Better Bus Stops for Cheriton
Dilapidated bus shelters in Horn Street and Cheriton High Street have been replaced to improve the local environment and encourage local bus use. A new shelter has also installed in Weymouth Road.
22 Feb 2012
News from Tim Prater
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
Kent Diamond Jubilee Street Parties - road closures "free and easy"
Organisers of Diamond Jubilee street parties in Kent are being supported by Kent County Council with a "free and easy" application process for road closures for quiet residential streets and cul-de-sacs.
21 Feb 2012
The Home Office, British Crime Survey and Books of Stamps!
Kent Trading Standards received an enquiry from a consumer regarding a letter received from the Home Office asking the consumer to take part in the 2011/2012 British Crime Survey along with a book of first class stamps.
15 Feb 2012
Population Census: A Message to Everyone - Act Now
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is warning consumers about an email allegedly from National Statistician Jill Matheson entitled "Population Census: A Message to Everyone - Act Now"
15 Feb 2012
Sandgate Escarpment Village Green Application moves forward
Local residents are leading an application to see Sandgate Escarpment registered as a Village Green. Registration would add further protection to access to the area which has been open for years for residents and visitors to enjoy, on the wooded hillside below Shornecliffe Barracks and rising above Military Road, Sandgate.
TP
15 Feb 2012
March Sandgate Police Surgery
The next Sandgate PCSO Surgery will be held by acting Sandgate Neighbourhood Officer Mark Ball on Thursday 1st March.
13 Feb 2012