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My submission is objecting to Melbecks Parish being combined with Hawes and High Abbotside. I am a resident of Melbecks Parish Council and have lived in for the past 28 years. During that time I have seen a shift in the shopping patterns of residents. Apart from people at the top end of Swaledale who perhaps still visit Hawes regularly, others tend to travel down dale to Reeth, Leyburn, Catterick and Richmond or even have shopping delivered by one of the supermarkets. The road through Swaledale B6270 is classed as a priority route and so is treated daily in cold winter weather as is the road through Wensleydale, but the Buttertubs, can be difficult as there are no properties between Thwaite in Swaledale and Simonstone on the outskirts of Hawes in Wensleydale if help is needed. All services to residents in Swaledale are based on journeys up and down the dale. Refuse collection, Royal Mail deliveries and collections, schools and their transport, Churches and their work together and pubs with their social competitions. Children in this area go to Gunnerside, Reeth and then Richmond, even from the top end of the dale, so they become used to this direction of travel. The only service which takes some residents into Wensleydale is for the doctor but these numbers are not as high as they used to be as the surgery in Reeth is now considered to be in the top 5% in the country. Low Row village itself is split by the river with some houses on the south side, in Grinton parish, and the bulk on the north side in Melbecks. Why can’t these two now be joined together in the proposed Reeth and Arkengarthdale parish with whom we have more in common than Hawes and Huigh Abbotside?

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The name Hawes and High Abbotside doesn't reflect the vast area of land which is in Swaledale. Hawes and Upper Swaledale or Upper Swaledale and Upper Wensleydale might be a more accurate description.

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Owen, David

From: Sue Bianco Sent: 02 January 2018 20:33To: reviewsSubject: Objection: Patrick Brompton

This is an objection to the Boundary Commission Proposal to remove Patrick Brompton Parish in North Yorkshire from the Lower Wensleydale Ward and place the Parish in a new Ward of Scotton. 

Quite simply, this proposal is wrong on many counts, but the most obvious and deeply disturbing of these is the idea that Patrick Brompton should be separated from Newton le Willows.  These two villages do not just share common interests, they live and act as one community.  They are within a stone’s throw of each other, certainly less than half a mile by the well‐used public footpath, and no more than three quarters of a mile by road.  The church (which is, and always has been,  the church for both villages) has a wonderfully close congregation made up of people from both villages who don’t regard themselves as separate in any proper sense of the word.  The two villages also have a joint Village hall committee, and the Parish Council also works as one.   

If you add to this the fact that Patrick Brompton is a very typical lower Wensleydale village, whereas Scotton is effectively an extension of the fast expanding Catterick Garrison then the proposal becomes even more incongruous.  The interests and identities of Scotton and Patrick Brompton are vastly different, with the focus in Scotton centring around the Armed Forces and the garrison community.  The issues and concerns of Patrick Brompton could not be more different, and the proposal would effectively leave the village in an isolated position.  Scotton, which is not even in Wensleydale,  is almost five miles from Patrick Brompton.   

The Commission’s proposal, therefore, contravenes its own terms of statutory criteria, as it would split the existing community of Patrick Brompton and Newton le Willows and force Patrick Brompton into a ward where it has not the slightest common interest or identity. 

I fully support, therefore, the Parish Council’s counter‐proposal – that Patrick Brompton be left in the Lower Wensleydale Ward where it belongs, and that Spennithorne Parish be moved to the Leyburn Ward.  There is no conflict in the interests and identities of Spennithorne and Leyburn, and the numbers would balance out as, over the next 5‐10 years, the population of Scotton is bound to increase in line with the ongoing plans for the Garrison development.  

