Grants of up to £2,500 are being offered to encourage businesses to move into vacant shops in the centres of Margate and Ramsgate.
The money, which has been given to Thanet District Council by the government, aims to boost town centres and bring empty shops back into use.
The Business Support Grants are limited and those applicants that best fit the criteria will have a better chance of funding. The grants can be used to fund a number of things, including the fit-out of the premises, buying assets such as equipment, and cleaning and decorating the premises.
Businesses must set up in property that has been empty for at least a month and will need to be accessible to the public and have a sound business plan. The money cannot be used for day to day management or administration costs and will be aimed at specific business types. Support is not available to high street chains or if public funding has already been used to refurbish the empty unit.
Cllr. Roger Latchford, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration, said: "This money gives us the chance to bring some of the empty shops in Margate and Ramsgate back into use. We want to see new facilities being provided for both residents and visitors, which will also bring much-needed jobs back into our town centres. We want to use this money to give small businesses a boost and, at the same time, stop empty shops becoming an eyesore. I'm sure this will be a popular scheme and we look forward to seeing lots of applications coming forward."
Applications must be made before any work starts. Applications forms are available at http://www.thanet.gov.uk/business.aspx You can find out more about the scheme and whether your business would be eligible by contacting Louise Askew, Economic Development Officer, on 01843 577178 or by e-mailing louise.askew@thanet.gov.uk
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Zine Fair This Saturday! | 'History of a Time to Come' exhibition continues
S Mark Gubb and Road Kill
History of a Time to Come
+ Zine Fair
The Old Printworks, Bilton Square, Margate, CT9 1DX
http://cratespace.co.uk programme@cratespace.co.uk
Exhibition Opens: 19-21/2/2010 12-5pm
Zine Fair: Saturday 20 Feb 12-5pm
Free Entry
Zine fair this Saturday 12-5pm!
Zines from: A Typical Dutch Cat 88 Shades of Grey An Accident-Free guide to Amsterdam Brick Lane Collective Craig Scott Dan Singer Duif & Pigeon Errant Dog Family Wallet Girls Grumble Intercity Mainline Knock, Knock at Number 13 Lost in Haste Mail me - a small guide to Amsterdam People are Strange Postcard Road Kill Robot Rossebuurt Suck Me Beautiful You Pretty Things Artworks in print and artist publications from: Andy Malone Club Shepway Duck ‘n’ Cover Limbo Arts Lucy Harrison Plan 9 Rob McDonald
For further details see http://cratespace.co.uk
Also in East Kent:
06/02/10 Margate Ingoldsby gallery open the February Show
13/02/10 Margate Limbo continue their Dead Season Live Art programme with a live work by Anthony Schrag – Who will be challenging members of the public to wrestle him on Margate beach!! They are also hosting a free film screening in the evening featuring works by Michael Curran Wojciech Bruszewski Franko B Anne Course Jane Prophet George Barber James Unsworth
16/02/10 Canterbury Alturnertive have the private view for their 100 Journals project at the Herbert Read.
03/03/10 Margate Turner Contemporary run the second of artist Hamish Fulton’s group walks.
History of a Time to Come
+ Zine Fair
The Old Printworks, Bilton Square, Margate, CT9 1DX
http://cratespace.co.uk programme@cratespace.co.uk
Exhibition Opens: 19-21/2/2010 12-5pm
Zine Fair: Saturday 20 Feb 12-5pm
Free Entry
Zine fair this Saturday 12-5pm!
Zines from: A Typical Dutch Cat 88 Shades of Grey An Accident-Free guide to Amsterdam Brick Lane Collective Craig Scott Dan Singer Duif & Pigeon Errant Dog Family Wallet Girls Grumble Intercity Mainline Knock, Knock at Number 13 Lost in Haste Mail me - a small guide to Amsterdam People are Strange Postcard Road Kill Robot Rossebuurt Suck Me Beautiful You Pretty Things Artworks in print and artist publications from: Andy Malone Club Shepway Duck ‘n’ Cover Limbo Arts Lucy Harrison Plan 9 Rob McDonald
For further details see http://cratespace.co.uk
Also in East Kent:06/02/10 Margate Ingoldsby gallery open the February Show
13/02/10 Margate Limbo continue their Dead Season Live Art programme with a live work by Anthony Schrag – Who will be challenging members of the public to wrestle him on Margate beach!! They are also hosting a free film screening in the evening featuring works by Michael Curran Wojciech Bruszewski Franko B Anne Course Jane Prophet George Barber James Unsworth
16/02/10 Canterbury Alturnertive have the private view for their 100 Journals project at the Herbert Read.
03/03/10 Margate Turner Contemporary run the second of artist Hamish Fulton’s group walks.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
MESSAGE SENT TO MARGATE CHARTER TRUSTEES
Please find below a message sent to 'my fellow' Margate Charter Trustees:
Dear Charter Trustees
I'm afraid I can't make tonight's meeting - I have an important TDC Planning Committee to prepare for and then attend.
However, I understand Margate Charter Trustees are in 'something of a pickle' following recent developments. I would argue strongly that what has happened recently is only the latest in a long line of appalling events that I have consistantly warned you all of, time and time again.
All was reasonably OK at the Margate Charter Trustees until my good friend and colleague Cllr. Doug Clark was democratically chosen as Mayor by the members. Despite winning the vote at the Mayor's request meeting and receiving well deserved praise, from the moment he was elected, some of those who didn't really agree with the majority decision made his year as Mayor an absolute misery for him presonally. Doug being the absolute gentleman he is, tried extremely hard to ignore the vendetta against him but all of us witnessed the seriously detramental effect it had on his health (at one point even collapsing at full council). Indeed, the nasty and spiteful vendetta has continued to this very day and consequently Doug has sadly not fully recovered even now.
I further warned Trustees not to go ahead with a 'Kangaroo court' where the vendetta mentioned was taken to new heights of absurdity, but the vendetta continued and the 'Kangaroo court' went ahead confirming my worst concerns about the organisation and selfish, nasty, motives of several Trustees.
Fact is, though I regularly attend civic events, dress smartly and respectfully and behave decently and respectfully, I'm afraid I cannot say that all other Trustees have always done the same. I have witnessed a Trustee, in full robes, so 'leglessly intoxicated' that they were hardly able to stand.
I stopped attending your formal (and I must say - over-secretive) meetings after I was personally and disgustingly verbally abused, goaded and threatened at one of the Charter Trustees own civic events at the Winter Gardens a couple of years ago. The Trustee who behaved so badly also threatened the elderly Mayor and used appalling language in front of my wife (who now finds herself as a Trustee*) for which he has never apologised.
I simply turned and walked away in disgust, but in a desperate attempt to cover up his own appalling behaviour the Trustee concerned then made outrageous allegations to the Police about those of us who were the victims of his disgusting outburst - all later proved to be utterly spureous.
Even worse, when another upstanding Charter Trustee informed the offending Trustee that his outburst was totally unacceptable and that he was therefore going to report him, that very brave Trustee was called a 'gutless bastard' and a series of attempts were made to also make him appear a liar.
Now the Trustees find themselves in one hell of a mess because of further repeatedly poor judgements. I believe your chosen Mayor, who has now pleaded guilty to two charges of animal cruelty, actually oversaw the 'Knagaroo court' I refered to earlier. I know he, like some others, was simply a puppet, but what goes around comes around.
I'm sorry I can't be there today - but I do sicerely hope you can start to clear up this whole appalling mess!
Kind regards
Clive
(Cllr Clive Hart) *incidently, when my wife became a Charter Trustee just a few weeks ago, she received a very rude welcome from another Trustee for which he has never apologised either.
Dear Charter Trustees
I'm afraid I can't make tonight's meeting - I have an important TDC Planning Committee to prepare for and then attend.
However, I understand Margate Charter Trustees are in 'something of a pickle' following recent developments. I would argue strongly that what has happened recently is only the latest in a long line of appalling events that I have consistantly warned you all of, time and time again.
All was reasonably OK at the Margate Charter Trustees until my good friend and colleague Cllr. Doug Clark was democratically chosen as Mayor by the members. Despite winning the vote at the Mayor's request meeting and receiving well deserved praise, from the moment he was elected, some of those who didn't really agree with the majority decision made his year as Mayor an absolute misery for him presonally. Doug being the absolute gentleman he is, tried extremely hard to ignore the vendetta against him but all of us witnessed the seriously detramental effect it had on his health (at one point even collapsing at full council). Indeed, the nasty and spiteful vendetta has continued to this very day and consequently Doug has sadly not fully recovered even now.
I further warned Trustees not to go ahead with a 'Kangaroo court' where the vendetta mentioned was taken to new heights of absurdity, but the vendetta continued and the 'Kangaroo court' went ahead confirming my worst concerns about the organisation and selfish, nasty, motives of several Trustees.
Fact is, though I regularly attend civic events, dress smartly and respectfully and behave decently and respectfully, I'm afraid I cannot say that all other Trustees have always done the same. I have witnessed a Trustee, in full robes, so 'leglessly intoxicated' that they were hardly able to stand.
I stopped attending your formal (and I must say - over-secretive) meetings after I was personally and disgustingly verbally abused, goaded and threatened at one of the Charter Trustees own civic events at the Winter Gardens a couple of years ago. The Trustee who behaved so badly also threatened the elderly Mayor and used appalling language in front of my wife (who now finds herself as a Trustee*) for which he has never apologised.
I simply turned and walked away in disgust, but in a desperate attempt to cover up his own appalling behaviour the Trustee concerned then made outrageous allegations to the Police about those of us who were the victims of his disgusting outburst - all later proved to be utterly spureous.
Even worse, when another upstanding Charter Trustee informed the offending Trustee that his outburst was totally unacceptable and that he was therefore going to report him, that very brave Trustee was called a 'gutless bastard' and a series of attempts were made to also make him appear a liar.
Now the Trustees find themselves in one hell of a mess because of further repeatedly poor judgements. I believe your chosen Mayor, who has now pleaded guilty to two charges of animal cruelty, actually oversaw the 'Knagaroo court' I refered to earlier. I know he, like some others, was simply a puppet, but what goes around comes around.
I'm sorry I can't be there today - but I do sicerely hope you can start to clear up this whole appalling mess!
Kind regards
Clive
(Cllr Clive Hart) *incidently, when my wife became a Charter Trustee just a few weeks ago, she received a very rude welcome from another Trustee for which he has never apologised either.
PLANNED COUNCIL TAX INCREASE LOWEST FOR A DECADE
The lowest increase to Thanet District Council's share of the Council Tax in at least a decade, of just 2.46%, has been proposed.
That would mean an increase for the average household of just £5.13 a year, which means a rise of less than 10p per week for the vast majority of homes in Thanet, which fall into Bands A to C. The council is also forecasting rises in its part of the Council Tax of just 2.5% for the following four years.
This comes despite the grim financial climate, with the council budgeting for a 3% cut in the money it receives from central government in the three years from 2011/12. As a result, the council will need to save an estimated £6.3 million over the next five years.
The council has already seen its income decline by £762,000 in 2009/10, which has added to the pressure on the council's budget. This includes reductions in the income from parking, planning fees, land charges and bulky waste collections.
Cllr. Martin Wise, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, said: "There are always pressures on the council's budget, but those pressures have been more intense than ever this year. We've already had to take swift action to deal with the reductions we've seen in our income levels over the past 12 months. Thanks to that prompt action, we've been able to produce a balanced budget, not just for 2010/11, but for the following four years as well. In all of those years, we're looking at an increase in our share of the Council Tax of no more than 2.5%, which I'm sure will be warmly welcomed by local people. Bearing in mind the pressures we're facing, that's no mean feat and I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the officers who've been able to help deliver this."
That would mean an increase for the average household of just £5.13 a year, which means a rise of less than 10p per week for the vast majority of homes in Thanet, which fall into Bands A to C. The council is also forecasting rises in its part of the Council Tax of just 2.5% for the following four years.
This comes despite the grim financial climate, with the council budgeting for a 3% cut in the money it receives from central government in the three years from 2011/12. As a result, the council will need to save an estimated £6.3 million over the next five years.
The council has already seen its income decline by £762,000 in 2009/10, which has added to the pressure on the council's budget. This includes reductions in the income from parking, planning fees, land charges and bulky waste collections.
Cllr. Martin Wise, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, said: "There are always pressures on the council's budget, but those pressures have been more intense than ever this year. We've already had to take swift action to deal with the reductions we've seen in our income levels over the past 12 months. Thanks to that prompt action, we've been able to produce a balanced budget, not just for 2010/11, but for the following four years as well. In all of those years, we're looking at an increase in our share of the Council Tax of no more than 2.5%, which I'm sure will be warmly welcomed by local people. Bearing in mind the pressures we're facing, that's no mean feat and I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the officers who've been able to help deliver this."
