Tim Prater

08
Dec
2025
Finance Committee Agenda 15-12-2025

Finance Committee Agenda 15-12-2025

The agenda of Sandgate’s Parish Council Finance Committee meeting. We will hold the meeting on 15th December at 6pm. It will be held in Sandgate Library.

Finance Committee Agenda

Finance-Agenda-15-12-25

Finance Committee Papers

Reconcile All Banks – Scribe Accounts Nov 2025Download
Receipts – Scribe Accounts- Nov 2025Download
Payments – Scribe Accounts-Nov 25Download
September 2025 -VAT Summary – Scribe AccountsDownload

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
02
Dec
2025
Planning Committee Minutes 24-11-2025

Planning Committee Minutes 24-11-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, held on 24th November 2025, in Sandgate Library.

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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
28
Nov
2025
Sandgate Library Tuesday Coffee Mornings: Sponsored by Saga

Sandgate Library Tuesday Coffee Mornings: Sponsored by Saga

Sandgate Library is a warm and safe space throughout the year. We welcome all local residents to come in throughout our opening hours to read, browse, meet up with friends and be warm any time we’re open:

Monday & Thursday: 9.30am – 5pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 9.30am – 1pm

https://sandgate-pc.gov.uk/library-opening-times/

In addition with the generous support of Saga, over the winter we’ve adding a coffee morning every Tuesday from 10-12, with free tea, coffee and biscuits.

Please feel free to drop in, get a hot drink and just catch-up with neighbours. We’d love to see you. There WILL be biscuits.

Posted by Tim Prater in News
25
Nov
2025
Parish Council Meeting Minutes 24-11-2025

Parish Council Meeting Minutes 24-11-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council meeting, held on 24th November 2025, in Sandgate Library.

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Meeting video at: https://www.facebook.com/sandgatepc/videos/1156505723262211

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Meeting Agendas 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 are also broadcast live on our Facebook page. Those recordings are left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so can be watched back later.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page (although we’re sorry: this one was not). Those meeting recordings are then left live after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later. However Facebook are now removing recordings older than a few weeks, so don’t wait for long!

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 Council, Minutes
24
Nov
2025
Sandgate Library and Parish Council Christmas and New Year 2025 Opening

Sandgate Library and Parish Council Christmas and New Year 2025 Opening

The Sandgate Parish Council Office will be closed for the holiday period from Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24th December) to Thursday 1st January 2026 inclusive.

Sandgate Library will CLOSED from Wednesday 24th December – Friday 26th December inclusive, and on Thursday 1st January 2026. The library will therefore be open between Christmas and New Year on:

  • Saturday 27th December 9.30am-1pm;
  • Monday 29th December 9.30am-5pm;
  • Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st December 9.30am-1pm.

…and reopen on the usual opening hours from Friday 2nd January onwards.

We wish everyone a joyful and safe Christmas and New Year period.

Posted by Tim Prater in Library, News
18
Nov
2025
Planning Committee Agenda 24-11-2025

Planning Committee Agenda 24-11-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, to held on 24th November at 7pm (or the fall of the Full Council meeting, whichever is later) at Sandgate Library.

Planning-Agenda-24-11-25

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
17
Nov
2025
Join us in Sandgate Village on 5th December!

Join us in Sandgate Village on 5th December!

On Friday 5th December, we’d love to see you and your family and friends in Sandgate to get together and kick off Christmas! We should have the lights up through Sandgate High Street and at the Golden Valley shops, plus a Christmas Tree on the Village Green, and with luck tree lights in Enbrook Park.

Local businesses are also going to have their decorations up and are ready to welcome you for the evening with a real variety of events:

A special jolly VIP doing a meet and greet in Sandgate Library (James Morris Court, Sandgate High Street) about 5 – 6pm that evening for the under 10s.

Carol Singing By the Christmas Tree 🎶 The Sandgate Society are being joined by FHODS panto cast for carol singing (5:30 – 6pm either on the Village Green or if too wet and windy in Yaps).

Mimosa (28 Sandgate High Street) will have a small table by the Village Green for the Christmas Lights event. They will be giving out 50 cups of mulled wine and 30 hot chocolates for children, free of charge.

The Dog House (92 Sandgate High Street) will be open until mid evening, have a food and drink offer and small craft market;

The Providence Inn (47-49 Sandgate High Street) has carols, mulled wine, mince pies and live music from Joe from 5pm;

The Ship Inn (65 Sandgate High Street) will be serving mulled wine/cider, alongside festive small plates including homemade sausage rolls and mince pies.

Loaf (61 Sandgate High Street) will be open until mid-evening with festive drinks, nibbles and cheer,

The Sandgate Deli (88a Sandgate High Street) open for late shopping with mulled cider and children’s crafts;

ShortCircuit (104 Sandgate High Street) open for retro Christmas Pacman for kids and Pacman kids!

Grace and Folk (53 Sandgate High Street) will be open until 7.30pm offering free gift wrapping on all purchases & complementary treats!

Natalina’s (97 Sandgate High Street) will be open until 7pm ready to welcome you with some delicious Italian treats.

Yaps (31-33 Sandgate High Street) will be open into the evening with some Christmas spirit for all.

John Dory (102 Sandgate High Street) will have mince pies and port through the late afternoon and evening.

If there are even more events happening that night please let us know and we’d love to add them to the list! Email clerk@sandgate-pc.gov.uk and let us know!

Posted by Tim Prater in News
17
Nov
2025
Parish Council Meeting Agenda 24-11-2025

Parish Council Meeting Agenda 24-11-2025

The agenda for the Sandgate Parish Council Full Parish Council meeting, to held on Monday 24th November 2025, in Sandgate Library at 6.30pm.

Agenda-council-meeting-24-11-25

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
14
Nov
2025
Environment Committee Minutes 10-11-2025

Environment Committee Minutes 10-11-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Environment Committee meeting, held on 10th November 2025, in Sandgate Library.

Env-Minutes-10-11-2025

You can find previous Sandgate Parish Environment 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 Environment, Minutes
12
Nov
2025
Planning Committee Minutes 10-11-2025

Planning Committee Minutes 10-11-2025

The minutes of Sandgate’s Parish Council Planning Committee meeting, held on 10th November 2025, in Sandgate Library.

10-11-2025-Planning-Minutesa-1

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