Best regards 

Susan Bianco 

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I live in Tunstall Village and have read the proposal for the change to "Scotton Ward". I do not agree that this proposal links communities with shared interests. It appears that this proposal is based on proximity rather than shared interest. Scotton is part of the Catterick Garrison community whereas Tunstall and the other rural villages that have been moved into the new Scotton ward have their roots in farming. Tunstall has strong links with Catterick Village, sharing the same ecclesiastical parish with twinned churches. About 30% of the population of the new proposed ward has rural roots and makes up more than half of the land area. I believe this change risks the rural communities interests being marginalised, particularly if the 2 Councillors for the ward are drawn from the Garrison community. I have not been able to redraw an alternative proposal but at the very least I would think that to restore some balance to this proposal, the ward should be named "Scotton and Hornby Castle" to underline the prior name and draw attention to the rural population. I note it is proposed to name another new ward "Catterick and Brompton on Swale" so there is precedence for this proposal. I feel with all of the planned local development being centered on Colburn and surrounding area that our rural parishes are at serious risk of losing their voice with this proposal.

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Draft recommendations in respect of the review of Local Government Ward Boundaries across Richmondshire District.

Dear Sir,

I wish to formally register my objection to the draft recommendations of the Boundary Commission which would have the effect of removing the Parish of Patrick Brampton from its current Ward of Lower Wensleydale and place it in a new Scotton Ward. Such a move, from Lower Wensleydale into a Swaledale Ward, would shatter the deep seated and historical associations, which date back to 1086, when the Parish of Patrick Brampton was cited in the Domesday Book with reference to Wensleydale. I understand that the initial proposition was to keep Patrick Brampton Parish in the Lower Wensleydale Ward.

Whilst I appreciate that the objective of the review is to establish Wards of equal size of around 1608 electors with a tolerance of plus or minus 10%, I think that placing Patrick Brampton Parish, a rural community closely linked with other villages and communities in Lower Wensleydale which have very similar if not the same issues, into the Scotton ward which is an overwhelmingly urban ward whose community interests would likely, in the main, be centred on the community within the Garrison and the Military is antithetical with the aims and values of the Commission.

This does not chime well with the Local Government Boundary Commission's statutory canon:

Community Identities - ... that the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities.

It can be seen that the current proposal separates the village of Patrick Brampton from other villages in which we share a common interest:

There is a great deal of synergy between other villages in Lower Wensleydale and Patrick Brompton. Patrick Brompton shares a village hall with Newton Le Willows, with Trustees from both villages sitting on the committee, where events involving members of both communities are organised and attended. Newton Le Willows and Patrick Brompton Parish Councils have worked together on local issues and shared Clerks. Planning issues in respect of large projects on the boundaries of local parishes have seen Parish Councils and action groups within the communities working in partnership to oppose or promote them successfully.

The Parish Church of St Patrick's is in the united benefice of Lower Wensleydale Parishes and is known as the Gateway to Lower Wensleydale, with five of the six churches being in Richmondshire. The churches worshipping community is gathered, in the main, from Patrick Brompton and Newton Le Willows.

The local WI is the Newton Le Willows and Patrick Brompton WI. The Atkinson Clarke Educational Foundation covers both the Parish areas of Patrick Brompton and Newton Le Willows, again with Trustees from both villages on the board. I am aware that the Patrick Brompton Parish Council is actively involved in the Lower Wensleydale Partnership meetings where representatives of Parish Councils in the group get together to discuss issues raised in the locality, find solutions to local problems and search for funding for selected projects.

I have been present when at Parish Council meetings this matter has been discussed and I am aware that, the view of the residents of the Parish are, that the Parish should remain in the Lower Wensleydale Ward. The Parish Council replied in the first instance pointing out the links between this community and those of Lower Wensleydale.

I was also present when a further well attended village meeting was held earlier in December in answer to the Commissions draft recommendations. I heard those present unanimously reject the recommendations of the Commission. They went on to support the alternative proposal being put forward by the Parish Council, which was shown at the public meeting on the night, and then request that the Parish Council propose this alternative to the Boundary Commission.