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Last weeks planning applications
Ed. The TDC planning website is one of the most bizarre websites I have ever come across in as much as the web addresses of the pages on it change after a few hours so you can’t publish links to them. If you want to look at any of the applications you need to go to the site and enter the application reference in the search box, this link takes you to the site http://www.ukplanning.com/thanet
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0044
JOLLY FARMER 3 MANSTON HIGH STREET MARGATE
current
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0068
FLAT 23 2-8 ATHELSTAN ROAD MARGATE CT92BA
current
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0101
GARAGES ADJACENT TO 143 HUGIN AVENUE BROADSTAIRS
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/09/1026
18-21 MARINE TERRACE, MARGATE, CT9 1XJ
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0091
30 ST. AUGUSTINES PARK RAMSGATE CT110DE
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0097
16 CHATHAM STREET RAMSGATE CT117PP
current
10 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0055
FLAT 5,39 BELVEDERE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1PF
current
10 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0087
FLAT 1 30 HAWLEY SQUARE MARGATE CT91PH
current
08 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0082
NEW LOOK, WESTWOOD CROSS, MARGATE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 2BF
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0027
RAMSGATE METHODIST CHURCH MARDRES STREET CT118QD
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0060
14 GLOUCESTER AVENUE BROADSTAIRS CT102HP
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0064
ARGYLE HOTEL 63 WESTGATE BAY AVENUE WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SW
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0080
23 WESTERN ESPLANADE BROADSTAIRS CT101TD
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0081
11A THE VALE, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1RB
current
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0044
JOLLY FARMER 3 MANSTON HIGH STREET MARGATE
current
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0068
FLAT 23 2-8 ATHELSTAN ROAD MARGATE CT92BA
current
11 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0101
GARAGES ADJACENT TO 143 HUGIN AVENUE BROADSTAIRS
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/09/1026
18-21 MARINE TERRACE, MARGATE, CT9 1XJ
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0091
30 ST. AUGUSTINES PARK RAMSGATE CT110DE
current
10 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0097
16 CHATHAM STREET RAMSGATE CT117PP
current
10 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0055
FLAT 5,39 BELVEDERE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1PF
current
10 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0087
FLAT 1 30 HAWLEY SQUARE MARGATE CT91PH
current
08 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0082
NEW LOOK, WESTWOOD CROSS, MARGATE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 2BF
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0027
RAMSGATE METHODIST CHURCH MARDRES STREET CT118QD
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0060
14 GLOUCESTER AVENUE BROADSTAIRS CT102HP
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0064
ARGYLE HOTEL 63 WESTGATE BAY AVENUE WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SW
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0080
23 WESTERN ESPLANADE BROADSTAIRS CT101TD
current
08 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0081
11A THE VALE, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1RB
current
FORUM & COUNCILLORS BACK RESIDENTS (EVEN IF THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL DOESN'T)
Thanet District Council should complete refurbishment of the Oval Arena in Cliftonville, start to maintain the venue properly for the future and provide more long-term support for Cliftonville Residents Association. That was the conclusion of a debate at last night's Cliftonville West Community Forum.
A proposal to apply for village green status for the Oval lawns as a tribute to the CRA's long and hard work in the area also met with support from the ward councillors and other resident and voluntary groups from across Cliftonville West.
Ward councillor Clive Hart said "several years ago now, Cliftonville Residents Association raised funding and refurbished the bandstand and the inner level of the arena, but TDC, the venue owners, have done nothing to help finish the project and just getting them to maintain the arena is proving increasingly difficult year on year.
Among many other events, Cliftonville Residents Association provide the - three times 'best in Kent' Farmers Market's - and the popular series of summer Sunday concerts for local residents.
As ward councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and I have consistently warned leading officers and the Chief. Executive at TDC that the residents ability to continue their excellent work is in jeopardy due to the lack of real support from the council.
To plan their series of summer concerts the residents need a safe and clean arena and funding in advance to meet the cost of booking performers, but the council appears unable or unwilling to provide either. The lack of support for an organisation doing so much for Cliftonville is simply appalling".
Following Monday evenings meeting, the ward councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and Clive Hart immediately contacted the TDC Chief. Executive Richard Samuel demanding swift action on the Oval Arena and urgent support for Cliftonville Residents Association.
Published by Cllrs. Aldred, Clark & Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Cliftonville, CT9 2RW.
A proposal to apply for village green status for the Oval lawns as a tribute to the CRA's long and hard work in the area also met with support from the ward councillors and other resident and voluntary groups from across Cliftonville West.
Ward councillor Clive Hart said "several years ago now, Cliftonville Residents Association raised funding and refurbished the bandstand and the inner level of the arena, but TDC, the venue owners, have done nothing to help finish the project and just getting them to maintain the arena is proving increasingly difficult year on year.
Among many other events, Cliftonville Residents Association provide the - three times 'best in Kent' Farmers Market's - and the popular series of summer Sunday concerts for local residents.
As ward councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and I have consistently warned leading officers and the Chief. Executive at TDC that the residents ability to continue their excellent work is in jeopardy due to the lack of real support from the council.
To plan their series of summer concerts the residents need a safe and clean arena and funding in advance to meet the cost of booking performers, but the council appears unable or unwilling to provide either. The lack of support for an organisation doing so much for Cliftonville is simply appalling".
Following Monday evenings meeting, the ward councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and Clive Hart immediately contacted the TDC Chief. Executive Richard Samuel demanding swift action on the Oval Arena and urgent support for Cliftonville Residents Association.
Published by Cllrs. Aldred, Clark & Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Cliftonville, CT9 2RW.
Monday, 15 February 2010
K6 PHONE BOX - IT'S GOT TO GO BUT NOT TOO FAR PLEASE
IT'S GOT TO GOBUT NOT TOO FAR PLEASE
A red (K6) phone box in a tucked away corner of Norfolk Road in Cliftonville has 'got to go - but not too far' say ward councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and Clive Hart.
The telephone box stands on what was originally the side entrance to the St Georges Hotel but following the hotels demolition it is now left secluded on the corner of an empty area that has been boarded up. For the past two years the ward councillors have been negotiating with TDC and BT to get the telephone box removed, following reports from residents that it was often being used for all kinds of illicit activities, including drug dealing.
Cllr. Clive Hart said "locally, BT originally wanted several thousand pounds to remove the telephone box and finding the funding was proving difficult. However, it now looks like we can move it from the old St Georges site and keep it for the town for just one pound".
The councillors discovered a national scheme on the internet where BT were allowing organisations or individuals to take some of the last remaining historic red K6 phone boxes for a one pound payment, and Margate Charter Trustees then offered to help.
Justice of the Peace and Chair of the Cliftonville PACT, Cllr. Doug Clark said "we love this piece of street furniture but it's secluded position in Norfolk Road made it very difficult to use it for it's proper purpose and unfortunately, ideal for all the wrong purposes".
Cllr. Linda Aldred said "we sincerely hope an innovative way to keep the red telephone box locally can be found, but it really needs to be in a prominent position for all to safely enjoy our little bit of telecommunications heritage".
BT have now removed the payphone apparatus from inside the phone box in Cliftonville and a planning application has recently been received by TDC to site a K6 type phone box on the stone pier harbour arm in Margate, together with advertisements and a parking meter (application no: F/TH/10/0032).
Note: Seventy-thousand K6 phone boxes were installed in Britain’s streets. It reigned unchallenged as the public call-box until the 1960s, when incessant vandalism and the high cost of maintenance led the Post Office, and subsequently British Telecom, to commission a new generation of more accessible phone boxes.
Published by Cllrs. Linda Aldred, Doug Clark & Clive Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Cliftonville.
Friday, 12 February 2010
HOUSING INSULT
TDC REPORT INSULTS ITS OWN RESIDENTS!
Council tenants are simply not clever enough to vote on the future management of their own homes - that is the view taken in a report tabled for the Conservative TDC Cabinet (now to be re-run next Tuesday).
The last minute report, hastily produced just before Thursday's cabinet meeting, totally ignores the expressed wishes of the TDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee, and council resident / leaseholder representatives.
Labour Group Leader Cllr. Clive Hart said "over more than six years as a councillor at both District and County level I've heard some extremely arrogant opinions voiced, but nothing comes anywhere near this report. Despite the pleading of residents representatives and strong views expressed by members of the TDC Overview and Scrutiny committee, this report seeks to overturn their request for a ballot of residents on significant management changes affecting TDC's own residents".
Cllr. Iris Johnston said " I was already concerned that mostly the views of Conservative Scrutiny Chairman, Cllr Bob Bayford were sent on to the Overview & Scrutiny meeting of 4th February. Tenant’s are quite rightly concerned about the long term future of Council Housing under the Tories and MUST have a ballot before they find themselves in a situation where their homes could be privatized. I would urge tenants to attend the Council meeting on 18th February where the final decision will be made, and help Labour ensure tenants are at least balloted on this matter".
Recommendations in the report:
5.1 Members are asked to endorse the consultation programme that has been developed in conjunction with tenants’ representatives from all four councils.
5.2 Members are recommended to reject the recommendation of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel to hold a ballot of tenants in Thanet
Full report:
http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M00001653/$$Supp2422dDocPackPublic.pdf
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
Council tenants are simply not clever enough to vote on the future management of their own homes - that is the view taken in a report tabled for the Conservative TDC Cabinet (now to be re-run next Tuesday).
The last minute report, hastily produced just before Thursday's cabinet meeting, totally ignores the expressed wishes of the TDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee, and council resident / leaseholder representatives.
Labour Group Leader Cllr. Clive Hart said "over more than six years as a councillor at both District and County level I've heard some extremely arrogant opinions voiced, but nothing comes anywhere near this report. Despite the pleading of residents representatives and strong views expressed by members of the TDC Overview and Scrutiny committee, this report seeks to overturn their request for a ballot of residents on significant management changes affecting TDC's own residents".
Cllr. Iris Johnston said " I was already concerned that mostly the views of Conservative Scrutiny Chairman, Cllr Bob Bayford were sent on to the Overview & Scrutiny meeting of 4th February. Tenant’s are quite rightly concerned about the long term future of Council Housing under the Tories and MUST have a ballot before they find themselves in a situation where their homes could be privatized. I would urge tenants to attend the Council meeting on 18th February where the final decision will be made, and help Labour ensure tenants are at least balloted on this matter".
Recommendations in the report:
5.1 Members are asked to endorse the consultation programme that has been developed in conjunction with tenants’ representatives from all four councils.
5.2 Members are recommended to reject the recommendation of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel to hold a ballot of tenants in Thanet
Full report:
http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M00001653/$$Supp2422dDocPackPublic.pdf
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
TDC CONSERVATIVE CABINET SHAMBLES
Following a day of utter confusion at Thanet District Council it has now finally been decided that Thursday evenings Conservative Cabinet meeting was not quorate and will have to be re-run on Tuesday 16th February. All decisions made were completely invalid!
Leader of the Opposition at TDC Cllr Clive Hart said "I honestly can't believe how poorly the Conservative Cabinet is handling matters at TDC.
Starting early this morning and continuing throughout the day I've been debating with leading officers conflicting reports as to what was actually agreed at last night's Conservative Cabinet meeting and then at 4.30pm today I'm suddenly informed there were insufficient cabinet members at last night's meeting, so it was not quorate and will now have to be re-run all over again next Tuesday.
Did Cllr Ezekiel really chair a whole meeting that he knew to be completely invalid? It absolutely beggars belief".
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
Leader of the Opposition at TDC Cllr Clive Hart said "I honestly can't believe how poorly the Conservative Cabinet is handling matters at TDC.
Starting early this morning and continuing throughout the day I've been debating with leading officers conflicting reports as to what was actually agreed at last night's Conservative Cabinet meeting and then at 4.30pm today I'm suddenly informed there were insufficient cabinet members at last night's meeting, so it was not quorate and will now have to be re-run all over again next Tuesday.
Did Cllr Ezekiel really chair a whole meeting that he knew to be completely invalid? It absolutely beggars belief".
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF CABINET
An extraordinary meeting of Cabinet has been called for Tuesday 16 February at 5.30pm in the Council Chamber.
The meeting has been called, as the Cabinet was unable to carry out the business on the agenda during their scheduled meeting on Thursday 11 February. Because of the exceptionally bad weather, this resulted in not enough Cabinet members being present, so the meeting was inquorate.
As a result, it has therefore been agreed that an extraordinary meeting will be held to consider the business from the previous meeting. This includes the council's Budget for 2010/11 and proposals to share services with other councils in East Kent.
The meeting has been called, as the Cabinet was unable to carry out the business on the agenda during their scheduled meeting on Thursday 11 February. Because of the exceptionally bad weather, this resulted in not enough Cabinet members being present, so the meeting was inquorate.
As a result, it has therefore been agreed that an extraordinary meeting will be held to consider the business from the previous meeting. This includes the council's Budget for 2010/11 and proposals to share services with other councils in East Kent.
WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS UNDERWAY * FRIDAY 12
Waste and recycling collections across Thanet are now underway. (Friday 12 February)
The intention is that the crews will collect what they can today. However, some pavements and side roads remain treacherous, so it is unlikely that all collections will be made today, as the crews have to move much more slowly than normal.
If your rubbish or recycling is not collected today, please take your wheeled bins or black bags back in and put them out again next Friday (19 February). For residents who use black bags, please do not leave black bags out on pavements.
If anyone on the wheeled bin rounds does miss their collection today, they should put both their bins out next Friday. Priority next week will be given to picking up from any homes that miss today's collection, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up.
For those who missed their collection yesterday (Thursday 11 February), they should put out their rubbish and recycling next Thursday (18 February). Those on wheeled bins rounds should put both their bins out next Thursday. Priority will be given to ensuring that those homes that missed their waste collection this week have that taken next week, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up.
From the following week (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February), collections will return to normal, as per the wheeled bin calendar. You can check these details on the council's website at http://www.thanet.gov.uk/databases/refuse/
The intention is that the crews will collect what they can today. However, some pavements and side roads remain treacherous, so it is unlikely that all collections will be made today, as the crews have to move much more slowly than normal.
If your rubbish or recycling is not collected today, please take your wheeled bins or black bags back in and put them out again next Friday (19 February). For residents who use black bags, please do not leave black bags out on pavements.
If anyone on the wheeled bin rounds does miss their collection today, they should put both their bins out next Friday. Priority next week will be given to picking up from any homes that miss today's collection, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up.
For those who missed their collection yesterday (Thursday 11 February), they should put out their rubbish and recycling next Thursday (18 February). Those on wheeled bins rounds should put both their bins out next Thursday. Priority will be given to ensuring that those homes that missed their waste collection this week have that taken next week, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up.
From the following week (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February), collections will return to normal, as per the wheeled bin calendar. You can check these details on the council's website at http://www.thanet.gov.uk/databases/refuse/
SHADOW UPDATE - 11/02/2010
SHADOW UPDATE
(11/02/2010)
Labour Shadow Team comments & questions for Thursday evenings TDC Cabinet meeting.
INTRODUCTION - Labour Group Leader - Cllr. Clive Hart.
