Road Closure on the A2 near Canterbury
The coastbound A2 will be closed for two nights near Canterbury in Kent for resurfacing.
25 Oct 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:
- Kent County Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East;
- 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 2025 Tim won the Kent County Council seat from the Conservatives. He was the only non-Reform Councillor elected that day anywhere in Folkestone & Hythe, Dover & Deal, Ashford or Thanet.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above town and district 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 Trading Standards Alert: Tarmacing work in Lydd and Sellinge
Kent Trading Standards have become aware of recent activity in the Lydd and Sellindge area by a group of approximately 5 men cold calling businesses and residents and offering to do driveway tarmacing work. Whilst this practice is not illegal, our experience is that the work carried out is often of very poor quality and overpriced.
22 Oct 2012
Sandgate Society 50th Anniversary Book "Sandgate Since the Swinging Sixties"
Copies of the Sandgate Society's 50th anniversary book are now available.
22 Oct 2012
Out of Touch, Out of Control
The Folkestone Herald reports this week that retailers in Folkestone Town Centre are reporting a huge drop in takings since new on-street parking charges were introduced last month.
18 Oct 2012
Update on FREE Sandgate Wireless Broadband
Following extensive testing I am now confident that the broadband signals in zones 1 and 2 are working well. If you have registered with CommunityUK in the past or wish to register for free broadband now could you do so?
DCSCT
8 Oct 2012
Sandgate Transport Needs Survey by the Sandgate Community Trust
All residents of Sandgate are being asked to complete a brief transport survey developed to find out which places you struggle to get to. Do you struggle to use public transport to get to places you need to go - such as the railway station, surgeries, youth clubs, chemists or down to Sandgate Village from the Valley?
6 Oct 2012
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Tim's Council Record of Service
| Council | Seat | Dates | Years |
| Kent County Council | Folkestone West | 2009-2013 | 4 |
| Kent County Council | Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East | 2025- | |
| Shepway District Council | Cheriton | 2007-2011 | 4 |
| Folkestone and Hythe District Council | Sandgate & West Folkestone | 2019- | 6 |
| Sandgate Parish Council | Sandgate Village | 2011- | 14 |
| Folkestone Town Council | Cheriton | 2006-2011 | 5 |
| Folkestone Town Council | Folkestone Harvey West | 2019- | 6 |
| Hythe Town Council | Hythe East | 2019- | 6 |
| 45 |
Keeping in Touch with FOCUS across Cheriton, Hythe East, Sandgate and Saltwood
Tim works hard for our area all year around, not just at election time.
He also keeps in touch with what he is doing via:
- leaflets through the door (read some of the most recent editions below);
- online at www.prater.uk and;
- on Facebook (feel free to follow or friend!).
Delivering for Our Area
With experience across Councils, Tim gets MORE for ALL local residents.
