We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!
The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.
The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.
Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.
The Council meeting is open to press and public. If you would like to attend this meeting, please notify clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. Letting us know allows us to make sure we have sufficient seats for you and allow reasonable spacing.
We keep a full list of previous Sandgate Parish Council Meeting Agenda and Minutes on this website. We publish those agendas a few days before each meeting, and will also post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.
Most of our meetings are broadcast live on our Facebook page. We’ll then leave those recordings on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so you can watch them back later.
Minimum Notice
We issue agenda’s at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.
The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:
the day of issue of the agenda, or;
the day of the meeting, or;
a Sunday, or;
a day of the Christmas break, or;
a day of the Easter break, or;
of a bank holiday, or;
a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
Meeting in Public
All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.
Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.
The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, to held on 24th March at 7pm, or the fall of the Full Council Committee meeting, whichever is later.
The Planning Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.
Most of our meetings will be broadcast live on our Facebook page. Recordings of the meetings will be left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so they can be watched back later. Comments left on Facebook broadcasts during the meeting are not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.
Minimum Notice
We issue agendas at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.
The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:
the day of issue of the agenda, or;
the day of the meeting, or;
a Sunday, or;
a day of the Christmas break, or;
a day of the Easter break, or;
of a bank holiday, or;
a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
Meeting in Public
All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.
Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.
Sandgate Community Garden Team Diary Entry for 16th March: Sow yet more seeds with the promise of better weather.
This week has seen the return of plummeting temperatures, below average for this time of year. Just as the newly sown seeds were starting to romp away, basking in the glorious warm sunshine of last week, they have now slowed down and have hardly put on any growth at all.
However we have braved the cold and continued to prick out yet more cabbages and sow yet more seeds with the promise of better weather this coming week.
The kale had decided to rise up in an attempt to flower and so we took them all out to harvest the leaves and compost what was left. The rhubarb seems to be appreciative of the cow manure mulch and is looking sturdy with lots of green leaves appearing.
Time was well spent retrieving some of the wood chip paths where either the mole or the birds had disturbed them; throwing the chips into the compost beds and making them untidy. You can see from the picture below that we are now ready to fill those beds as soon as the plants are ready. We have kept an eye on the hops which were dug out and split a couple of weeks ago, keeping them watered and checking on any signs of new growth.
We had heard from two friends of the garden, Eddie and Rita, on holiday in the mountainous region of Taiwan being taught how to pick tea by a minority indigenous tribe there. Apparently the whole area is strictly organic, and no chemical sprays are allowed. What an amazing experience that must have been and look forward to hearing more about it.
What’s next?
Prick out more calabrese
Sow some of the more hardy companion plants
Transfer some of the nasturtiums in the asparagus beds
Transfer globe artichoke
Some of our seedlings The beds are ready to be filledPicking tea in Taiwan
We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!
The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.
The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.
Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.
The agenda of Sandgate’s Parish Council Finance Committee meeting. We will hold the meeting on 17th March at 6:30pm. It will be held in Sandgate Library.
Our Finance Committee meeting is open to press and public. Please could any member of the public who wants to attend notify us via clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.
We publish our financial reporting on the “in-running” budget monthly. So at this meeting we will consider the reports since the last meeting.
We use (the excellent) Scribe Accounts to manage our Council accounts and generate reports.
Sandgate Parish Council’s finances are governed by our Financial Regulations and Standing Orders, and every Town and Parish Council has similar rules. Because those rules govern our financial management, we can only amend or vary them by a Council resolution.
The Council’s Standing Orders require quarterly reporting of receipts, payments and balances. For instance, they say at 17.c:
The Responsible Financial Officer shall supply to each councillor as soon as practicable after 30 June, 30 September and 31 December in each year a statement to summarise:
i. the council’s receipts and payments for each quarter;
ii. the council’s aggregate receipts and payments for the year to date;
iii. the balances held at the end of the quarter being reported
and which includes a comparison with the budget for the financial year and highlights any actual or potential overspends.
We’re now publishing our reports monthly, exceeding that requirement. Consequently we will consider the reports at the next Parish Council Resources Committee meeting.
We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!
The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.
The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.
Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.
We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!
The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.
The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.
Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.
Sandgate Community Garden Team Diary Entry for 9th March: Perfect weather to be sitting and sowing yet more seeds.
The weather has been so fabulously sunny and warm this week, it has been a pleasure simply to sit in the garden and enjoy it! Walking through the park to the garden you can hear the birds are enjoying the feel of spring too. The snowdrops were spectacular this year, and now they are giving way to the daffodils and primroses.
Perfect weather to be sitting and sowing yet more seeds. The greenhouse is already starting to look quite crowded, yet more calabrese, onions, spring onions, spinach and radishes were sown along with some celery. The cabbages and calabrese sown in mid February were large enough to be transplanted into larger plant trays giving them more space to grow on in the greenhouse.
The first planting of the year, the radishes took place on Saturday, and we know that from now on it will be busy keeping up with the sowing timetable and the watering of the seed trays before they dry out in the sunshine.