As per an agreement made this morning between myself and the TDC Chief Executive concerning his and the leaders wishes to keep proceedings to a minimum this evening and to prevent unnecessary journeys in appalling weather, the comments below, sent in advance from Shadow Cabinet members, were to be presented to the TDC Cabinet at this evenings meeting.
Nevertheless, I cannot stress enough just how significant tonight's Cabinet meeting agenda is in exposing the desperate situation that the current Conservative administration has created.
At agenda item 4 below, Cllr David Green explains the Conservative financial mismanagement that has occurred despite enormous help from the Government.
Worse still, the Conservative's inability to face up to emerging problems over the last six years has meant that last minute panic has now hit TDC with proposals to move the management of a whole raft of services away from TDC. Any argument that people in Thanet will receive poorer services, jobs will be lost from our area or that democratic control will be diminished are met with derision by a blinkered administration that is simply clutching at straws with their hasty and poorly thought through proposals.
The current Conservative administration is gambling with our council tax, our jobs and our District Council.
Cllr. Clive Hart - Phone: 01843 298770
_______________________________
AGENDA ITEM 4 - 2010-11 BUDGET & MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN 2010-15.
Cllr David Green - Shadow Cabinet Member for Finance & Corporate Services.
Thanet Labour Councilors would like to congratulate the officers concerned on a clear and skillful report, free of the anti government rhetoric that has been present in past years.
This year, is the third year of a three year settlement on Formula Grant. This years 1.1% increase, first announced in Jan 08 was confirmed in Nov 09. It is with some relief that we welcome the Government sticking to this increase in funding under current economic conditions and against Conservative party pressure to cut funding immediately.
The Formula Grant is by no means the only Government help for Thanet, and this year sees an increase Community Cohesion funding from £132k to £205k, Working Neighbourhood funding from £1,482k to £1614k and two new grants for Climate change work of £23k and Economic Assessment of £6K. None of these are ring fenced, giving the Council welcome freedom to use them as it wishes, something that this Council and others have argued for.
Tables 4 and 5 in the report list various other Government Grants amounting to £963.2 in revenue and £7.620k in capital. Admittedly, these are essential ring fenced, but as the report says “they still represent excellent value for the Council as they enable additional resources to be made available to fund activities, projects and investments. They include, £200k from a grant from English Heritage for Margate Arts Culture Heritage, £90k from SEEDA for Margate Renewal Partnership, and increased grant from the Regional Housing Board for decent homes in the private sector from £795k to £1212k, the first £1,000k of a £5.500k grant for Margate Coast protection and £4,000k Heritage Lottery funding for Dreamland.
Strangely, not mentioned in the report are the capital investment in Margate from SEEDA represented by the empty Marks and Spencer site, the massive investment of both capital and revenue from the Arts Council in Turner Contemporary and the capital investment through the sea change programme.
The Sea Change programme has benefited 32 seaside resorts including Margate where it has provided the bulk of the match funding required for the Heritage Lottery grant, and there has been £38 million in extra funding-money that would not be available if there were ever a Conservative Government.
Regional development agencies are helping coastal towns including Margate, to fulfill their economic potential-again, RDAs that would be abolished under a Conservative Government.
This list still does not exhaust the major sources of funding receive by Thanet Council from the Labour Government. Over £4,000k has been received by TDC from the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive (LABGI). We have criticised the way this money has been used in past years. This has not invested in spend to save scheme schemes or vital one off projects to improve the future economic viability. Instead £1,890K of the total has been used to shore up the base budget and another £969k on Corporate Improvement projects unrelated to improving economic viability.
Two years ago and again last year, the Labour Group warned that the current administration needed to regain control over employee costs. That it has demonstrably failed to do this means that despite the monies flowing into the Council from Government described in detail above, and despite the above inflation Council Tax rises and increases in charges for services that we have seen, we appear to be in constant budget crises.
With a net base budget of £23,109k, the current salary bill is £18,000k plus £1.4000 employers national insurance contribution, £2,000k for current pension contribution and £2,000k for .. There is every reason to believe that the current provision for pensions is inadequate and we question whether the proposed contribution to an earmarked reserve is adequate.
Each year we have been promised a number of savings in order to balance the budget. Each year we express skepticism, and each year we are proved correct. This year, only £261k of the already inadequate £741k of savings promised last year are now consider achievable. This year we are promised another £400k of savings through a new contract with staff, cutting overtime, agency staff and consultants, and cutting staff perks, all measures that we have advocated over many years and have been ignored.
Last year, we warned that the Councils reserves were becoming dangerously low. It is generally accepted that a prudent level of reserves for the Council is around 10% of the net service revenue budget, £2.311m, This year the opening balance in the general reserve is predicted to be £1.883m, or 8.16%. Last year we were promised action to restore the level of reserves. This has not occurred. In fact it is proposed to take £1.8m from various earmarked reserves reducing them from £4.841m to £3.095m. As well as the obvious risks in this a unforeseen disaster situations, reserves also provide the essential buffer to aid cash flow. There have already been signs of cash flow problems, with officer being told not to spend agreed budgets, and spending on various grant schemes being held over from year to year.
In conclusion, TDC’s budget is far from healthy due to mismanagement over a number of years. The situation is gradually becoming more critical, and this at a time when we are told funding will tighten.
The elections next year and a new administration cannot come soon enough.
Cllr. David Green - Phone 01843 591495
Cllr Iris Johnston - Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Services (Housing).
Following a meeting with senior officers and members of the Thanet Disability Forum I would ask Cabinet to ring fence all monies designated for disability facility grants in the coming budget. A great deal of distress has been caused by the removal of the £2000 last September from last year’s £4000 allocation.
Residents who believed they would have had essential work carried out ‘within 6 months’ were later told at least 18 months. This has caused a great deal of distress.
I would also ask for a review of the charges and competence of the work on some properties and for pressure to be put on all Housing Associations to fund their own adaptations.
Cllr. Iris Johnston - Phone: 01843 299207
_______________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 5 - SHARED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THANET, CANTERBURY, DOVER & SHEPWAY COUNCILS.
Cllr Clive Hart - Leader of the Opposition.
Firstly I would like to give sincere praise to Donna Reed, the Director of Customer Services, whom I know to be an excellent officer for this council. Please understand, none of my comments are aimed at her personally, indeed, I believe Donna has been presented with a virtually impossible task by the current administration.
The following matters will be the subject of further debate at full council so I will be very brief at this point:
We in the Labour Group have serious concerns about the proposed joint services initiatives. Much of the process has been, and still is being, extremely rushed and this has led to further concerns regarding the models of governance and management systems being proposed. Through the information provided to date, we are not at all convinced of any financial savings and we have grave concerns about the serious loss of democratic control over these services for the future.
I attended the last scrutiny meeting where these issues were discussed and I was absolutely shocked by the lack of detail available whenever anyone asked a really pertinent question - always 'something more to come' or 'detail will follow later'. I can only describe what was outlined at Scrutiny as 'the contents of several bowls of spaghetti thrown high in the air, with the desperate hope of catching all of it in one larger bowl on its way down'. Just give that a try sometime and see what happens.
It appears that the current administration is totally incapable of managing these services effectively and simply cannot wait to offload the responsibility. As always, ratepayers will pay for any mistaken decisions made in such a desperate panic!
Cllr. Clive Hart - Phone: 01843 298770
_____________________________________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 6 - LANDLORD SERVICES - JOINT WORKING PROPOSALS.
Cllr Iris Johnston - Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Services (Housing).
I would ask Cabinet to support in full the recommendations from Scrutiny from 4th February to arrange a vote of all Council tenants before we take the case to the Secretary of State. It has always been my view that we cannot prove that our tenants wish to join an East Kent shared housing landlord scheme unless we put this to a ballot for a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Dane Valley tenant’s representative Mrs Maureen Thoroughgood made it very clear in her statement to Scrutiny that she should not give her own reading of the tenants views and a ballot was essential. We should honour her and Scrutiny’s wishes.
I should also point out that Councillor Bayford’s synopsis of our working party’s discussion was not quite accurate.
I also feel it was important to have invited Unison to Scrutiny on 4th February and I understand when I questioned why they were not in attendance that they had not been formally invited. I would like to have heard their views.
Cllr. Iris Johnston - Phone: 01843 299207
___________________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 8 - BUDGET MONITORING REPORT.
Cllr Peter Campbell - Shadow Cabinet Member for Regeneration & Economic Development.
Page 164 Risks Para 8.1
Would the cabinet member responsible for the Port & Harbour, Cllr John Kirby, please explain why on the 26th January at Overview & Scrutiny committee he failed to mention, in his presentation to the committee, the meeting of the 19th January which determined the detailed level of required capital & revenue spend at the Port & Harbour. Indeed when pressed by myself for some paper record of the spend required he stated that, no detailed costs have yet been apportioned & no paper trail yet exists. Was he at the meeting of the 19th January if so was the detailed spend determined by memory only or did he mislead the overview & scrutiny committee. If he was not at the meeting why not as this is within his area of responsibility.
Would he also inform us of “the various assumptions” that have been made to source the £2.5Million funding gap that now exists.
Cllr Campbell's questions require response, but he is prepared to ask the same question again when full council considers this matter.
Cllr. Peter Campbell - Phone: 01843 585738
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
(11/02/2010)
Labour Shadow Team comments & questions for Thursday evenings TDC Cabinet meeting.
INTRODUCTION - Labour Group Leader - Cllr. Clive Hart.
As per an agreement made this morning between myself and the TDC Chief Executive concerning his and the leaders wishes to keep proceedings to a minimum this evening and to prevent unnecessary journeys in appalling weather, the comments below, sent in advance from Shadow Cabinet members, were to be presented to the TDC Cabinet at this evenings meeting.
Nevertheless, I cannot stress enough just how significant tonight's Cabinet meeting agenda is in exposing the desperate situation that the current Conservative administration has created.
At agenda item 4 below, Cllr David Green explains the Conservative financial mismanagement that has occurred despite enormous help from the Government.
Worse still, the Conservative's inability to face up to emerging problems over the last six years has meant that last minute panic has now hit TDC with proposals to move the management of a whole raft of services away from TDC. Any argument that people in Thanet will receive poorer services, jobs will be lost from our area or that democratic control will be diminished are met with derision by a blinkered administration that is simply clutching at straws with their hasty and poorly thought through proposals.
The current Conservative administration is gambling with our council tax, our jobs and our District Council.
Cllr. Clive Hart - Phone: 01843 298770
_______________________________
AGENDA ITEM 4 - 2010-11 BUDGET & MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN 2010-15.
Cllr David Green - Shadow Cabinet Member for Finance & Corporate Services.
Thanet Labour Councilors would like to congratulate the officers concerned on a clear and skillful report, free of the anti government rhetoric that has been present in past years.
This year, is the third year of a three year settlement on Formula Grant. This years 1.1% increase, first announced in Jan 08 was confirmed in Nov 09. It is with some relief that we welcome the Government sticking to this increase in funding under current economic conditions and against Conservative party pressure to cut funding immediately.
The Formula Grant is by no means the only Government help for Thanet, and this year sees an increase Community Cohesion funding from £132k to £205k, Working Neighbourhood funding from £1,482k to £1614k and two new grants for Climate change work of £23k and Economic Assessment of £6K. None of these are ring fenced, giving the Council welcome freedom to use them as it wishes, something that this Council and others have argued for.
Tables 4 and 5 in the report list various other Government Grants amounting to £963.2 in revenue and £7.620k in capital. Admittedly, these are essential ring fenced, but as the report says “they still represent excellent value for the Council as they enable additional resources to be made available to fund activities, projects and investments. They include, £200k from a grant from English Heritage for Margate Arts Culture Heritage, £90k from SEEDA for Margate Renewal Partnership, and increased grant from the Regional Housing Board for decent homes in the private sector from £795k to £1212k, the first £1,000k of a £5.500k grant for Margate Coast protection and £4,000k Heritage Lottery funding for Dreamland.
Strangely, not mentioned in the report are the capital investment in Margate from SEEDA represented by the empty Marks and Spencer site, the massive investment of both capital and revenue from the Arts Council in Turner Contemporary and the capital investment through the sea change programme.
The Sea Change programme has benefited 32 seaside resorts including Margate where it has provided the bulk of the match funding required for the Heritage Lottery grant, and there has been £38 million in extra funding-money that would not be available if there were ever a Conservative Government.
Regional development agencies are helping coastal towns including Margate, to fulfill their economic potential-again, RDAs that would be abolished under a Conservative Government.
This list still does not exhaust the major sources of funding receive by Thanet Council from the Labour Government. Over £4,000k has been received by TDC from the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive (LABGI). We have criticised the way this money has been used in past years. This has not invested in spend to save scheme schemes or vital one off projects to improve the future economic viability. Instead £1,890K of the total has been used to shore up the base budget and another £969k on Corporate Improvement projects unrelated to improving economic viability.
Two years ago and again last year, the Labour Group warned that the current administration needed to regain control over employee costs. That it has demonstrably failed to do this means that despite the monies flowing into the Council from Government described in detail above, and despite the above inflation Council Tax rises and increases in charges for services that we have seen, we appear to be in constant budget crises.
With a net base budget of £23,109k, the current salary bill is £18,000k plus £1.4000 employers national insurance contribution, £2,000k for current pension contribution and £2,000k for .. There is every reason to believe that the current provision for pensions is inadequate and we question whether the proposed contribution to an earmarked reserve is adequate.
Each year we have been promised a number of savings in order to balance the budget. Each year we express skepticism, and each year we are proved correct. This year, only £261k of the already inadequate £741k of savings promised last year are now consider achievable. This year we are promised another £400k of savings through a new contract with staff, cutting overtime, agency staff and consultants, and cutting staff perks, all measures that we have advocated over many years and have been ignored.
Last year, we warned that the Councils reserves were becoming dangerously low. It is generally accepted that a prudent level of reserves for the Council is around 10% of the net service revenue budget, £2.311m, This year the opening balance in the general reserve is predicted to be £1.883m, or 8.16%. Last year we were promised action to restore the level of reserves. This has not occurred. In fact it is proposed to take £1.8m from various earmarked reserves reducing them from £4.841m to £3.095m. As well as the obvious risks in this a unforeseen disaster situations, reserves also provide the essential buffer to aid cash flow. There have already been signs of cash flow problems, with officer being told not to spend agreed budgets, and spending on various grant schemes being held over from year to year.
