The Leigh Parish Council

Parish Council Members

The Leigh Parish Council comprises 9 elected members. The members of the main Council and sub-committees are as follows:

Name	Council	Finance	Environment	Planning	Footpaths Working Party	Other
Colin Stratton-Brown	Chairman	Member		Member		Public Transport. Transport Forum.
Roger Sykes	Vice Chairman	Chairman		Member
John Knock	Member	Member	Member			Public Transport. Leigh United Charities.
Alan Johnston	Member			Member		Vilage Halls
Peter Croft	Member		Chairman
Graham Marchant	Co-opted	Member		Member
Heather Powell	Member				Member	Playground.
R. Dyton	Member		Member			Playground.
David Bennie	Co-opted
Brian Ball						Leigh United Charities.
P. Penn					Member
P. Wood					Member
C. Rowley					Member
Colin Stevens						Internal Auditor

Please address all enquires and correspondence for the Parish Council to the Clerk to the Council, Janice Butler at Tye Hall, Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AB. Telephone 01892 871611. This ensures that all the right people get copies at the right time!

Parish Council Meetings

Meetings of the Parish Council are held on the first working Monday every month at 8pm, in the Small Village Hall. Observers are welcome.

Minutes of Parish Council meetings are made available to read here a week or two after the meeting has been held. Note however that they are still DRAFT until any changes have been noted in the minutes of the next meeting, when the previous minutes are checked and signed off. Minutes can be seen by clicking on the links below ...

2004 Sep Oct Nov Dec

2005 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Dates of meetings 2010

Monday 12^th April Parish Council

Monday 19^th April Annual Parish Meeting*

Monday 10^th May Annual Parish Council**

Monday 24^th May Planning Committee

Monday 7^th June Parish Council

Monday 21^st June Planning Committee

Monday 5^th July Parish Council

Monday 19^th July Planning Committee

Monday 2^nd August Parish Council

Monday 16^th August Planning Committee

Monday 6^th September Parish Council

Monday 20^th September Planning Committee

Monday 4^th October Parish Council

Monday 18^th October Planning Committee

Monday 1^st November Parish Council

Monday 15^th November Planning Committee

Monday 6^th December Parish Council

Monday 20^th December Planning Committee

Dates of meetings 2011

Monday 3^rd January Parish Council

Monday 17^th January Planning Committee

Monday 7^th February Parish Council

Monday 21^st February Planning Committee

Monday 7^th March Parish Council

Monday 21^st March Planning Committee

Monday 4^th April Parish Council

Monday 18^th April Annual Parish Meeting*

Monday 9^th May Annual Parish Council**

Notes:
* Annual Parish Meeting - this is a meeting of the electorate which must by law be held between 1^st March and 1^st June inclusive.

** Annual Parish Council Meeting - this is the first meeting of the Parish Council year, when the Chairman and Vice Chairman are elected, the committees are approved and representatives to other bodies are agreed.

The Planning Committee will only meet after confirmation from the Clerk nearer the time.

All meetings start at 8p.m and are held in the Small Village Hall, High Street, Leigh. They are open to the public, with a period 10 minutes allowed for address.

Annual Parish Assembly

An Annual Parish Assembly is held around April each year, which all parishoners are encouraged to attend.

Minutes of the last meetings can be seen by clicking on the link below ...

What is a Parish Council?

Information about the role and responsibilities of a Parish Council is described here.

Leigh Parish Plan

The Leigh Parish Council decided to develop a Parish Plan in 2004. The final published Parish Plan and the results of the survey of residents can be downloaded here. It is a 102KB PDF file, so you will need Adobe Acrobat or similar to read it.

Potholes in Your Road?

Kent Count Council have now taken over responsibility for the maintenance of all roads, road signs, pavements, roadside hedges etc. If you want to report any repairs that need doing they can be contacted at 08458 247 800 twenty four hours a day. So, if you see a problem tell them. If it does not get attended to, please complain to Peter Lake our KCC councillor (see below).

Your other Representatives

Details of how to contact your Sevenoaks District or Kent County Councillor, or your Member of Parliament, are here.

Vacancy at 1 The Bungalows

For full details, please click here.

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