News

This is the latest and archived news from Sandgate Parish council.

Temporary Closure of Public Footpath HF8

Kent County Council has made an Order the effect of which is to temporarily close Public Footpath HF8 for its ...

Local Government Reorganisation Briefing from F&HDC Feb 2026

A Government Consultation on Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is now live. It asks for opinions on the shape of the ...

Government consults on making Sandgate Granville Parade a Designated Bathing Water

Sandgate’s campaign to get Granville Parade beach designated a bathing beach has had a massive boost with news the government ...

The Big Green Fair 2026

The Big Green Fair 2026 will be held on 7th June, by kind permission of Saga, in the beautiful setting ...

My Community Voice and Kent Police

My Community Voice is a two way communication tool used by the Police to send out meeting notices, alerts and ...

Welcome to Sandgate

Please drive carefully. The road roundels and signage for the new Sandgate 20mph zone are being installed across the village ...

One Day Parking Suspension: Thursday 22nd January 2026 from 8am – 5pm

KCC need to do gully and shingle works following Storm Goretti (mainly drain clearance) along The Esplanade. To ensure the ...

Overnight Road Closure – Sandgate High Street, Sandgate 12-15 January 2026

To allow highway improvement works to be carried out, Kent County Council has made an Order to temporarily prohibit through ...

Household Support Fund Winter Food and Energy Scheme Launch 2026

Funded by the Department for Work and Pensions on behalf of the UK government, the Household Support Fund scheme supports ...

Urgent Road Closure – Hospital Hill and West Road, Sandgate

It will be necessary to close Hospital Hill and West Road, Folkestone from 10th December 2025 for up to 2 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traffic Regulation Proposal – Amendment 8 (Motorhome parking ban 6pm to 7am: Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate High Street, Granville Parade, Granville Parade West)

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (VARIOUS ROADS, FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE) (WAITING RESTRICTIONS AND STREET PARKING PLACES) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 2025 (AMENDMENT 8) ...

Halloween and Bonfire Night – Safety Advice

Safety advice for Halloween and Bonfire night taking place in the next few weeks. Halloween – Trick or Treating We ...

Report of the External Auditor 2025

SPC-Annual-Return-2024-25 The 2025 report of the external auditor is as shown above, and is also available to inspect from the ...

Notice from External Auditor Forvis Mazars LLP: AGAR 2024/25 – 30 September deadline

“We are aware that some audit reports will not be ready in time for 30 September and this will leave ...

Temporary Road Closure & Reversal of One-way – Granville Parade & Parade Road, Sandgate – 27th October 2025

Due to works planned to be undertaken by Kent County Council, it will be necessary to close part of Granville ...

Sandgate Parish News: August 2025

Digital version of the Sandgate Parish Newsletter to be delivered to all doors in Sandgate Parish in August 2025. SPC_newsletter_august2025-digital ...

Sandgate Sea Festival 2025 – Music Line-up

As a key part of the Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2025, we’re delighted to be able to announce the ...

Small changes can have big impacts – become a Parish Councillor and act local!

Sandgate Parish Councillor Susan Claris: July 2025 Five weeks after retiring from Transport Consulting in Arup in March 2023 I ...

Sandgate Parish Council Annual Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Report 2024-25

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is the way of collecting contributions from developments towards the provision of infrastructure required to support ...

Sandgate Parish Council Annual Return 2024-25

Sandgate Parish Council is defined as a “smaller authority” for the purposes of publication of its annual accounts and statements ...

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 ...

Sandgate Chair’s Yearly Overview 2025

Sandgate Chair Tim Prater delivered the Yearly Overview on 19th May 2025 to the Sandgate Annual Parish Meeting. This is ...

Proposed Changes to District Dog PSPO Control Measures

Amending the current Dog PSPO on keeping dogs under control in open spaces across the Folkestone & Hythe district is ...

Speed Limit Order on Various Roads, Sandgate in the District of Folkestone & Hythe

In the District of Folkestone & Hythe THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (VARIOUS ROADS, FOLKESTONE & HYTHE) (SPEED LIMITS) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER ...

The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2025

The Sandgate Sea and Food Festival will return on August bank holiday weekend (Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th). Saturday 23rd ...

Sandgate 20mph Zone Consultation Results

The informal consultation on the Sandgate 20mph zone concluded at the end of January, and on 4th March we submitted ...

Invasive Spruce Bark Beetle Awareness

The Forestry Commission are working on the eradication response to the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, which is an ...