In conclusion, TDC’s budget is far from healthy due to mismanagement over a number of years. The situation is gradually becoming more critical, and this at a time when we are told funding will tighten.
The elections next year and a new administration cannot come soon enough.
Cllr. David Green - Phone 01843 591495
Cllr Iris Johnston - Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Services (Housing).
Following a meeting with senior officers and members of the Thanet Disability Forum I would ask Cabinet to ring fence all monies designated for disability facility grants in the coming budget. A great deal of distress has been caused by the removal of the £2000 last September from last year’s £4000 allocation.
Residents who believed they would have had essential work carried out ‘within 6 months’ were later told at least 18 months. This has caused a great deal of distress.
I would also ask for a review of the charges and competence of the work on some properties and for pressure to be put on all Housing Associations to fund their own adaptations.
Cllr. Iris Johnston - Phone: 01843 299207
_______________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 5 - SHARED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THANET, CANTERBURY, DOVER & SHEPWAY COUNCILS.
Cllr Clive Hart - Leader of the Opposition.
Firstly I would like to give sincere praise to Donna Reed, the Director of Customer Services, whom I know to be an excellent officer for this council. Please understand, none of my comments are aimed at her personally, indeed, I believe Donna has been presented with a virtually impossible task by the current administration.
The following matters will be the subject of further debate at full council so I will be very brief at this point:
We in the Labour Group have serious concerns about the proposed joint services initiatives. Much of the process has been, and still is being, extremely rushed and this has led to further concerns regarding the models of governance and management systems being proposed. Through the information provided to date, we are not at all convinced of any financial savings and we have grave concerns about the serious loss of democratic control over these services for the future.
I attended the last scrutiny meeting where these issues were discussed and I was absolutely shocked by the lack of detail available whenever anyone asked a really pertinent question - always 'something more to come' or 'detail will follow later'. I can only describe what was outlined at Scrutiny as 'the contents of several bowls of spaghetti thrown high in the air, with the desperate hope of catching all of it in one larger bowl on its way down'. Just give that a try sometime and see what happens.
It appears that the current administration is totally incapable of managing these services effectively and simply cannot wait to offload the responsibility. As always, ratepayers will pay for any mistaken decisions made in such a desperate panic!
Cllr. Clive Hart - Phone: 01843 298770
_____________________________________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 6 - LANDLORD SERVICES - JOINT WORKING PROPOSALS.
Cllr Iris Johnston - Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Services (Housing).
I would ask Cabinet to support in full the recommendations from Scrutiny from 4th February to arrange a vote of all Council tenants before we take the case to the Secretary of State. It has always been my view that we cannot prove that our tenants wish to join an East Kent shared housing landlord scheme unless we put this to a ballot for a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Dane Valley tenant’s representative Mrs Maureen Thoroughgood made it very clear in her statement to Scrutiny that she should not give her own reading of the tenants views and a ballot was essential. We should honour her and Scrutiny’s wishes.
I should also point out that Councillor Bayford’s synopsis of our working party’s discussion was not quite accurate.
I also feel it was important to have invited Unison to Scrutiny on 4th February and I understand when I questioned why they were not in attendance that they had not been formally invited. I would like to have heard their views.
Cllr. Iris Johnston - Phone: 01843 299207
___________________________________________
AGENDA ITEM 8 - BUDGET MONITORING REPORT.
Cllr Peter Campbell - Shadow Cabinet Member for Regeneration & Economic Development.
Page 164 Risks Para 8.1
Would the cabinet member responsible for the Port & Harbour, Cllr John Kirby, please explain why on the 26th January at Overview & Scrutiny committee he failed to mention, in his presentation to the committee, the meeting of the 19th January which determined the detailed level of required capital & revenue spend at the Port & Harbour. Indeed when pressed by myself for some paper record of the spend required he stated that, no detailed costs have yet been apportioned & no paper trail yet exists. Was he at the meeting of the 19th January if so was the detailed spend determined by memory only or did he mislead the overview & scrutiny committee. If he was not at the meeting why not as this is within his area of responsibility.
Would he also inform us of “the various assumptions” that have been made to source the £2.5Million funding gap that now exists.
Cllr Campbell's questions require response, but he is prepared to ask the same question again when full council considers this matter.
Cllr. Peter Campbell - Phone: 01843 585738
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 2RW.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
WEATHER DISRUPTIONS TO COUNCIL SERVICES
Severe winter weather has hit some of Thanet District Council's services, with Thanet's Gateway Plus closing earlier than usual.
Waste and recycling collections have been suspended today (Thursday 11 February).
Thanet's Gateway Plus, which was due to be open until 8pm tonight, as it is every Thursday night, will now be closing at 5.30pm instead. It is planned that it will re-open at 9am tomorrow morning (Friday 12 February) as usual.
The council's telephone switchboard will remain open as usual until 5.30pm tonight. Tonight's planned Cabinet meeting, which will discuss the budget and plans to share some services with other councils in East Kent will take place, will go ahead as planned, at 7pm.
The council's parks and grounds maintenance team have been working under the direction of Kent County Council's highways section today, helping to clear footpaths in the busiest public areas.
Waste and recycling collections have been suspended today (Thursday 11 February).
Thanet's Gateway Plus, which was due to be open until 8pm tonight, as it is every Thursday night, will now be closing at 5.30pm instead. It is planned that it will re-open at 9am tomorrow morning (Friday 12 February) as usual.
The council's telephone switchboard will remain open as usual until 5.30pm tonight. Tonight's planned Cabinet meeting, which will discuss the budget and plans to share some services with other councils in East Kent will take place, will go ahead as planned, at 7pm.
The council's parks and grounds maintenance team have been working under the direction of Kent County Council's highways section today, helping to clear footpaths in the busiest public areas.
ERA Talk cancelled
The talk tonight (11th Feb) has been cancelled due to the weather conditions.Vera Elliott will hopefully tell us about how to achieve a Sustainable Environment next month on 11th March.
WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS SUSPENDED - THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Waste and recycling collections across Thanet have been suspended today (Thursday 11 February), due to the poor weather conditions.
The heavy snow overnight has left both main roads and side roads across the district exceptionally treacherous. Some of the council's waste and recycling collection crews have been unable to make it into the depot this morning from their homes, due to the snow.
Conditions are so bad that the council has been unable to get even the smaller refuse trucks out on the roads that it was able to use during the last period of bad weather in January. A skeleton crew is being kept on hand and, if conditions improve, these small trucks will go out to collect black sacks.
Residents who were due to have either their rubbish or recycling collected today are asked to take their wheeled bins or black bags back into their properties and put it out again next Thursday (18 February). For residents who use black bags, a double collection will be undertaken next Thursday, so householders are asked not to leave black bags out on pavements.
For those on the wheeled bin rounds who have missed their collections today, they are being asked to put both their bins out next Thursday. Priority will be given to ensuring that those homes who missed their waste collection this week have it taken next week, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up. From the following week (Thursday 25 February), collections will return to normal, as per the wheeled bin calendar. You can check these details on the council's website at http://www.thanet.gov.uk/databases/refuse/
Cllr. Shirley Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, said: "Once again, our waste and recycling crews have done their best to get into work, but the weather has not allowed them to get out on the rounds. As many people across Thanet will be aware, the conditions out on the roads are pretty treacherous and we simply cannot risk sending out our refuse trucks in these conditions. As we've said before, the last thing we want is an accident and I'm sure residents can understand that. I'd like to thank them for their patience during this time. As soon as it is safe for our teams to go out, they will be back out collecting again."
Waste and recycling staff will be coming into work tomorrow morning (Friday 12 February), but there is some doubt over whether waste collections tomorrow will be possible, as conditions will need to significantly improve during the course of today. A final decision will be made tomorrow morning. Updates will be put on the council's website at www.thanet.gov.uk and given to the local media as soon as a decision is made.
The heavy snow overnight has left both main roads and side roads across the district exceptionally treacherous. Some of the council's waste and recycling collection crews have been unable to make it into the depot this morning from their homes, due to the snow.
Conditions are so bad that the council has been unable to get even the smaller refuse trucks out on the roads that it was able to use during the last period of bad weather in January. A skeleton crew is being kept on hand and, if conditions improve, these small trucks will go out to collect black sacks.
Residents who were due to have either their rubbish or recycling collected today are asked to take their wheeled bins or black bags back into their properties and put it out again next Thursday (18 February). For residents who use black bags, a double collection will be undertaken next Thursday, so householders are asked not to leave black bags out on pavements.
For those on the wheeled bin rounds who have missed their collections today, they are being asked to put both their bins out next Thursday. Priority will be given to ensuring that those homes who missed their waste collection this week have it taken next week, although the council will be working to ensure that both bins are picked up. From the following week (Thursday 25 February), collections will return to normal, as per the wheeled bin calendar. You can check these details on the council's website at http://www.thanet.gov.uk/databases/refuse/
Cllr. Shirley Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, said: "Once again, our waste and recycling crews have done their best to get into work, but the weather has not allowed them to get out on the rounds. As many people across Thanet will be aware, the conditions out on the roads are pretty treacherous and we simply cannot risk sending out our refuse trucks in these conditions. As we've said before, the last thing we want is an accident and I'm sure residents can understand that. I'd like to thank them for their patience during this time. As soon as it is safe for our teams to go out, they will be back out collecting again."
Waste and recycling staff will be coming into work tomorrow morning (Friday 12 February), but there is some doubt over whether waste collections tomorrow will be possible, as conditions will need to significantly improve during the course of today. A final decision will be made tomorrow morning. Updates will be put on the council's website at www.thanet.gov.uk and given to the local media as soon as a decision is made.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
FREE SWIMMING IN THANET
Figures released by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport this week show that over 35,000 free swimming sessions have been accessed by local people in Thanet through the Government's Free Swimming Programme since it started in April 2009. With Government funding, Thanet District Council is offering free swimming to both people aged 60 and over and children and young people aged 16 and under.
Cllr. Clive Hart, a regular swimmer and leader of the opposition at TDC said "These figures are very impressive. I'd encourage anyone to swim regularly if they can and to learn if they can't. The more people swim the better they become at it and thankfully for me, it's certainly not about being the fastest. Swimming is an excellent, low impact, form of exercise and incredibly, it increases muscle strength whilst also being a relaxing pastime".
The Free Swimming Programme is a £140 million Government programme designed to increase participation in swimming in England and lead to subsequent health and economic benefits.
IMPORTANT - Free swimming sessions - The total number of free swims for Thanet as part of this scheme was reported as 17,352 - over 60 and 17,664 - under 16. These figures are not a measure of the total number of individual participants taking part in free swimming.
Published by Cllr. Clive Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 3DP.
Note: The Free Swimming Programme is a cross government initiative with funding from five government departments - the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Department of Health (DH), the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Communities and Local Government (CLG) - as well as investment and resource from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and Sport England (SE).
Cllr. Clive Hart, a regular swimmer and leader of the opposition at TDC said "These figures are very impressive. I'd encourage anyone to swim regularly if they can and to learn if they can't. The more people swim the better they become at it and thankfully for me, it's certainly not about being the fastest. Swimming is an excellent, low impact, form of exercise and incredibly, it increases muscle strength whilst also being a relaxing pastime".
The Free Swimming Programme is a £140 million Government programme designed to increase participation in swimming in England and lead to subsequent health and economic benefits.
IMPORTANT - Free swimming sessions - The total number of free swims for Thanet as part of this scheme was reported as 17,352 - over 60 and 17,664 - under 16. These figures are not a measure of the total number of individual participants taking part in free swimming.
Published by Cllr. Clive Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 3DP.
Note: The Free Swimming Programme is a cross government initiative with funding from five government departments - the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Department of Health (DH), the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Communities and Local Government (CLG) - as well as investment and resource from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and Sport England (SE).
GOING - GOING - GONE!
After more than eight months the hoarding blocking Northdown Road outside the demolished former hotel is finally being removed (today).
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
HALF TERM BLAST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Young people can have a blast this February half term at a free event, hosted by Engage, at Cliftonville.
The event, which runs from 2pm until 5pm on Friday 19 February, is open to 11 to 18 year olds and takes place at the Quarterdeck youth centre in Zion Place.
It will offer activities and tasters of what is on offer around Thanet for young people. There will be five-a-side football from Sport 4 NRG, MCing, songwriting and music technology workshops from Pie Factory Music and their mobile music unit. The Thanet Coast Project will be hosting a range of activities, as will Pipeline. You can get involved in arts and craft activities, have your bike marked and there will be freebies on offer.
There will also be an information marketplace area, offering lots of free advice and information from different organisations in Thanet. You can find out more about drug and alcohol awareness, sexual health awareness, Connections and East Kent Mencap. It gives young people the chance to discover what's on offer for them over the next few months.
Engage is made up of more than 30 different agencies and organisations working together to put on high quality free events and activities for young people, children and families in Thanet.
For more information on this event and future events, such as Easter Blast, organised by Engage please either e-mail jasmin@piefactorymusic.com or call 01843 596777. Full details of all events taking place over the February half term can be found at www.thanetyouthmatters.org.uk
The event, which runs from 2pm until 5pm on Friday 19 February, is open to 11 to 18 year olds and takes place at the Quarterdeck youth centre in Zion Place.
It will offer activities and tasters of what is on offer around Thanet for young people. There will be five-a-side football from Sport 4 NRG, MCing, songwriting and music technology workshops from Pie Factory Music and their mobile music unit. The Thanet Coast Project will be hosting a range of activities, as will Pipeline. You can get involved in arts and craft activities, have your bike marked and there will be freebies on offer.
There will also be an information marketplace area, offering lots of free advice and information from different organisations in Thanet. You can find out more about drug and alcohol awareness, sexual health awareness, Connections and East Kent Mencap. It gives young people the chance to discover what's on offer for them over the next few months.
