As part of our twinning activity with Sangatte France, Sandgate Parish Council have proposed and supported exchange activities between the Folkestone School for Girls and College Louis Bleriot, Sangatte which have been deemed a success by pupils and staff alike at the respective schools.
Further activities such as music and drama exchanges are being planned for the coming school year.
SUNDAY 5th AUGUST 2018
SANDGATE PARK on Military Road
Mums and Dads bring a picnic and relax to the fabulous live sounds of Electric Tortoise plus DJ music all day whilst the kids enjoy the Bouncy Castles, Folkestone Owls, Circus Skills Demo and free Circus Skills sessions, Party Mascots, Vintage Marsh Amusements, Bouncy Assault Course, Pillow Bash, Fun Dog Competition, Refreshments, Sweets and Candy Floss, Tug o War, Dance Demos, Bungy Run, Clown Slide and lots lots more…
Event times from 11am to 5pm
As part of the Family Fun Day we are holding our annual Fun Doggie Competition – if your Doggie is feeling chipper, bring him/her along and enter into one of the fun categories (its free). Starts at 12.00 Midday.
We’ve had some reports of noise nuisance reported to us recently. During the summer months it’s clearly likely people will be outside more and enjoying the weather: we hope everyone has a good time but ensures they don’t disturb their neighbours especially later in the evening.
Folkestone and Hythe District Council are responsible for helping local residents deal with excessive noise. You can report a noise nuisance online using the following link https://www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/report-a-problem/noise or if it is excessive noise outside normal office hours then then you can contact the out of office number on 01303 221888.
If it is extremely excessive then you can contact the police on the non-emergency 111 number.
Taylor Wimpey began acquiring the Ministry of Defence Shorncliffe Garrison site in 2015. Outline planning permission for a residential development of up to 1,200 homes with a nature conservation area, improved recreation facilities and a new primary school on this site was granted by Shepway District Council, now Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in December 2015. Full planning permission for the initial phases of development at St Martin’s Plain and The Stadium was also granted at the same time, and those phases now have a significant number of occupied homes.
Taylor Wimpey also have planning approval for two further phases, which include homes, retail units and a healthcare facility.
Taylor Wimpey are now preparing to submit five reserved matters planning applications to cover the final stages of development. Together these will comprise approximately 700 homes.
They will hold a public exhibition to give local people and stakeholders the chance to view and comment upon the proposals. The event will take place from 2.30pm until 8pm on Tuesday 24th July 2018 at The Tower Theatre in North Road, Folkestone, CT20 3HL.
By coming along to the exhibition and providing us with your feedback, you can help to influence the details of the final scheme before Taylor Wimpey submit the planning applications to Folkestone and Hythe District Council towards the end of 2018/early 2019.
Alternatively, you will be able to access our public consultation material online at www.taylorwimpey.com/shorncliffe-information from Tuesday 24th July onwards.
In the meantime, if you do have any questions in advance of the exhibition, please contact shorncliffegarrison@taylorwimpey-pr.co.uk.
The Kent County Council draft Rights of Way Improvement Plan details how they will develop the public rights of way network in Kent over the next 10 years.
They want to hear your views to ensure that the draft plan will meet the needs and expectations of Kent residents.
The consultation runs from 20 June – 12 September 2018.
Visit www.kent.gov.uk/rightsofwayimprovementplan for more details and to complete the online questionnaire.
To request hard copies or alternative formats of any consultation materials, please email alternativeformats@kent.gov.uk or telephone 03000 421553 (text relay service number: 18001 03000 421553). This number goes to an answer machine which is monitored during office hours.
Due to the resignation of Kurt Stephens a casual vacancy has arisen in the Office of Councillor for Sandgate Parish Council.
Notice of Vacancy - Sandgate Valley Ward of Sandgate Parish Council{Updated 28/8/18: An election was called, and there was one valid nomination at the close of nominations. Paul Bingham (Independent) has therefore been elected unopposed to serve as a Parish Councillor for Sandgate Valley Ward until the next election in May 2019. Welcome Paul!]
Sandgate Parish Council is defined as a “smaller authority” for the purposes of publication of its annual accounts and statements.
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 require that:
1. The accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested, during a period of 30 working days set by the smaller authority and including the first 10 working days of July.
2. The period referred to in paragraph (1) starts with the day on which the period for the exercise of public rights is treated as having been commenced i.e. the day following the day on which all of the obligations in paragraph (3) below have been fulfilled.
3. The responsible financial officer for a relevant authority must, on behalf of that authority, publish (which must include publication on the authority’s website):
(a) the Accounting Statements (i.e. Section 2 of the Annual Return), accompanied by:
(i) a declaration, signed by that officer to the effect that the status of the Accounting Statements are unaudited and that the Accounting Statements as published may be subject to change;
(ii) the Annual Governance Statement (i.e. Section 1 of the Annual Return); and
(b) a statement that sets out—
(i) the period for the exercise of public rights;
(ii) details of the manner in which notice should be given of an intention to inspect the accounting records and other documents;
(iii) the name and address of the local auditor;
(iv) the provisions contained in section 26 (inspection of documents etc.) and section 27 (right to make objections at audit) of the Act, as they have effect in relation to the authority in question.
All the required accounting statements, declarations, annual governance statement and additional statements are available in this 2018 Full Annual Return of Sandgate Parish Council. There is also a Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return. The declared period for the exercise of Public Rights is 28 June – 16 August 2018, but in practice it was first published on the Sandgate Parish Council website on 27 June 2018.
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On Saturday 16th June Sandgate hosted this years annual Petanque tournament in Sandgate Park on Military Road.
Once again a very successful day was had by all. There were over 50 French and 45 English competitors, competing for the honour of winning the coveted title of Petanque Champion.
After a good day’s Petanque, with 40 games played, it ended with a draw of 20/20.
There was an ample supply of wine, whiskey and song with the Ukuladies band and an Elvis tribute provided as a lunch time cabaret!
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From: East Kent Public Rights Of Way & Access Service
You will be aware that we run large scale surface vegetation clearance contracts through the spring and summer months, to keep the network of paths open and available. This year we were due to procure new contracts and this has been taking place over the winter, with new five year contracts awarded in April.
Unfortunately we have been experiencing some problems within the Ashford, Folkestone & Hythe, Dover and Sevenoaks Districts. Many of the paths have still not been cut or those that have, may not be up to the standard we expect. We would usually be expecting the first cut to be nearing completion by now.
I just wanted to let you know that we are working hard with the appointed contractor to overcome these issues and concurrently are working up a backup arrangement with other personnel available to step in at short notice. Either way I expect to be back up to speed within two weeks, but it could still be another month before the first cut is completed to our satisfaction.
I can only apologise for this and reassure you that we are doing all we can to get back on track and ask for your patience whilst this problem is resolved.
Last night the Parish Council considered the report of the Deputy Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer and passed the following resolution:
Those negotiations were concluded this morning and a further £10,000 reduction in price was agreed. The Parish Council will therefore be implementing the above decision to purchase the site at a price of £345,000 subject to contract.