Community Governance Reviews
A Community Governance Review looks at arrangements for parish and town councils in an area. It can consider whether an area should have a parish council and what its boundaries and representation should be.
Current Reviews
Potters Bar Community Governance Review 2026
Potters Bar: The council approved the final recommendations of the 2026 review. [Read the Potters Bar review update below.] The new arrangements are due to take effect on 1 April 2027, with the first elections expected on 6 May 2027.
Hertsmere Borough Council has approved the final recommendations of its Community Governance Review of Potters Bar. The review considered whether to create a parish council for the area after a petition from local electors.
What was decided
The council agreed to establish a parish council for Potters Bar with 11 councillors, one for each parish ward: Mimms Hall, Cranborne, Wyllyotts, Little Heath, The Walk, Elmfield, Sunnybank, Wrotham Park, The Causeway, Oakmere West and Oakmere East. The new arrangements are due to take effect on 1 April 2027. The first elections for the parish council are expected on 6 May 2027, alongside the scheduled borough and other parish and town council elections.
A parish council is a separate, local tier of council. Hertsmere Borough Council will continue to provide borough council services.
Read the Council decision and final recommendations. The papers also include a summary of responses to the two consultations.
What happens next
The council will make the formal arrangements for the new parish council and prepare for its first election. We will add a link to the Reorganisation of Community Governance Order when it is published. Information about standing as a candidate and voting in the May 2027 elections will be added to the forthcoming elections page nearer the time.