Engage is made up of more than 30 different agencies and organisations working together to put on high quality free events and activities for young people, children and families in Thanet.
For more information on this event and future events, such as Easter Blast, organised by Engage please either e-mail jasmin@piefactorymusic.com or call 01843 596777. Full details of all events taking place over the February half term can be found at www.thanetyouthmatters.org.uk
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Last weeks planning applications,
Ed. The TDC planning website is one of the most bizarre websites I have ever come across in as much as the web addresses of the pages on it change after a few hours so you can’t publish links to them. If you want to look at any of the applications you need to go to the site and enter the application reference in the search box, this link takes you to the site http://www.ukplanning.com/thanet
05 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0069
COURTS PHARMACY, 3-5 KING STREET, RAMSGATE, CT11 8NN
current
05 Feb 2010
CU/TH/09/0963
LAMBERT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES DANE VALLEY ROAD ST. PETERS BROADSTAIRS CT103JJ
decided
05 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0046
5 LIVERPOOL LAWN RAMSGATE CT119HJ
current
01 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0013
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
01 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0052
ARGOS, WESTWOOD GATEWAY, MARGATE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 2QU
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/09/1048
KALEWA THANET PLACE GARDENS BROADSTAIRS CT101EE
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0029
4 CAXTON ROAD MARGATE CT95NP
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0037
LAND ADJACENT TO PUBLIC CONVENIENCES, HARBOUR STREET, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1EU
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01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0040
58 BEECH DRIVE BROADSTAIRS CT102LL
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0056
2 TIVOLI PARK AVENUE MARGATE CT95TH
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0067
24 SCEALES DRIVE CLIFFSEND RAMSGATE CT125HH
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0072
22 CLARENCE AVENUE CLIFTONVILLE MARGATE CT93DP
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0074
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current
05 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0069
COURTS PHARMACY, 3-5 KING STREET, RAMSGATE, CT11 8NN
current
05 Feb 2010
CU/TH/09/0963
LAMBERT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES DANE VALLEY ROAD ST. PETERS BROADSTAIRS CT103JJ
decided
05 Feb 2010
L/TH/10/0046
5 LIVERPOOL LAWN RAMSGATE CT119HJ
current
01 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0013
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
01 Feb 2010
A/TH/10/0052
ARGOS, WESTWOOD GATEWAY, MARGATE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 2QU
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/09/1048
KALEWA THANET PLACE GARDENS BROADSTAIRS CT101EE
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0029
4 CAXTON ROAD MARGATE CT95NP
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0037
LAND ADJACENT TO PUBLIC CONVENIENCES, HARBOUR STREET, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 1EU
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0040
58 BEECH DRIVE BROADSTAIRS CT102LL
current
01 Feb 2010
F/TH/10/0056
2 TIVOLI PARK AVENUE MARGATE CT95TH
current
01 Feb 2010
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24 SCEALES DRIVE CLIFFSEND RAMSGATE CT125HH
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New documents published by Thanet District Council,
04/02/2010 - Meeting held: Feb 4 2010 10:00AM, Overview and Scrutiny Panel
03/02/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 7:00PM, Planning Committee
03/02/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 7:00PM, Planning Committee
Broadstairs Blues Bash 19-21 Feb 2010
Organisers are putting together the final touches for Broadstairs' very own Blues festival, The Broadstairs Blues Bash Friday 19th February to Sunday 21st february. This is the second year the event has been held and it was so successful last year, that they have been contacted by blues fans and musicians from all around the world. "We had bands e mailing us from America and Russia, although in all fairness I don't I think they were all entirely sure where Broadstairs is." said organiser Nigel Feist. Amongst the 6 bands playing Friday night are the Marbletones all the way from Holland, more music on Saturday from 2pm and on Saturday night at Broadstairs Pavilion, supporting Broken Biscuit is Sam Kelly's Station house with 1999’s Blues Drummer of the Year, Sam Kelly. Tickets are £10 each and available now from the Pavilion in Harbour Street. On Sunday there is a free blues jam at 12.00 in the pavilion if you fancy having a go yourself with many of the artistes featured over the weekend. For more information go to www.broadstairsbluesbash.com
Friday 19th February 2010
20.00 Prince Albert ~ Grocer Jack20.30 Tartar Frigate ~ Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke21.00 The Rose ~ Blue Shift21.00 Balmoral Wine Bar ~ Marbletones (from Holland)21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ Canary Wolf21.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Blue Train
Saturday 20th February 2010
14.00 - 16.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Jeff Barker Band15.00 - 17.00 Tartar Frigate ~ 706 Union Avenue15.00 - 17.00 Neptune's Hall ~ Bagge & Armer16.00 - 18.00 Dolphin ~ Norfolk Blue17.00 - 19.00 Lord Nelson ~ Get Carter
20.00 - 01.00 MAIN EVENT Broadstairs Pavilion £10Broken Biscuit Blues Band Sam Kelly's Station House Band Lee Wilson & Dave Ferra.
21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ Blues Bandits21.00 Balmoral Wine Bar ~ Black Sheep
Sunday 21st February 2010
12.00 - 15.30 Pavilion ~ Blues Jam hosted by Wired, FREE ENTRY all are welcome. 15.30 - 17.30 The Rose ~ Carey, Rathbone & Bell18.30 - 20.30 Balmoral ~ Maverick Blues Band17.30 - 19.30 Neptune's Hall ~ Katie Bradley19.00 - 21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ King Size Slim20.00 - 22.00 Tartar Frigate ~ Dr Jazz & his dixieland stompers21.00 - 23.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Smokin' Hogs
Friday 19th February 2010
20.00 Prince Albert ~ Grocer Jack20.30 Tartar Frigate ~ Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke21.00 The Rose ~ Blue Shift21.00 Balmoral Wine Bar ~ Marbletones (from Holland)21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ Canary Wolf21.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Blue Train
Saturday 20th February 2010
14.00 - 16.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Jeff Barker Band15.00 - 17.00 Tartar Frigate ~ 706 Union Avenue15.00 - 17.00 Neptune's Hall ~ Bagge & Armer16.00 - 18.00 Dolphin ~ Norfolk Blue17.00 - 19.00 Lord Nelson ~ Get Carter
20.00 - 01.00 MAIN EVENT Broadstairs Pavilion £10Broken Biscuit Blues Band Sam Kelly's Station House Band Lee Wilson & Dave Ferra.
21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ Blues Bandits21.00 Balmoral Wine Bar ~ Black Sheep
Sunday 21st February 2010
12.00 - 15.30 Pavilion ~ Blues Jam hosted by Wired, FREE ENTRY all are welcome. 15.30 - 17.30 The Rose ~ Carey, Rathbone & Bell18.30 - 20.30 Balmoral ~ Maverick Blues Band17.30 - 19.30 Neptune's Hall ~ Katie Bradley19.00 - 21.00 Wrotham Arms ~ King Size Slim20.00 - 22.00 Tartar Frigate ~ Dr Jazz & his dixieland stompers21.00 - 23.00 Barnaby Rudge ~ Smokin' Hogs
A Sustainable Environment What can we do LOCALLY to achieve this?
Monthly Talk
Albion House 7.30pm Thursday 11th Feb 2010
Vera Elliot
will talk about
A Sustainable Environment
What can we do LOCALLY to achieve this?
www.eastcliffra.org
Vera Elliott has been active in the environmental movement for many years, becoming co-ordinator of Sutton Friends of the Earth in April 1983.
Through the Open University she studied The Handicapped Person in the Community, An Ageing Population, Making Sense of Society, Living with Technology, Man Made Futures, Peoples Policies and Administration and Systems Design.
From 1987-94 as founder-director of registered charity The Centre for Environmental Initiatives (CEI), her work was 'to promote a greater awareness of environmental problems and the potential for resolving them'. Having created the first ever Environmental Charter Vera was instrumental in working up the concept of ‘Towards a Sustainable Sutton’ implemented as The London Borough of Sutton's Local Agenda 21/Sustainable Development Initiative. This became Sutton Environment Network and the CEI has now updated its name to Ecolocal www.ecolocal.org.uk. The borough remains at the forefront of ‘green’ progress serving as a role model throughout Europe and worldwide. She was instrumental in the foundation of the Bioregional Development Group www.bioregional.com, assisted Green & Away to expand from weekend green holidays to Europe’s only eco conference centre www.greenandaway.org.uk, has instigated many projects and worked with organisations in the voluntary, statutory and business sectors.
In September 1994 Vera handed over the work of the CEI to a very capable team, whilst becoming a Trustee of the Centre.
Having moved to Thanet, and now working in a voluntary capacity, she persevered to get a Local Agenda 21 process started there and was chairman of the LA21 Steering Group during its early years. However this group was disbanded in October 2005 due to lack of council commitment. She was founder in 1999 and now manager of Sustainability Actions (SA) - Enabling Change in Thanet, a project that initially benefited from the considerable experience and support of the CEI.
In 1999 she received a Special Mention Certificate in The Queen Mother’s Birthday Awards and has since received a Thanet Local Agenda 21 Award 2000, Kent Award for Volunteering Excellence 2001 and Experience Corps Award 2002 for outstanding service to her local community. In December 2002 Vera was recognised as a ‘Social Entrepreneur’ and from October 2003-June 2005 managed a European funded project enabling SA to facilitate ‘Enterprise and Sustainability Thanet’ (EaST) which worked directly with around 30 local businesses encouraging them to put Corporate Social Responsibility at the forefront of their agendas.
She was Chairman of East Kent Council for Voluntary Service until its demise in December 2006; was a member of the Thanet Voluntary and Community Sector Forum Working Group and Thanet Compact Implementation Group until 2008; a member of the Margate Stronger Safer Communities Board until her resignation on ethical grounds; Thanet Fairtrade Steering Group until early 2009 and is on the committees of Thanet Senior Citizens’ Forum and the Thanet Volunteer Centre. She has organised the KWT Gardening for Wildlife Awards Scheme in Thanet for the past 4 years and would like to enable Thanet’s many residents’ groups to create a forum and to help Dreamland become a ‘Back to the Future’ Visitor Attraction. Climate Change is now top of her agenda and all that must be done at a local and personal level to address this potentially catastrophic situation.
Her overall aim is to achieve a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable society by empowering and networking people's potential - and after that . . . become compost!
--oOo-- Updated 2010
Albion House 7.30pm Thursday 11th Feb 2010
Vera Elliot
will talk about
A Sustainable Environment
What can we do LOCALLY to achieve this?
www.eastcliffra.org
Vera Elliott has been active in the environmental movement for many years, becoming co-ordinator of Sutton Friends of the Earth in April 1983.
Through the Open University she studied The Handicapped Person in the Community, An Ageing Population, Making Sense of Society, Living with Technology, Man Made Futures, Peoples Policies and Administration and Systems Design.
From 1987-94 as founder-director of registered charity The Centre for Environmental Initiatives (CEI), her work was 'to promote a greater awareness of environmental problems and the potential for resolving them'. Having created the first ever Environmental Charter Vera was instrumental in working up the concept of ‘Towards a Sustainable Sutton’ implemented as The London Borough of Sutton's Local Agenda 21/Sustainable Development Initiative. This became Sutton Environment Network and the CEI has now updated its name to Ecolocal www.ecolocal.org.uk. The borough remains at the forefront of ‘green’ progress serving as a role model throughout Europe and worldwide. She was instrumental in the foundation of the Bioregional Development Group www.bioregional.com, assisted Green & Away to expand from weekend green holidays to Europe’s only eco conference centre www.greenandaway.org.uk, has instigated many projects and worked with organisations in the voluntary, statutory and business sectors.
In September 1994 Vera handed over the work of the CEI to a very capable team, whilst becoming a Trustee of the Centre.
Having moved to Thanet, and now working in a voluntary capacity, she persevered to get a Local Agenda 21 process started there and was chairman of the LA21 Steering Group during its early years. However this group was disbanded in October 2005 due to lack of council commitment. She was founder in 1999 and now manager of Sustainability Actions (SA) - Enabling Change in Thanet, a project that initially benefited from the considerable experience and support of the CEI.
In 1999 she received a Special Mention Certificate in The Queen Mother’s Birthday Awards and has since received a Thanet Local Agenda 21 Award 2000, Kent Award for Volunteering Excellence 2001 and Experience Corps Award 2002 for outstanding service to her local community. In December 2002 Vera was recognised as a ‘Social Entrepreneur’ and from October 2003-June 2005 managed a European funded project enabling SA to facilitate ‘Enterprise and Sustainability Thanet’ (EaST) which worked directly with around 30 local businesses encouraging them to put Corporate Social Responsibility at the forefront of their agendas.
She was Chairman of East Kent Council for Voluntary Service until its demise in December 2006; was a member of the Thanet Voluntary and Community Sector Forum Working Group and Thanet Compact Implementation Group until 2008; a member of the Margate Stronger Safer Communities Board until her resignation on ethical grounds; Thanet Fairtrade Steering Group until early 2009 and is on the committees of Thanet Senior Citizens’ Forum and the Thanet Volunteer Centre. She has organised the KWT Gardening for Wildlife Awards Scheme in Thanet for the past 4 years and would like to enable Thanet’s many residents’ groups to create a forum and to help Dreamland become a ‘Back to the Future’ Visitor Attraction. Climate Change is now top of her agenda and all that must be done at a local and personal level to address this potentially catastrophic situation.
Her overall aim is to achieve a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable society by empowering and networking people's potential - and after that . . . become compost!
--oOo-- Updated 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY
Subbuteo challenges, reminiscence workshops and a MiPod inflatable diary room will all be helping to celebrate diversity in Thanet in an event at Thanet's Gateway Plus in Margate.
Celebrating Diversity is being held on the second birthday weekend of Thanet's Gateway Plus, with themed days focusing on different aspects of Thanet's community.