We have been donated our first plants for our two summer plant sales already. We have decided not to put all of our trust into raising funds just at the Sandgate Sea Festival 2025, but to double our chances and take part in the Sandgate Safari to be held in June. The task has begun to make sure we have plenty to offer for both dates.
We have some produce we can share left over from planting last summer/autumn. We have kale, claytonia (winter lettuce), mustard, sorrel and some leeks. The leeks were planted sometime in June last year after an April sowing, and unfortunately never managed to make a great size. We have put it down to the fact that we have to be careful with our watering, and suspect they could have done with more during the summer months. Never mind, they have a great flavour.
What’s next?
Sow more lettuce
If no rain, water the hops again
Probably more brassicas to prick out
Take out the kale once picked
Seedlings ready for transplantingRadishes ready to be planted outRhubarb is pushing its way up through the soil
The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival will return on August bank holiday weekend (Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th).
Saturday 23rd August
Live music, stalls, food, drink and our annual free firework display from the beach.
Neka Wellbeing (100 SHS) open for the first time on Saturday 23rd from 11am-4pm: all welcome to pop in and see what they do!
Live music in Sandgate
GEE’S BAR @ THE ROYAL NORFOLK HOTEL
Broke by Friday (6.30pm).
Live music on our two outdoor stages from 8-10pm
GRANVILLE PARADE RDH CHARITABLE TRUST STAGE
Big Flava Band (8-10pm)
CASTLE ROAD CAR PARK ACOUSTIC STAGE
Duncan Moris (8-9pm)
Alex McNeice (9-10pm)
Free fireworks display from Sandgate’s Granville Parade beach 9pm
Our spectacular firework display provided by Jubilee Fireworks and sponsored by the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust will take place at 9pm.
Market stalls / food vendors along Granville Parade and in Castle Road Car Park from 8pm
Sunday 24th August
Live music from 10am-4pm on two outdoor stages and in venues throughout Sandgate
GRANVILLE PARADE RDH CHARITABLE TRUST STAGE
Gumboots Reggae Duo (10am)
Diane Dunn Duo (11.30am)
Heroes Duo (1pm)
Soul Thing (2.30pm)
CASTLE ROAD CAR PARK ACOUSTIC STAGE
Lucy May Walker (10am)
Flo Glen (11am)
Sophia Stutchbury (Noon)
Nick Lawrence (1pm)
Megan Wardroper (2pm)
Ayla Schofield (3pm)
THE SHIP INN
Steel And Strings Steel Band right on the seafront next to the restaurant (from 4pm til the party ends!).
GEE’S BAR @ THE ROYAL NORFOLK HOTEL
The Heroes (4pm).
THE PROVIDENCE
Swing Rat Joe singing live in the pub from 5pm.
SANDGATE MEMBERS CLUB
Donna Sings from 7pm.
Three FREE Under 10’s disco in Sandgate Library Advance booking required as numbers limited. Each disco lasts around 45 minutes. Please only book tickets for one disco for each child. Get free tickets: learn more and book here.
Disco made possible by the generous support of the PPL PRS Charity & Community Discount Scheme. Learn more about TheMusicLicence.
Market stalls from 10am-4pm along Granville Parade Seafront and in Castle Road Car Park
Arts & Craft Market from 10am-4pm in the Chichester Hall (70 Sandgate High Street)
Barrow of Booze:
A key part of the Sandgate Sea and Food Festival each year is the draw to win a “barrow of booze”. That’s an eclectic collection of bottles, cans and more donated from across the village and conveniently served in a wheelbarrow to one lucky ticket buyer! All proceeds from ticket sales will go to the RNLI.
If you have a bottle or two you could donate to fill our barrow this year (unopened bottles only please!) then please drop them to Sandgate Library during opening hours or contact clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk to arrange delivery. Thank you!
THROUGHOUT:
Please visit the shops, pubs, restaurants & cafes in the High Street, and the Boat House on Granville Parade. Mimosa, Nepali Kitchen, The Ship Inn, Royal Norfolk Hotel & John Dory offer drinks and food menus Saturday & Sunday.
Providence Inn (47 Sandgate High St), Docker Bar (96 SHS), Sandgate Members Club (70 SHS) and Folkestone Rowing Club (Granville Parade) open throughout the Festival and all welcome.
On Saturday and Sunday, Natalina’s Italian Deli (97 SHS) & The Sandgate Deli (88 SHS) are open 10am-4pm with delicious food & drink to eat in or take-away, and Workshop 29 (99 SHS) and Noyce (90 SHS) open for shopping and browsing.
Coffee shops and cafes Yaps (31 SHS), LOAF (61 SHS), Orchard Lane (80 SHS), Mr Whippets (72 SHS) and The Dog House (92 SHS) open Saturday and Sunday through the day for great coffee and more!
FREE PARKING IN ENBROOK PARK
Courtesy of Saga, free parking in the main SAGA car park from 7-10.30pm on Saturday 23rd, 9-5pm on Sunday 24th. Please ONLY park in the car park NOT approach roads.
Sponsored by The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, Prater Raines & Sandgate Parish Council. Disco made possible by the generous support of the PPL PRS Charity & Community Discount Scheme.
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