The Parish Council has put forward an alternative proposal with consideration to projected figures, especially those for Colburn Moor, and I would respectfully urge the Boundary Commission to give these alternative proposals your consideration.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew E. C. Bull

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My wife and I are residents of Brompton on Swale and we have found that Andrew Guest (chairman of the Parish Council) has been there, listened and helped in times of need. The requirements of Catterick are very different and there is a danger of us having no local representation should the proposal to merge go ahead. Because of this we would be against the proposal.

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With regards to the merge of Brompton on Swale and Catterick, would there be fair representation for all areas i.e. Equal councillors from each area. Also with the amount of new builds both planned and going ahead there is going to be a substantial increase in the population. What is wrong with things as they are?

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Proposal for the Parish of Patrlck Brompton

Dear Sir/Madam,

13 December 2017

I am writing with regards to the current Local Government Boundary Commission review of electoral wards across the

Richmondshire District Council area.

The initial stage of this process Involved a submission from the Local Authority on the proposed number of ·Councillors

and Wards for future electoral arrangements.

Our Parish Council (Patrick Brampton) accepted the decision by the Local Authority to reduce the number of Councillors

to 24 and as a result accepted the requirement to Increase the number of electors per ward to a new average of around

1,500 per electors. At the same time the Parish Council also supported the Local Authority In their proposed grouping

for the Lower Wensleydale Ward to Include the Parish of Patrick Brampton.

The Local Government Boundary Commission proposal to therefore group the Patrick Brompton In a newly configured

ward of Scotton Is therefore disappointing and unacceptable.

The removal of Patrick Brampton from the existing Lower Wensleydale Ward and its area of common interest is In

contravention to the Local Government's Boundary Commission's own terms of statutory criteria and separates our

village from other villages In which we share a common Interest.

As a Village our community ties remain with our neighbours partrcularly the Village of Newton-le-Willows with whom

the Village share a Parish Church community, a joint Village Hall Committee and where both Parish Councils have and

continue to work jointly.

The decision to link the Parish of Patrick Brampton in the predominately urban ward of Scotton, where the community

interests are predominately focussed on the Garrison community and the Armed Forces Is In contradiction to the issues

which face the Villages and communities in the Lower Wensleydale area.

Recognising that the Local Government Boundary Commission require alternatives to their proposals we would ask the Commission to consider the removal of the Parish of Patrick Brampton from the proposed Scotton Ward and that we

are placed In the Lower Wensleydale Ward. We would also recommend placing Spennithorne Parish in the Leyburn Ward.

By undertaking these small adjustments, the Local Government Boundary Commission would meet its commitment to

Hthat the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and Identities of local communities"' whllst

maintaining the +/-10% variation in Ward Boundaries with these proposed changes to the Leyburn, Lower Wensleydale

and Scotton Wards.

For the reasons outlined above we would ask that the Commission reconsider their current proposal.

Yours sincerely,

Mr & Mrs P Carr

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Owen, David

From:Sent: 12 January 2018 21:47To: reviewsCc:Subject: LGBCE Review of Richmondshire

Importance: High

Dear Sirs, 

I write regarding the LGBCE Review of Richmondshire. 

I write to express strong support, and approve of the draft recommendations of the LGBCE review of Richmondshire District Council with regard to both Hawes and High Abbotside Parishes and Muker and Melbecks Parishes. I am the Parish Clerk for Hawes & High Abbotside Parish Council. 

I also support, and approve of the draft recommendations with regard to all the communities in the Upper Dales County Council division. 

However, I would like to challenge the Review’s proposed name of the new ward as “Hawes & High Abbotside” and would suggest the LGBCE consider that it should be named “Hawes, High Abbotside & Upper Swaledale”, as the name needs to reflect all three communities that will comprise the new ward, rather than just two of them.  

I would appreciate it if you could please acknowledge receipt of my e mail. 

Thanks 

Kind regards 

Fran 

Francesca Cartwright 

21/12/2017

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We are writing about the current local Government Boundary Commission review of electoral wards

across Richmondshire District Council area and we would like to object to the proposed changes In

the wards.

