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
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.
Time to remember Samuel Plimsoll in Folkestone
10th February is the birthday of Samuel Plimsoll, 1824-1898, 'The Sailor's Friend', a national hero in his lifetime, first president of the National Union of Seamen and saviour of countless lives as the man who gave his name to the Plimsoll Line.
13 Feb 2012
Footway Improvements Works - Bouverie Road West
Kent Highways are planning to take up the existing concrete slabs and resurface the footway along Bouverie Road West, creating a smooth even surface. The works are programmed to start on the 6th February 2011 for a period of approximately 2 weeks.
6 Feb 2012
Kent Police update January 2012 - Cheriton, Morehall and Sandgate
This is the update for the month of January 2012, for the Cheriton, Morehall & Sandgate areas.
PCSOMB
6 Feb 2012
Food recall: Co-operative Scottish Smoked Salmon 160g - “Use By” 21st and 24th Dec
The Co-operative is recalling two batch codes of its own-brand Scottish salmon due to high levels of Listeria found in a small number of retail packs. As a precaution they are recalling stock of the product with use by dates of 21st and 24th of December.
20 Dec 2011
Kent County launches 2012/13 budget: threat to frontline services is clear
The draft Kent County Council budget for 2012/13 has been released. With the headlines reading a zero rise in Council Tax, many millions cut from the budget and more, there will be lots of detailed reading to do over the Christmas and New Year period in the run up to the Council agreeing the budget in February.
TPLDSFKCC
20 Dec 2011
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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 |