Planning Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

Planning Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, to held on 27th June at 12pm or on the fall of the Sea Festival Committee meeting, whichever is later.

Planning-Agenda-27-06-25

The Planning Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Planning
Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

Sea Festival and Events Committee Agenda 27-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival and Events Committee meeting, to held on 27th June 2025 at 11am.

Sea-Festival-Agenda-27-06-25

The Sea Festival Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Sea Festival Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Sea Festival
Bathing Water Application Consultation for Sandgate Granville Parade

Bathing Water Application Consultation for Sandgate Granville Parade

Sandgate Parish Council is making an application to DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) for the beach at Granville Parade in Sandgate to be formally designated as a bathing beachIf we are successful, then hopefully the Environment Agency will then undertake water quality testing at this location.

Sandgate Parish Council has therefore started a consultation process to get views about our proposal for Granville Parade beach in Sandgate to be formally designated as a bathing water. We would welcome responses from as many local people, organisations and businesses as possible.

Learn more about this project and take part in our consultation at:

https://sandgate-pc.gov.uk/bathing-water-application-consultation/

Posted by Tim Prater in News
Parish Council Meeting Agenda 23-06-2025

Parish Council Meeting Agenda 23-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Full Parish Council meeting, to held on Monday 23rd June 2025, in Sandgate Library at 6.30pm.

Agenda-council-meeting-23-06-25

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Council
Planning Committee Agenda 16-06-2025

Planning Committee Agenda 16-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, to held on 16th June at 7pm or on the fall of the Full Council meeting, whichever is later.

Planning-Agenda-16-06-25

The Planning Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Planning
Finance Committee Agenda 16-06-2025

Finance Committee Agenda 16-06-2025

The agenda of Sandgate’s Parish Council Finance Committee meeting. We will hold the meeting on 16th June at 6:30pm. It will be held in Sandgate Library.

Finance Committee Agenda

Finance-Agenda-16-06-25

Papers and reports:

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@sandgate-pc.gov.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.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Finance Committee Agendas, Minutes and Financial Reports.

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Resources
Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting Agenda 16-06-2025

Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting Agenda 16-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Extraordinary Parish Council meeting, to held on Monday 16th June 2025, in Sandgate Library at 6.25pm.

Agenda-council-meeting-16-06-25-Extraordinary

The Council meeting is open to press and public. If you would like to attend this meeting, please notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Council
Planning Committee Minutes 02-06-2025

Planning Committee Minutes 02-06-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, held on 2nd June 2025, in Sandgate Library.

Planning-Minutes-02-06-2025

You can find previous Sandgate Parish Planning Committee Agendas and Minutes on this website. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. The Clerk then posts draft minutes in the week after a 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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Minutes, Planning

Sandgate Community Garden: Update 25th May 2025

Sandgate Community Garden Team Diary Entry for 25th May: The last garden newsletter – Maybe!

Well it seems that the rain dance has worked, and although non gardeners are unhappy about the change in the weather this week to cooler and definitely wetter, more showery weather, all gardeners are highly delighted!   The showers are very local, when the first showers hit Sandgate last Wednesday, there was none to be had at Pent Farm just a short drive away, which remained parched and dry for several days afterwards.  Both our gardening sessions at Enbrook Park were cancelled due to the soggy conditions, however of course – there was no need for us to water!  It seems there is more rain to come, which is most welcome as it will take many heavy showers or consistent rain for the soil further down to be saturated. 

None of the tasks for the week were tackled, and so they will continue into the coming week, however it will be obvious that the weeds will also take the opportunity to grow along with the plants we are trying to nurture.

This will be the last newsletter reporting on the Community Garden in Sandgate.  I (Leonie) am moving 200 miles away to be nearer to my family and saying ‘Goodbye’ to all the amazing people I have met during this great Sandgate adventure.  I had a truly overwhelming, memorable send off this weekend from so many friends I have met and come to know well over the past six years of the garden being in existence.   

 I would particularly like to thank all the Enbrook Park gardeners, Paul – the Saga grounds manager for facilitating the existence of the garden, the Sandgate Society for their constant support and a National Garden Gift Token (thank you Sal and Eddie for your time and encouragement with organisational matters). Thanks to the Parish Council, in particular Tim Prater and Gaye (Parish Clerk). 

The garden and the activities it generates is truly part of the local community and has stretched far and wide to touch so many people and organisations.  Long may it continue, and it will, as the garden members are making sure it does.

Yes this is the last newsletter, but maybe one of the gardeners, present or future will take up the baton and continue the tradition of recording what happens – time will tell.

This weeks update from the Sandgate Community Garden Diary.

Posted by Tim Prater in Sandgate Community Garden
Planning Committee Agenda 02-06-2025

Planning Committee Agenda 02-06-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, to held on 2nd June at 6.30pm.

Planning-Agenda-02-06-2025

The Planning Committee meeting is open to press and public. If any member of the public wishes to attend, please can they notify clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee Agenda and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

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.

Posted by Tim Prater in Agenda, Planning