been prepared by the Governance Committee’s advisory Electoral Review Panel. The urgency of this matter is due to the deadline for the consultation being 8 August 2025 and the next meeting of the Governance Committee is not scheduled until September 2025. The Executive Director of Law, Assurance and Insight has made a decision to approve the response, in consultation with Cllr Pieter Montyn, the Chairman of the Governance Committee, in accordance with Standing Order 3.45.   That the proposed response to Mid Sussex District Council’s consultation as outlined in Appendix A be approved for submission.   None declared.

Date of Decision: August 7, 2025