Whilst Patrick Brampton Parish Councll inltlally accepted the change to reduce the number of

councillors, the proposed changes have resulted in a change to the wards that do not benefit us

whatsoever. The Parish Council supported the Local Authority In their proposed grouping for the

Lower Wensleydale Ward to include the Parish of Patrick Brampton. It came, therefore, as a shock to

those who live in Patrick Brampton, to find that the local Government Boundary Commission have

proposed to group Patrick Brompton In a newly configured ward of Scotton. This takes us away from

the Lower Wenslydale ward where we have so much In common and work very closely with. We

have nothing In common with the Scotton ward. The former has its roots in agriculture and the latter

has roots In an urban setting with particular reference to catterick Garrison community and the

Armed Forces. This Is a contradiction to the Issues which face the villages and communities in Lower

Wensleydale.

The common interests we have relate to the Parish Church community (sharing churches and village

halls}, to farming, to working together through the Parish Councils of Patrick Brampton and Newton

le-Willows, to organising events through the joint village hall community and to linking of all manner

of social events. None of these links are identifiable with Scotton.

We would strongly urge the Commission to reconsider linking Patrick Brampton with Scotton and

leave Patrick Brampton In the Lower Wensleydale Ward. The Lower Wensleydale Ward has 1608

electors with the same figure as average per councillor. (Variance from the average Is 0%.} We also

believe It makes sense to transfer the Spennlthome Parish to the Leyburn Ward as these two wards

reflect the Interests and Identities of both communities. (Leyburn Ward - 3389 electors. 1695

average per councillor with a 6% variance from average.

The Scotton Ward has 2889 electors with 1445 electors as average per councillor. This leaves a

variance of-10%. However, It is clear that there is, and will be, a substantial Increase in building in

the Scotton area In preparation for an increase in personnel and their families for the garrison. This

Increase has been highlighted In the national news. As a consequence of this Increase It Is clear that

this variance from the average wlll be less than Identified rendering the figures presented by the

Boundary commission to be inaccurate.

For all the reasons outlined above we ask that the Commission reconsider their proposal.

Yours sincerely,

David & Margaret Chapman

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We understand that because of the population density it is sensible to make the combined Brompton-on-Swale and Catterick Ward a 3 Councillor Ward. However, this does detract from the individuality of each village and if all 3 elected Councillors are from just one of the villages it would be impossible for them to be objective in debates and decisions that might affect their village, positively or negatively, rather than the other village.

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Review Officer (Richmondshire) The Local Government Boundary Commission for England 14th Floor, Millbank Tower Mill bank London SWlP 4QP

Dear Sir/Madam

Re; Consultation on draft recommendations for ward boundaries in Richmondshire

I was disappointed to read the Commission have recommended the Parish of Spennithorne be included in the Lower Wensleydale Ward.

Spennithorne Parish, in my opinion, should be included in the same Ward as the neighbouring Parish of Harmby. Spennithorne's western boundary adjoins part of Harmby Parish boundary.

The majority of the organisations in the two villages are 'joint' and this has been so for many decades. The Village School is in Spennithorne Parish and includes children attending from Harmby Parish; the Harmby Under 5's Pre-school Playgroup is located on the School site.

I do hope the Commission will give this request serious consideration.

Yours faithfully,

Norma Croft (Mrs)

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Owen, David

From: Amanda Denver Sent: 20 December 2017 22:25To: reviewsSubject: Patrick Brompton in Scotton Ward

We object to the proposal to place Patrick Brompton in Scotton ward.

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SWlP 4QP

reviews@lgbce.org.uk

Proposal for the Parish of Patrick Brompton

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing with regards to the current Local Government Boundary Commission review of electoral wards across the

Richmondshire District Council area.

The initial stage of this process involved a submission from the Local Authority on the proposed number of Councillors

and Wards for future electoral arrangements.