Friday 12 February will focus on youthful and wise. The Theatre Royal will be hosting a Subbuteo challenge, open to anyone. It comes ahead of the Hull Truck Theatre Company production of Me and My Dad at the theatre on Saturday 13 March. Reminiscence workshops will also be held between 10.30 and 11.15am for young and old alike to discuss what life was like in bygone times.
There will be displays from Sport 4NRG, the Worx Project, Cross Roads Care, who provide home based respite support for carers and Making Your Way, a Thanet Works project that works with the parents of children and young people with disabilities. All will have people on hand in the Gateway between 10am and 4pm.
The diverse community is the theme for Saturday 13 February, with author Paul Burston visiting between 11.30am and 12.30pm to talk about his recently published book, The Gay Divorcee. His books include the critically acclaimed novel Shameless, which was shortlisted for the State of Britain award. Tickets are free and are available from the Gateway.
Local people can also come along to an art workshop between 10am and 1pm, where they can draw or paint what diversity means to them. It's hoped this can then be turned into a logo, which will be used in the future to promote the Gateway's commitment to providing accessible services.
Monday 15 February will see the launch of the Gateway's Video Conferencing Facilities for the Deaf, with demonstrations to show people how it works. This has been provided by Deaf Services/KASS and the Gateway to ensure that the deaf and the hard of hearing can access the same services as everyone else. The day's theme will be celebrating disability, with displays from the British Red Cross, the Thanet Disability Forum, Kent Adult Social Services, Disability Sportlink and Kent Supported Employment.
The event finishes on Tuesday 16 February with Time of our Lives, hosted by Turner Contemporary. Young and old people can come along and share their own teenage experiences and memories, with everyone invited to bring along teenage fashions, photos, music and memorabilia. There will be an inflatable MiPod diary room for people to give their thoughts on being a teenager.
Celebrating Diversity is being held on the second birthday weekend of Thanet's Gateway Plus, with themed days focusing on different aspects of Thanet's community.
Friday 12 February will focus on youthful and wise. The Theatre Royal will be hosting a Subbuteo challenge, open to anyone. It comes ahead of the Hull Truck Theatre Company production of Me and My Dad at the theatre on Saturday 13 March. Reminiscence workshops will also be held between 10.30 and 11.15am for young and old alike to discuss what life was like in bygone times.
There will be displays from Sport 4NRG, the Worx Project, Cross Roads Care, who provide home based respite support for carers and Making Your Way, a Thanet Works project that works with the parents of children and young people with disabilities. All will have people on hand in the Gateway between 10am and 4pm.
The diverse community is the theme for Saturday 13 February, with author Paul Burston visiting between 11.30am and 12.30pm to talk about his recently published book, The Gay Divorcee. His books include the critically acclaimed novel Shameless, which was shortlisted for the State of Britain award. Tickets are free and are available from the Gateway.
Local people can also come along to an art workshop between 10am and 1pm, where they can draw or paint what diversity means to them. It's hoped this can then be turned into a logo, which will be used in the future to promote the Gateway's commitment to providing accessible services.
Monday 15 February will see the launch of the Gateway's Video Conferencing Facilities for the Deaf, with demonstrations to show people how it works. This has been provided by Deaf Services/KASS and the Gateway to ensure that the deaf and the hard of hearing can access the same services as everyone else. The day's theme will be celebrating disability, with displays from the British Red Cross, the Thanet Disability Forum, Kent Adult Social Services, Disability Sportlink and Kent Supported Employment.
The event finishes on Tuesday 16 February with Time of our Lives, hosted by Turner Contemporary. Young and old people can come along and share their own teenage experiences and memories, with everyone invited to bring along teenage fashions, photos, music and memorabilia. There will be an inflatable MiPod diary room for people to give their thoughts on being a teenager.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
THANET'S SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BALLOT
Thanet Council’s Scrutiny Committee today recommended that a full ballot of all tenants and Leaseholders takes place before any decision is taken to create a separate arms length Housing Management organisation in conjunction with other East Kent Councils.
Following a lengthy debate with contributions from Tenants Representatives Labour’s Cllr Mike Harrison successfully moved an amendment to the proposition calling for the vote.
After the meeting Cllr Harrison said “ Along with Tenants Representatives and others I have been calling for this ballot from the beginning. Other recommendations for ballots from East Kent Scrutiny have been ignored or changed but I hope that Thanet Council’s Cabinet will do the right thing by its Tenants and Leaseholders and allow the ballot before any far reaching decisions are finally taken. This will drastically change the way that housing services are delivered in East Kent and it is right that everyone affected is involved.”
ENDS.
Contact Mike Harrison
Following a lengthy debate with contributions from Tenants Representatives Labour’s Cllr Mike Harrison successfully moved an amendment to the proposition calling for the vote.
After the meeting Cllr Harrison said “ Along with Tenants Representatives and others I have been calling for this ballot from the beginning. Other recommendations for ballots from East Kent Scrutiny have been ignored or changed but I hope that Thanet Council’s Cabinet will do the right thing by its Tenants and Leaseholders and allow the ballot before any far reaching decisions are finally taken. This will drastically change the way that housing services are delivered in East Kent and it is right that everyone affected is involved.”
ENDS.
Contact Mike Harrison
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
BROADSTAIRS SOPRANO EXPLORES SECRETS OF THE HUMAN VOICE
The secrets of the human voice will be laid bare in a lecture organised by Broadstairs singer Sarah Hale on Friday 19th February 2010 at 1pm at St Gregory’s Centre, Canterbury.
The lecture entitled “The Where, What, How of the Voice” aims to demystify common voice problems and explain the principles of good voice care.
Sarah, who is a singing teacher in the Music department at Christ Church University, said that the talk will be of wide interest – and not just to singers.
She said: “We all use our voices everyday in our jobs and at home. As a teacher I certainly use my voice all the time and we have many students who are singers with heavy performance schedules. This lecture will give vital information to all those with an interest in their voice!”
Sarah has a special interest in the human voice and its potential medical benefits. She has invited her singing teacher Linda Hutchison to give the lecture.
Linda specialises in helping singers with speech and vocal problems and is currently advisor to Bart’s Hospital, London and Chatham Maritime Hospital, will speak at the event.
Linda will look at how the larynx develops and changes over time and things which are good – and not so good – for the health of your voice.
After a notable performing career which included working for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company as a principal soprano, Linda became interested in the anatomy of the voice and is now a leading adviser to singers with voice problems.
This lecture features as a series of events and workshops which are part of the Performance Studies course on the Bachelor of Music Programme (B.Mus) provided by the university.
It will be held at St Gregory’s Centre, North Holmes Road, Canterbury on Friday 19th February 2010 from 1 – 2.30 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public. For more information e-mail sarah.hale@canterbury.ac.uk or ring Sarah on 07944 469578
The lecture entitled “The Where, What, How of the Voice” aims to demystify common voice problems and explain the principles of good voice care.
Sarah, who is a singing teacher in the Music department at Christ Church University, said that the talk will be of wide interest – and not just to singers.
She said: “We all use our voices everyday in our jobs and at home. As a teacher I certainly use my voice all the time and we have many students who are singers with heavy performance schedules. This lecture will give vital information to all those with an interest in their voice!”
Sarah has a special interest in the human voice and its potential medical benefits. She has invited her singing teacher Linda Hutchison to give the lecture.
Linda specialises in helping singers with speech and vocal problems and is currently advisor to Bart’s Hospital, London and Chatham Maritime Hospital, will speak at the event.
Linda will look at how the larynx develops and changes over time and things which are good – and not so good – for the health of your voice.
After a notable performing career which included working for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company as a principal soprano, Linda became interested in the anatomy of the voice and is now a leading adviser to singers with voice problems.
This lecture features as a series of events and workshops which are part of the Performance Studies course on the Bachelor of Music Programme (B.Mus) provided by the university.
It will be held at St Gregory’s Centre, North Holmes Road, Canterbury on Friday 19th February 2010 from 1 – 2.30 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public. For more information e-mail sarah.hale@canterbury.ac.uk or ring Sarah on 07944 469578
BUDGET VIEWS PUT FORWARD
Local people have given their verdict on the services that they want to see council money being spent on in the future.
Nearly 400 people took part in this year's budget consultation, called "Your district. you decide", with people asked to prioritise various services that the council provides. They were also asked how they wanted to see the council saving money, as the council needs to find £1.8 million worth of savings in the 2010/11 budget.
The top priorities for residents were waste and recycling, street cleaning and economic development and regeneration. These results are the same for the second year running.
The council also asked people to say how important certain services, that the council does not legally have to provide, were to them. Economic development and regeneration were top of the list, followed by parks, open spaces and recreation and sports facilities.
When it came to cutting costs, people wanted to see the council look at new ways of generating income. They were also keen on seeing a reduction in the cost of supporting politicians and a review of the council's buildings and the rents and leases on them.
Nearly half of those who responded felt that the council provides good value for money, which was a 20% increase on the previous year. Residents were split as to whether they felt Thanet has the right level of Council Tax, compared to other councils.
Cllr. Martin Wise, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, said: "These results are really useful and will help to shape our budget plans over the next few years. Substantial amounts of money are already put into the services that residents say matter to them, such as waste and recycling and street cleaning and that shows we are spending money on people's priorities. That's our aim, so it's important to know which services are most important to our residents. They've also given us some good feedback in terms of where they think we should be saving money in the future. That's vital information, as the council, along with so many organisations, is going to need to save considerable sums of money over the next few years."
Last year's budget consultation led to extra resources being put into waste collection and street cleaning, as local people said these were their top priorities. People thought savings should be made by re-organising staff and sharing services with other councils, so the senior management structure was reduced, with a staff vacancy freeze imposed. The idea of sharing services with other councils is also being progressed.
Click on the link for more details
http://www.thanet.gov.uk/council__democracy/consultation/your_district__you_decide.aspx
Nearly 400 people took part in this year's budget consultation, called "Your district. you decide", with people asked to prioritise various services that the council provides. They were also asked how they wanted to see the council saving money, as the council needs to find £1.8 million worth of savings in the 2010/11 budget.
The top priorities for residents were waste and recycling, street cleaning and economic development and regeneration. These results are the same for the second year running.
The council also asked people to say how important certain services, that the council does not legally have to provide, were to them. Economic development and regeneration were top of the list, followed by parks, open spaces and recreation and sports facilities.
When it came to cutting costs, people wanted to see the council look at new ways of generating income. They were also keen on seeing a reduction in the cost of supporting politicians and a review of the council's buildings and the rents and leases on them.
Nearly half of those who responded felt that the council provides good value for money, which was a 20% increase on the previous year. Residents were split as to whether they felt Thanet has the right level of Council Tax, compared to other councils.
Cllr. Martin Wise, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, said: "These results are really useful and will help to shape our budget plans over the next few years. Substantial amounts of money are already put into the services that residents say matter to them, such as waste and recycling and street cleaning and that shows we are spending money on people's priorities. That's our aim, so it's important to know which services are most important to our residents. They've also given us some good feedback in terms of where they think we should be saving money in the future. That's vital information, as the council, along with so many organisations, is going to need to save considerable sums of money over the next few years."
Last year's budget consultation led to extra resources being put into waste collection and street cleaning, as local people said these were their top priorities. People thought savings should be made by re-organising staff and sharing services with other councils, so the senior management structure was reduced, with a staff vacancy freeze imposed. The idea of sharing services with other councils is also being progressed.
Click on the link for more details
http://www.thanet.gov.uk/council__democracy/consultation/your_district__you_decide.aspx
Free laptops and broadband for families with children in South Thanet
Hundreds of families with school age children across South Thanet could benefit from a new scheme offering a free laptop and broadband access, according to local Labour MP Stephen Ladyman.The scheme, which has been launched by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Schools Secretary Ed Balls, will mean thousands of children and their parents will be able to get internet access at home to boost their school work.
Trials of the programme showed that children who benefitted spent an hour more each week learning online, compared to their classmates who already had the internet at home. And 81 per cent of parents believed that home access had increased their involvement in their child’s learning.
South Thanet MP Stephen Ladyman is urging local parents to check whether they qualify under the ‘Home Access programme’. Families with a child in years 3 to 9 at school and eligible for free school meals can apply for the special laptop and broadband access by calling 0333 200 1004 or visiting http://www.homeaccess.org.uk/
Stephen Ladyman said:
“Computers are no longer a luxury for the few, but these days are just as essential a part of education as books, pens and paper.
“That’s why I welcome this new scheme to make sure children without the internet at home aren’t left behind.
“Hundreds of families across South Thanet could be eligible. It will give children the opportunity to do coursework and research on the internet - helping children succeed in school and get the skills they need to get good jobs in the future.
“It will also help parents get more involved in their child’s education, develop new skills and apply for jobs online.”
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
IT'S GOT TO GO - ASAP!
IT'S GOT GO - UPDATE (02/02/2010)
Latest message from Kent Highways engineer:
Visited today. Hoarding to be made secure today until removal which should be tomorrow.
----- Original Message -----
From: Clive Hart
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:22 AM
Subject: Fw: IT'S GOT TO GO - ASAP!
IT'S GOT GO - UPDATE (29/01/2010)
On site staff have informed KCC officers that the loose debris behind the hoarding will be clear by early next week and that a Kent Highways engineer will then re visit and look at the footway surface to ensure it is safe to move the hoarding back and re-open the footway.
Latest message from Kent Highways engineer:
Visited today. Hoarding to be made secure today until removal which should be tomorrow.
----- Original Message -----
From: Clive Hart
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:22 AM
Subject: Fw: IT'S GOT TO GO - ASAP!
IT'S GOT GO - UPDATE (29/01/2010)
On site staff have informed KCC officers that the loose debris behind the hoarding will be clear by early next week and that a Kent Highways engineer will then re visit and look at the footway surface to ensure it is safe to move the hoarding back and re-open the footway.
FLAT SIZE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR CLIFTONVILLE
NOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WHOLE OF THANET
Councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and Clive Hart are generally very pleased with progress on the Cliftonville Development Plan document that has now been seen and commented on by an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (response received 01/02/2010).
However, the Cliftonville West ward councillors, along with many residents groups representing their area, are disappointed that Thanet District Council chose not to back their request for larger minimum sizes for new dwellings.
