SOUTH Gloucestershire Council is set to replace its system of Community Engagement Forums to bring residents and decision-makers together.
The council says it will scrap the 14 CEFs and replace them with four new area committees, which will cover a larger area.
Residents, town and parish councillors, police, the voluntary sector and community groups will be invited to attend the expanded area committee sessions when the 18-month pilot project launches in May.
Attendance at CEFs, which each meet four times a year, has dropped considerably since the pandemic.
A cabinet member from the council’s Lib Dem/Labour administration will chair each of the four new committees, which will broadly mirror the district’s parliamentary constituencies.