Our Parish Council (Patrick Brampton) accepted the decision by the Local Authority to reduce the number of Councillors

to 24 and as a result accepted the requirement to increase the number of electors per ward to a new average of around

1,500 per electors. At the same time the Parish Council also supported the Local Authority in their proposed grouping

for the Lower Wensleydale Ward to include the Parish of Patrick Brampton.

The Local Government Boundary Commission proposal to therefore group the Patrick Brampton in a newly configured

ward of Scotton is therefore disappointing and unacceptable.

The removal of Patrick Brampton from the existing Lower Wensleydale Ward and its area of common interest is in

contravention to the Local Government's Boundary Commission's own terms of statutory criteria and separates our

village from other villages in which we share a common interest.

As a Village our community ties remain with our neighbours particularly the Village of Newton-le-Willows with whom

the Village share a Parish Church community, a joint Village Hall Committee and where both Parish Councils have and

continue to work jointly.

The decision to link the Parish of Patrick Brampton in the predominately urban ward of Scotton, where the community

interests are predominately focussed on the Garrison community and the Armed Forces is in contradiction to the issues

which face the Villages and communities in the Lower Wensleydale area.

Recognising that the Local Government Boundary Commission require alternatives to their proposals we would ask the

Commission to consider the removal of the Parish of Patrick Brampton from the proposed Scotton Ward and that we

are placed in the Lower Wensleydale Ward. We would also recommend placing Spennithorne Parish in the Leyburn

Ward.

By undertaking these small adjustments, the Local Government Boundary Commission would meet its commitment to

"that the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities" whilst

maintaining the+/- 10% variation in Ward Boundaries with these proposed changes to the Leyburn, Lower Wensleydale

and Scotton Wards.

For the reasons outlined above we would ask that the Commission reconsider their current proposal.

Yours sincerely,

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The Review Officer (Richmondshire) Local Government Boundary Commission for England 14th Floor Millbank Tower Millbank London SWlP 4QP reviews@lgbce.org.uk

Proposal for the Parish of Patrick Brampton

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing with regards to the current Local Government Boundary Commission review of electoral wards across the Richmondshire District Council area.

The initial stage of this process involved a submission from the Local Authority on the proposed number of Councillors and Wards for future electoral arrangements.

Our Parish Council (Patrick Brampton) accepted the decision by the Local Authority to reduce the number of Councillors to 24 and as a result accepted the requirement to increase the number of electors per ward to a new average of around 1,500 per electors. At the same time the Parish Council also supported the Local Authority in their proposed grouping for the Lower Wensleydale Ward to include the Parish of Patrick Brampton.

The Local Government Boundary Commission proposal to therefore group the Patrick Brampton in a newly configured ward of Scotton is therefore disappointing and unacceptable.

The removal of Patrick Brampton from the existing Lower Wensleydale Ward and its area of common interest is in contravention to the Local Government's Boundary Commission's own terms of statutory criteria and separates our village from other villages in which we share a common interest.

As a Village our community ties remain with our neighbours particularly the Village of Newton-le-Willows with whom the Village share a Parish Church community, a joint Village Hall Committee and where both Parish Councils have and continue to work jointly.

The decision to link the Parish of Patrick Brampton in the predominately urban ward of Scotton, where the community interests are predominately focussed on the Garrison community and the Armed Forces is in contradiction to the issues which face the Villages and communities in the Lower Wensleydale area.

Recognising that the Local Government Boundary Commission require alternatives to their proposals we would ask the Commission to consider the removal of the Parish of Patrick Brampton from the proposed Scotton Ward and that we are placed in the Lower Wensleydale Ward. We would also recommend placing Spennithorne Parish in the Leyburn Ward.

By undertaking these small adjustments, the Local Government Boundary Commission would meet its commitment to "that the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities" whilst maintaining the+/- 10% variation in Ward Boundaries with these proposed changes to the Leyburn, Lower Wensleydale and Scotton Wards.

For the reasons outlined above we would ask that the Commission reconsider their current proposal.

