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Edwina Neal

CT5 People’s Forum meeting on Wednesday November 6th 2024

The meeting started with a presentation about the needs for social housing in the District led by Councillor Pip Hazelton and Paul...

Edwina Neal

Traffic & Active Travel Survey

Outcomes from Presentation to CT5 Forum July 2024 1. Background In February 2024 the CT5 Traffic and Active Travel Group ran a survey...

Bernadette Fisher

Next Meeting of the CT5 People’s Forum, Wednesday November 6th, 7.30pm at the Umbrella Centre

Tony Ullman

CT5 People’s Forum meeting blog, 10 July 2024

The July Forum meeting start time had been moved to an earlier 6:30pm to accommodate the England football team playing in the Euros semi...

Bernadette Fisher

WILD ABOUT WHITSTABLE, MONDAY AUGUST 12TH TO SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH 2024

At last year’s carnival This is the third year we have run Wild About Whitstable Nature Week. Our aim is for all of us to celebrate the...

Bernadette Fisher

Summary of Ct5 People’s Forum meeting, Wednesday 17th April 2024

Local plan Cllr Pat Edwards presented a series of slides re the draft district local plan 2040. The strategy in the revision of the...

Bernadette Fisher

Chestfield parish

It has been brought to our attention that residents living within the boundary of Chestfield Parish Council have been somewhat confused...

Bernadette Fisher

Town Councils - the precept

We have been working to respond to the objections to the town council proposal that we have seen and heard on SM, MSM and in meetings. ...

Bernadette Fisher

CT5 People’s Forum meeting, 24 January 2024, a blog by Tony Ullman

The People’s Forum met on 24 January at the Umbrella Centre; chaired by Bernadette Fisher, and with 32 Forum members, members of the...

Bernadette Fisher

Precepts near us

East Kent coastal town council precepts There has been a lot of commentary on social media regarding the current review into whether...

Bernadette Fisher

Town councils, the law

There have been a number of things said on-line and in meetings about what a town council is allowed to do. Here is a short summary from...

Bernadette Fisher

If a town council for Whitstable is agreed, how can we guarantee anyone would stand for election?

A blog by Bob Pullen, member of the Ct5 People’s Forum town council group. I couldn’t disguise a wry smile when this question was asked...

Bernadette Fisher

Canterbury City Council committee votes unanimously for review of local democracy

In response to our Town Council petition, Canterbury City Council’s General Purposes Committee (GPC) has agreed to set up a new Task and...

Bernadette Fisher

Forum applauds Town Council success

Chris Stanley, Chair of our Town Council group, announced to our meeting on Wednesday, Nov 22nd, that our petition for a town council had...

Bernadette Fisher

Join us for our Forum Meeting

Here is the agenda for our meeting this Wednesday, 7.30pm at Whitstable Umbrella Community Centre. The meeting is open to anyone who...

Don Sibley

Souther Water Steering Group Meeting

Meeting held: 19th September 2023 Above are some key slides from the presentation given by Southern Water or a downloadable pdf version...

Edwina Neal

Historic joint press release heralds second year of our Eco Group’s Wild About Whitstable Week

Edwina Neal

Campaign for a Town Council

Whitstable is one of the few towns in East Kent without a Town Council

Bernadette Fisher

A Guide to Wild About Whitstable Week 2023

Monday 7th Aug - Sunday 13th August 2023 - more info to follow See details below of this year's planned events A week, from 7th - 13th...

Hilary Metcalf

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