On 6 May 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council received a
request for a boundary change from residents in Yewtree Grove. As a
result of this request a report was submitted to Full Council on 28
October 2004 (Report CL 24/04) seeking permission to carry out the
boundary review between Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew in the
Yewtree Grove area which, was approved.
The first part of the review was to undertake a consultation
exercise with all parties that would be affected by the proposed
change. The initial consultation exercise was carried out in July
2005, the findings of the review were presented to Full Council on
27 October 2005 (Report CL 17/05) where Council resolved to move
the boundary between Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew.
This recommendation was then submitted to the Secretary of State
for their consideration. At this time under the Local Government
and Rating Act 1997 the Secretary of State held the power to create
and seal the order.
In December 2007 the Council received a letter from the
Department for Communities and Local Government informing us that
previous legislation that parish boundary reviews were undertaken
under (the Local Government and Rating Act 1997) had been
superseded by a new Act, the Local Government and Public
Involvement Act 2007. The new Act devolved the Secretary of State's
decision making power to principal councils for community
governance (parish) review and petition cases.
In November 2008 the Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew review case
was formally transferred back to the Council to take a decision. A
report was submitted to Full Council on the 25 June 2009 (Report CL
08/09) asking Council to decide whether to accept the
recommendations made under the original 2005 review case or give
approval for a new community governance review to be undertaken in
the Yewtree Grove area.
Full Council resolved to accept the recommendations made under
the original 2005 review case:
Therefore transferring the areas of land hatched blue and marked
with the letters A and B on the plan below from the parish of
Kesgrave to the parish of Rushmere St Andrew.
The reason for the change was to bring all properties in Yewtree
Grove within the same parish as per the resident's request. This
change was implemented on 1 April 2010.
A copy of the Suffolk Coastal District Council (Reorganisation
of Community Governance) Order 2010 can be seen below:
If you would like any further details on this review case please
contact Tracy King on 01394 444270 or email on
tracy.king@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.