Yours sincerely,

The Review Officer (Richmondshire}

Local Government Boundary Commission for England

14th Floor Millbank Tower

Millbank

London

SWlP 4QP

reviews@lgbce.org.uk

Dear Sir/Madam,

Proposal for the Parish of Patrick Brampton

I am writing with regards to the current Local Government Boundary Commission review of electoral wards across the

Richmondshire District Council area.

The initial stage of this process involved a submission from the Local Authority on the proposed number of Councillors

and Wards for future electoral arrangements.

Our Parish Council (Patrick Brampton) accepted the decision by the Local Authority to reduce the number of Councillors

to 24 and as a result accepted the requirement to increase the number of electors per ward to a new average of around

1,500 per electors. At the same time the Parish Council also supported the Local Authority in their proposed grouping

for the Lower Wensleydale Ward to include the Parish of Patrick Brampton.

The Local Government Boundary Commission proposal to therefore group the Patrick Brampton in a newly configured

ward of Scotton is therefore disappointing and unacceptable.

The removal of Patrick Brampton from the existing Lower Wensleydale Ward and its area of common interest is in

contravention to the Local Government's Boundary Commission's own terms of statutory criteria and separates our

village from other villages in which we share a common interest.

As a Village our community ties remain with our neighbours particularly the Village of Newton-le-Willows with whom

the Village share a Parish Church community, a joint Village Hall Committee and where both Parish Councils have and

continue to work jointly.

The decision to link the Pari.sh of Patrick Brampton in the predominately urban ward of Scotton, where the community

interests are predominately focussed on the Garrison community and the Armed Forces is in contradiction to the issues

which face the Villages and communities in the Lower Wensleydale area.

Recognising that the Local Government Boundary Commission require alternatives to their proposals we would ask the

Commission to consider the removal of the Parish of Patrick Brampton from the proposed Scotton Ward and that we

are placed in the Lower Wensleydale Ward. We would also recommend placing Spennithorne Parish in the Leyburn

Ward.

By undertaking these small adjustments, the Local Government Boundary Commission would meet its commitment to

"that the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities" whilst

maintaining the+/- 10% variation in Ward Boundaries with these proposed changes to the Leyburn, Lower Wensleydale

and Scotton Wards.

For the reasons outlined above we would ask that the Commission reconsider their current proposal.

Yours sincerely,

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From: Richard Franklin Sent: 24 December 2017 16:16To: reviewsSubject: Objection to Boundary Commission Proposals

FAO The Review Officer (Richmondshire)

Dear Sir/Madam

I wish to object to the proposal to remove Patrick Brompton Parish from the Lower Wensleydale Ward and place the Parish in a new Ward of Scotton. The reason for my objection is based on the following points:-

The proposal fails one of the Boundary Commission’s key criteria, “Community Identities- that the pattern of wards should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities”.

As a village our community ties are with our neighbours particularly Newton-le-Willows with whom we share a Parish Church community, a joint Village Hall Committee, and where both Parish Councils work jointly.

The removal of Patrick Brompton from the existing Lower Wensleydale Ward and its area of common interest is in contravention of the Local Government Boundary Commission’s own terms of statutory criteria and separates our village from other villages with which we share a common interest.

The decision to link the Parish of Patrick Brompton in the predominantly urban Ward of Scotton, where the community interests are predominantly focused on the Garrison community and the Armed Forces, is in contradiction to the issues which face the Villages and communities in the Lower Wensleydale area.

Based on the above I would propose, following consultation, that Patrick Brompton be left in the Lower Wensleydale Ward and Spennithorne Parish be transferred to the Leyburn Ward to demonstrate that the Boundary Commission believe that Wards should reflect the interests and identities of local communities. This is a proposal also made by the Patrick Brompton Parish Council, and still meets the objective to equalise Wards across Richmondshire within 10% of the average.

In addition to this, I have concerns that the Boundary Commission figures for population sizes take no consideration of increase in the Colburn Moor area due to development and the announcement to extend the Garrison.

Yours Faithfully

Richard Franklin

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