TDC provided no evidence for the Cliftonville Development Plan inspector which would inform him of the appropriate size range for flats in the Cliftonville DPD area, and nor have TDC conducted any public consultation on suggested size limitation.
Health & Education promoter Cllr Linda Aldred said "there are many studies that link poor health to cramped living conditions and too many parts of Thanet suffer very poor health standards".
Justice of the Peace Cllr. Doug Clark said "we are very concerned about the frustrating effect that living in cramped and densely populated areas can have on mental health and crime".
Consequently, all three ward councillors have contacted the TDC Chief Executive and Head of Development Services proposing a broader solution to these problems:
TDC Opposition Leader Cllr Clive Hart said "as Thanet District Council expressed the view in the DPD document, that any size limitation should be decided for the whole District and not just for Cliftonville, we have called on TDC to immediately put in process a consultation with Thanet residents and arrange a debate among all council members to consider what size limitation would be appropriate for the district as a whole".
All three councillors have written jointly to Richard Samuel and Brian White to make the request.
PICTURE ATTACHED - Cllrs. Clive Hart, Linda Aldred & Clive Hart.
Published by Cllrs Aldred, Clark & Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 2RW.
NOTE: DPD INSPECTORS COMMENTS ON MINIMUM SIZES FOR FLATS IN CLIFTONVILLE
'Many of the respondents were concerned that the Council should review its guidelines concerning the size of flats, setting minimum sizes, and that its lack blunted the effectiveness of this policy. However, I have not seen any evidence which suggests that flat sizes should be different in different parts of the district. So I have no reason to disagree with the Council’s expressed view that any size limitation should be decided for the whole District and not just for Cliftonville. More importantly, the Council does not have any evidence which would inform the appropriate size range for flats in the DPD area, and nor has there been any evidence-based proposal for a specific size limitation which has been the subject of public consultation. Because of these last two points I could not introduce such a change to the policy at this late stage'.
Councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark and Clive Hart are generally very pleased with progress on the Cliftonville Development Plan document that has now been seen and commented on by an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (response received 01/02/2010).
However, the Cliftonville West ward councillors, along with many residents groups representing their area, are disappointed that Thanet District Council chose not to back their request for larger minimum sizes for new dwellings.
TDC provided no evidence for the Cliftonville Development Plan inspector which would inform him of the appropriate size range for flats in the Cliftonville DPD area, and nor have TDC conducted any public consultation on suggested size limitation.
Health & Education promoter Cllr Linda Aldred said "there are many studies that link poor health to cramped living conditions and too many parts of Thanet suffer very poor health standards".
Justice of the Peace Cllr. Doug Clark said "we are very concerned about the frustrating effect that living in cramped and densely populated areas can have on mental health and crime".
Consequently, all three ward councillors have contacted the TDC Chief Executive and Head of Development Services proposing a broader solution to these problems:
TDC Opposition Leader Cllr Clive Hart said "as Thanet District Council expressed the view in the DPD document, that any size limitation should be decided for the whole District and not just for Cliftonville, we have called on TDC to immediately put in process a consultation with Thanet residents and arrange a debate among all council members to consider what size limitation would be appropriate for the district as a whole".
All three councillors have written jointly to Richard Samuel and Brian White to make the request.
PICTURE ATTACHED - Cllrs. Clive Hart, Linda Aldred & Clive Hart.
Published by Cllrs Aldred, Clark & Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 2RW.
NOTE: DPD INSPECTORS COMMENTS ON MINIMUM SIZES FOR FLATS IN CLIFTONVILLE
'Many of the respondents were concerned that the Council should review its guidelines concerning the size of flats, setting minimum sizes, and that its lack blunted the effectiveness of this policy. However, I have not seen any evidence which suggests that flat sizes should be different in different parts of the district. So I have no reason to disagree with the Council’s expressed view that any size limitation should be decided for the whole District and not just for Cliftonville. More importantly, the Council does not have any evidence which would inform the appropriate size range for flats in the DPD area, and nor has there been any evidence-based proposal for a specific size limitation which has been the subject of public consultation. Because of these last two points I could not introduce such a change to the policy at this late stage'.
NEW FILM SHOWS THANET IN GRIP OF THE BLACK DEATH
The grizzly reality of life in Kent 800 years ago!
A remarkable film will be screened in Broadstairs on Feb 7th showing east Kent in the grip of the catastrophic plague known as the Black Death.
Set in 1348, the film tells the story of a medieval Thanet village, the people who live in it and the shocking impact the plague has on their lives.
Shot on location in Thanet, using a cast featuring many local people, the film vividly recreates the life of the period, including attitudes to women and the central role of religion.
Producer Norman Thomas said: “The film was based on extensive research into the period, but the thing that really brings it to life is the contribution of the local people.
“We explained to them what the plague would have been like and asked them to imagine what it would have meant to them, to see relatives and loved ones die, and to increasingly realise that they could do nothing about it.
“Our local “actors” really rose to the challenge and this gives rise to some truly moving moments.”
There are few written records of the impact of the Black Death on Thanet, but it is known that most of the people in the village of Acol died in the plague. The village was burnt to the ground in an attempt to stop the disease spreading.
The film also illustrates the weird and wonderful approach to health and medicine of the time. Mr Thomas said: “One of the strongest beliefs was in bleeding people to cure them. But there were many other odd ideas – for example, they thought goat’s droppings could cure gout or that wearing a stone around your neck would help cure internal bleeding.”
The film will be shown for two days only on Sunday at 5pm, on February 7 and February 28th in the Palace Cinema, Broadstairs. To book to see the film ring the Palace Cinema on 01843 865726.
A remarkable film will be screened in Broadstairs on Feb 7th showing east Kent in the grip of the catastrophic plague known as the Black Death.
Set in 1348, the film tells the story of a medieval Thanet village, the people who live in it and the shocking impact the plague has on their lives.
Shot on location in Thanet, using a cast featuring many local people, the film vividly recreates the life of the period, including attitudes to women and the central role of religion.
Producer Norman Thomas said: “The film was based on extensive research into the period, but the thing that really brings it to life is the contribution of the local people.
“We explained to them what the plague would have been like and asked them to imagine what it would have meant to them, to see relatives and loved ones die, and to increasingly realise that they could do nothing about it.
“Our local “actors” really rose to the challenge and this gives rise to some truly moving moments.”
There are few written records of the impact of the Black Death on Thanet, but it is known that most of the people in the village of Acol died in the plague. The village was burnt to the ground in an attempt to stop the disease spreading.
The film also illustrates the weird and wonderful approach to health and medicine of the time. Mr Thomas said: “One of the strongest beliefs was in bleeding people to cure them. But there were many other odd ideas – for example, they thought goat’s droppings could cure gout or that wearing a stone around your neck would help cure internal bleeding.”
The film will be shown for two days only on Sunday at 5pm, on February 7 and February 28th in the Palace Cinema, Broadstairs. To book to see the film ring the Palace Cinema on 01843 865726.
VARIETY SHOW @ THE LANTERN
VARIETY SHOW @ THE LANTERN
St George’s Parish Hall, Broad Street, Ramsgate
14th Feb 2010
Sunday 14th Feb Doors Open @ 7:00 pm start @ 7.30pm
Starlite Entertainers Productions Present
The Lantern St Valentine’s Variety Show
The 90 Minute Family Variety Show
Tickets
£5
(£4.50 Friends of the Lantern)
“The Valentine’s Day Variety Show” is a romantic musical family show
compeered by Ralph “Mr Ramsgate” Hoult and
featuring the 2009 Junior Make Me a Star winner
Amy Collins
together with
Singers Graham Dee and Emma Bearman
and
Musical Theatre Singers
Karl Dawson with Sian Webb
with
the Magic of Colin Hoult.
This is the first of many monthly shows at Thanet’s newest entertainment venue
the Lantern Theatre @ St George’s Church Hall, Broad Street Ramsgate.
Phone 07919 315 918 for further detail
THE RAMSGATE HISTORY CLUB
@ THE LANTERN
St George’s Parish Hall, Broad Street, Ramsgate
Spring Programme 2010
Meets every Thursday at 10:00am (tea or coffee) for 10:30am start
Tickets £3.50 - Friends of the Lantern £3.00
Phone 07919 315 918 for further detail
February 2010
4TH Feb A Day at the Seaside – Nostalgia - Ralph Hoult
11th Feb Regency Ramsgate – Multimedia Presentation
18th Feb Ramsgate Seafront Amusements – Nostalgia – Ralph Hoult
25th Feb Come to Sunny Ramsgate – Promotional Films from the 50s and 60s
St George’s Parish Hall, Broad Street, Ramsgate
14th Feb 2010
Sunday 14th Feb Doors Open @ 7:00 pm start @ 7.30pm
Starlite Entertainers Productions Present
The Lantern St Valentine’s Variety Show
The 90 Minute Family Variety Show
Tickets
£5
(£4.50 Friends of the Lantern)
“The Valentine’s Day Variety Show” is a romantic musical family show
compeered by Ralph “Mr Ramsgate” Hoult and
featuring the 2009 Junior Make Me a Star winner
Amy Collins
together with
Singers Graham Dee and Emma Bearman
and
Musical Theatre Singers
Karl Dawson with Sian Webb
with
the Magic of Colin Hoult.
This is the first of many monthly shows at Thanet’s newest entertainment venue
the Lantern Theatre @ St George’s Church Hall, Broad Street Ramsgate.
Phone 07919 315 918 for further detail
THE RAMSGATE HISTORY CLUB
@ THE LANTERN
St George’s Parish Hall, Broad Street, Ramsgate
Spring Programme 2010
Meets every Thursday at 10:00am (tea or coffee) for 10:30am start
Tickets £3.50 - Friends of the Lantern £3.00
Phone 07919 315 918 for further detail
February 2010
4TH Feb A Day at the Seaside – Nostalgia - Ralph Hoult
11th Feb Regency Ramsgate – Multimedia Presentation
18th Feb Ramsgate Seafront Amusements – Nostalgia – Ralph Hoult
25th Feb Come to Sunny Ramsgate – Promotional Films from the 50s and 60s
KENT RESTAURANT AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Winners of the Kent Restaurant Awards 2009, in association with OrderOnlineNow.co.uk and sponsored by Vertex Law, were unveiled at a glittering awards dinner attended by more than hundred guests at Ashford International Hotel on Thursday 28th January. The evening was hosted by the renowned after dinner speaker - Bob “the Cat” Bevan, MBE.
The winners are:Best CaféAge & Sons Cafe-Bar - Ramsgate
Best TakeawayPrince of India - Faversham
Best Oriental RestaurantThai Square - Sevenoaks
Best InternationalBuenos Aires- Maidstone
Best Indian RestaurantRaja of Kent - Tenterden
Best Italian RestaurantLa Magnolia - Ramsgate
Best French RestaurantLe Restaurant Fabrice - Teynham
Best English Restaurant
Richard Phillips at Chapel Down - Tenterden
Best Gastro PubGeorge and Dragon - Ightham
Best Hotel RestaurantEastwell Manor - Ashford
Best Seafood RestaurantHythe Bay Seafood Restaurant - Hythe
Best Gourmet RestaurantThackeray’s - Tunbridge Wells
There were also three special awards for:
Best NewcomerEddie Gilberts – Ramsgate
Best Winer CellarMontrose – Tunbridge Wells
Best LaunchHarvey’s - Ramsgate
Over 6500 members of the public nominated and voted for more than 300 establishments across the county. A panel of expert judges visited a shortlist of more than 70 venues, assessing the quality of the cooking, service and ambience, awarding additional marks for the use of local produce of sound provenance using sustainable farming practices.
“The evening was a tremendous success,” said OrderOnlineNow founder Andrew Frisbee, who added, “-We hope the Awards will help to raise culinary standard to a new level and put Kent on the gastro tourist map.”
The winners are:Best CaféAge & Sons Cafe-Bar - Ramsgate
Best TakeawayPrince of India - Faversham
Best Oriental RestaurantThai Square - Sevenoaks
Best InternationalBuenos Aires- Maidstone
Best Indian RestaurantRaja of Kent - Tenterden
Best Italian RestaurantLa Magnolia - Ramsgate
Best French RestaurantLe Restaurant Fabrice - Teynham
Best English Restaurant
Richard Phillips at Chapel Down - Tenterden
Best Gastro PubGeorge and Dragon - Ightham
Best Hotel RestaurantEastwell Manor - Ashford
Best Seafood RestaurantHythe Bay Seafood Restaurant - Hythe
Best Gourmet RestaurantThackeray’s - Tunbridge Wells
There were also three special awards for:
Best NewcomerEddie Gilberts – Ramsgate
Best Winer CellarMontrose – Tunbridge Wells
Best LaunchHarvey’s - Ramsgate
Over 6500 members of the public nominated and voted for more than 300 establishments across the county. A panel of expert judges visited a shortlist of more than 70 venues, assessing the quality of the cooking, service and ambience, awarding additional marks for the use of local produce of sound provenance using sustainable farming practices.
“The evening was a tremendous success,” said OrderOnlineNow founder Andrew Frisbee, who added, “-We hope the Awards will help to raise culinary standard to a new level and put Kent on the gastro tourist map.”
SHOP, EAT AND DRINK MORE LOCALLY
Restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars are being encouraged to get involved with the Shop Local First campaign, which aims to give residents and visitors a real reason to shop locally in Thanet.
The scheme was developed by the council, with support from local traders, and brings together businesses in the five pilot areas of Birchington, Broadstairs, Cliftonville's Northdown Road, Margate and Ramsgate.
Since Shop Local First was launched in November 2009, nearly 30,000 incentive cards, with offers from more than 120 shops, have been given out.
Now the council is looking to expand the scheme to include more food and drinks businesses in the five pilot areas, with the aim of getting 50 signed up by Friday 19 February. The next phase of Shop Local First, introducing these businesses, would then launch in time for Easter. Letters and forms are being sent out by the council to local businesses to gauge the level of interest.
Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr. Sandy Ezekiel, said: "Shop Local First is the council's way of supporting local businesses. We're aiming to get the message across to both local people and visitors to the area about the superb variety of shops you can find in the area's towns and villages. There are so many unique businesses to be found across Thanet, all offering great services and products. Having successfully launched the scheme, we now want to try and extend it to cover more food and drink businesses in the run-up to the busy summer season. There are so many wonderful places in Thanet to go out and enjoy a meal, snack or a drink and it's those businesses we now want to join Shop Local First."
Local people can pick up their Shop First Local Incentive Card from over 100 businesses taking part, in libraries and Thanet's Gateway Plus in Margate.
The scheme is running initially run for a year, but if successful, it could be extended for longer and into other parts of Thanet. Businesses taking part in the scheme display a Shop Local First sticker in their window. Businesses who want to join the scheme should call 01843 577050. For more information about the scheme and to find out which businesses are signed up to Shop Local First, visit www.thanet.gov.uk/shoplocal
The scheme was developed by the council, with support from local traders, and brings together businesses in the five pilot areas of Birchington, Broadstairs, Cliftonville's Northdown Road, Margate and Ramsgate.
Since Shop Local First was launched in November 2009, nearly 30,000 incentive cards, with offers from more than 120 shops, have been given out.
Now the council is looking to expand the scheme to include more food and drinks businesses in the five pilot areas, with the aim of getting 50 signed up by Friday 19 February. The next phase of Shop Local First, introducing these businesses, would then launch in time for Easter. Letters and forms are being sent out by the council to local businesses to gauge the level of interest.
Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr. Sandy Ezekiel, said: "Shop Local First is the council's way of supporting local businesses. We're aiming to get the message across to both local people and visitors to the area about the superb variety of shops you can find in the area's towns and villages. There are so many unique businesses to be found across Thanet, all offering great services and products. Having successfully launched the scheme, we now want to try and extend it to cover more food and drink businesses in the run-up to the busy summer season. There are so many wonderful places in Thanet to go out and enjoy a meal, snack or a drink and it's those businesses we now want to join Shop Local First."
Local people can pick up their Shop First Local Incentive Card from over 100 businesses taking part, in libraries and Thanet's Gateway Plus in Margate.
The scheme is running initially run for a year, but if successful, it could be extended for longer and into other parts of Thanet. Businesses taking part in the scheme display a Shop Local First sticker in their window. Businesses who want to join the scheme should call 01843 577050. For more information about the scheme and to find out which businesses are signed up to Shop Local First, visit www.thanet.gov.uk/shoplocal
Monday, 1 February 2010
New documents published by Thanet District Council,
01/02/2010 - Agenda supplement published - 2010-11 Budget & Medium Term Financial Plan
2010-15 : 2010-11 Budget & Medium Term Financial Plan 2010-15: Meeting of Feb 11 2010 7:00PM, Cabinet
01/02/2010 - Agenda published: Meeting of Feb 11 2010 7:00PM, Cabinet
29/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 15 2010 2:00PM, Corporate Improvement and Budget Working Party - Sub Group - Housing Landlord Service
27/01/2010 - Agenda published: Meeting of Feb 4 2010 10:00AM, Overview and Scrutiny Panel
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 7:00PM, Overview and Scrutiny Panel
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 5:00PM, Asset Management Working Group
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 3:00PM, Corporate Improvement & Budget Working Party
26/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 10:00AM, East Kent Joint Arrangements Committee
26/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 10:00AM, Corporate Improvement and Budget Working Party - Sub Group - Waste & Recycling
25/01/2010 - Decision Published: Approval to allow Sponsorship of £100.00 (One Hundred) for the Global Ocean Race 2011 - 2012.; Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services and Ramsgate Marina
25/01/2010 - Issue Published: Approval to allow Sponsorship of £100.00 (One Hundred) for the Global Ocean Race 2011 - 2012.
25/01/2010 - Issue Published: Approval for the exemption of harbour dues for vessels associated with the Channel Dash Heroes memorial event.
25/01/2010 - Decision Published: Approval for the exemption of harbour dues for vessels associated with the Channel Dash Heroes memorial event.; Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services and Ramsgate Marina
22/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 14 2010 9:30AM, East Kent Joint Scrutiny Committee
21/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 12 2010 10:00AM, Licensing Board
21/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 12 2010 10:45AM, Licensing Sub Commitee
2010-15 : 2010-11 Budget & Medium Term Financial Plan 2010-15: Meeting of Feb 11 2010 7:00PM, Cabinet
01/02/2010 - Agenda published: Meeting of Feb 11 2010 7:00PM, Cabinet
29/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 15 2010 2:00PM, Corporate Improvement and Budget Working Party - Sub Group - Housing Landlord Service
27/01/2010 - Agenda published: Meeting of Feb 4 2010 10:00AM, Overview and Scrutiny Panel
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 7:00PM, Overview and Scrutiny Panel
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 5:00PM, Asset Management Working Group
26/01/2010 - Meeting held: Jan 26 2010 3:00PM, Corporate Improvement & Budget Working Party
26/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 10:00AM, East Kent Joint Arrangements Committee
26/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 20 2010 10:00AM, Corporate Improvement and Budget Working Party - Sub Group - Waste & Recycling
25/01/2010 - Decision Published: Approval to allow Sponsorship of £100.00 (One Hundred) for the Global Ocean Race 2011 - 2012.; Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services and Ramsgate Marina
25/01/2010 - Issue Published: Approval to allow Sponsorship of £100.00 (One Hundred) for the Global Ocean Race 2011 - 2012.
25/01/2010 - Issue Published: Approval for the exemption of harbour dues for vessels associated with the Channel Dash Heroes memorial event.
25/01/2010 - Decision Published: Approval for the exemption of harbour dues for vessels associated with the Channel Dash Heroes memorial event.; Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services and Ramsgate Marina
22/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 14 2010 9:30AM, East Kent Joint Scrutiny Committee
21/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 12 2010 10:00AM, Licensing Board
21/01/2010 - Minutes published: Meeting of Jan 12 2010 10:45AM, Licensing Sub Commitee
Last two weeks planning applications,
Ed. The TDC planning website is one of the most bizarre websites I have ever come across in as much as the web addresses of the pages on it change after a few hours so you can’t publish links to them. If you want to look at any of the applications you need to go to the site and enter the application reference in the search box, this link takes you to the site http://www.ukplanning.com/thanet
29 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0059
GRAND GARAGE, 1-11 HAROLD ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 2HT
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0036
4 FORT CRESCENT MARGATE CT91HN
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0050
246 HERESON ROAD RAMSGATE CT117ET
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0062
22 MILLFIELD ROAD RAMSGATE CT126QW
current
29 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0030
4 FORT CRESCENT MARGATE CT91HN
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0953
82 SWEYN ROAD, MARGATE, CT92DD
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1003
2 HORSA ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT79PN
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0061
45 WINDERMERE AVENUE RAMSGATE CT110PL
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0063
54 BROADSTAIRS ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102RW
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0035
QUEX PARK MAIN ENTRANCE BIRCHINGTON CT70BH
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0047
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0058
BIRCHINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE MINNIS ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT79HQ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0839
46 SCHOOL LANE RAMSGATE CT118QX
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0976
5-7 SEA ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SA
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0981
3 BAKERY MEWS ST PETERS FOOTPATH MARGATE CT91TZ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1028
29 THE PADDOCKS BROADSTAIRS CT103AJ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1042
QUEX PARK MAIN ENTRANCE BIRCHINGTON CT70BH
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0018
FLAT 3, 1 INVERNESS TERRACE BROADSTAIRS CT101QZ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0032
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0051
21 DUMPTON PARK DRIVE BROADSTAIRS CT101RQ
current
26 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0049
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/01/1127
12B KING STREET MARGATE CT91DA
decided
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0841
KEELE HOUSE 176-178 HIGH STREET RAMSGATE CT119TS
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1018
FORMER BON SECOUR NURSING HOME, LONDON ROAD, RAMSGATE
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1030
11 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101DY
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1053
109-111 NORTHDOWN ROAD CLIFTONVILLE MARGATE CT92QY
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1056
63 CANTERBURY ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 5AS
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1059
NEWLIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 8 CHURCH STREET, MARGATE, CT9 1ST
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0015
103 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101EB
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0025
10 HIGH STREET GARLINGE MARGATE CT95LN
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0033
69 WEST CLIFF ROAD RAMSGATE CT119NP
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0034
99 CRESCENT ROAD RAMSGATE CT119RD
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0039
5 CHATHAM STREET RAMSGATE CT117PP
current
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/01/1129
128-14 KING STREET, MARGATE, KENT
decided
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/1031
11 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101DY
current
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0045
LIGHTHOUSE COTTAGES, NORTH FORELAND ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3NW
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0811
24 GRANVILLE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101QB
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0827
GORE COURT GORE STREET MONKTON RAMSGATE CT124LL
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0978
26 ADELAIDE GARDENS RAMSGATE CT119HH
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0996
56A ALBION STREET BROADSTAIRS CT101NF
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1010
5 THANET LODGE THANET ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88PB
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1041
LAND ADJACENT TO THE PROMENADE ALL SAINTS AVENUE MARGATE
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1054
9 SEA ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SA
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1057
2 DARYNGTON AVENUE BIRCHINGTON CT79PS
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0010
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS, OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0011
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0026
7 THANET ROAD MARGATE CT91UA
current
20 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/1038
112 GROSVENOR PLACE MARGATE CT91UY
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0885
HARTSDOWN HOUSE, HARTSDOWN PARK, MARGATE, CT9 5QT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0990
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0995
WENDYCOT CANTERBURY ROAD ST. NICHOLAS AT WADE BIRCHINGTON CT70PG
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1019
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1033
13 CANTERBURY ROAD EAST RAMSGATE CT110JX
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1037
143-145 KING STREET RAMSGATE CT118PN
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1044
71 FITZROY AVENUE BROADSTAIRS CT103LT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0009
COURTSTAIRS LODGE, PEGWELL ROAD, RAMSGATE, CT11 0JE
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0014
5 UPCHURCH WALK MARGATE CT93NT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0016
THANET EARTH SEAMARK ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT70JL
current
18 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/0989
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
29 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0059
GRAND GARAGE, 1-11 HAROLD ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 2HT
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0036
4 FORT CRESCENT MARGATE CT91HN
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0050
246 HERESON ROAD RAMSGATE CT117ET
current
29 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0062
22 MILLFIELD ROAD RAMSGATE CT126QW
current
29 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0030
4 FORT CRESCENT MARGATE CT91HN
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0953
82 SWEYN ROAD, MARGATE, CT92DD
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1003
2 HORSA ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT79PN
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0061
45 WINDERMERE AVENUE RAMSGATE CT110PL
current
28 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0063
54 BROADSTAIRS ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102RW
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0035
QUEX PARK MAIN ENTRANCE BIRCHINGTON CT70BH
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0047
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
26 Jan 2010
A/TH/10/0058
BIRCHINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE MINNIS ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT79HQ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0839
46 SCHOOL LANE RAMSGATE CT118QX
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0976
5-7 SEA ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SA
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0981
3 BAKERY MEWS ST PETERS FOOTPATH MARGATE CT91TZ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1028
29 THE PADDOCKS BROADSTAIRS CT103AJ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1042
QUEX PARK MAIN ENTRANCE BIRCHINGTON CT70BH
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0018
FLAT 3, 1 INVERNESS TERRACE BROADSTAIRS CT101QZ
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0032
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
26 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0051
21 DUMPTON PARK DRIVE BROADSTAIRS CT101RQ
current
26 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0049
STONE PIER MARGATE HARBOUR ARM MARGATE CT91HG
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/01/1127
12B KING STREET MARGATE CT91DA
decided
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0841
KEELE HOUSE 176-178 HIGH STREET RAMSGATE CT119TS
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1018
FORMER BON SECOUR NURSING HOME, LONDON ROAD, RAMSGATE
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1030
11 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101DY
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1053
109-111 NORTHDOWN ROAD CLIFTONVILLE MARGATE CT92QY
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1056
63 CANTERBURY ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 5AS
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1059
NEWLIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 8 CHURCH STREET, MARGATE, CT9 1ST
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0015
103 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101EB
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0025
10 HIGH STREET GARLINGE MARGATE CT95LN
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0033
69 WEST CLIFF ROAD RAMSGATE CT119NP
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0034
99 CRESCENT ROAD RAMSGATE CT119RD
current
22 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0039
5 CHATHAM STREET RAMSGATE CT117PP
current
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/01/1129
128-14 KING STREET, MARGATE, KENT
decided
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/1031
11 STONE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101DY
current
22 Jan 2010
L/TH/10/0045
LIGHTHOUSE COTTAGES, NORTH FORELAND ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3NW
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0811
24 GRANVILLE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT101QB
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0827
GORE COURT GORE STREET MONKTON RAMSGATE CT124LL
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0978
26 ADELAIDE GARDENS RAMSGATE CT119HH
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0996
56A ALBION STREET BROADSTAIRS CT101NF
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1010
5 THANET LODGE THANET ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88PB
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1041
LAND ADJACENT TO THE PROMENADE ALL SAINTS AVENUE MARGATE
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1054
9 SEA ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA CT88SA
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1057
2 DARYNGTON AVENUE BIRCHINGTON CT79PS
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0010
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS, OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0011
STROUD WINDOWS & DOORS OLD FLAIG GLASSWORKS MARGATE ROAD BROADSTAIRS CT102PR
current
20 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0026
7 THANET ROAD MARGATE CT91UA
current
20 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/1038
112 GROSVENOR PLACE MARGATE CT91UY
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0885
HARTSDOWN HOUSE, HARTSDOWN PARK, MARGATE, CT9 5QT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0990
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/0995
WENDYCOT CANTERBURY ROAD ST. NICHOLAS AT WADE BIRCHINGTON CT70PG
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1019
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1033
13 CANTERBURY ROAD EAST RAMSGATE CT110JX
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1037
143-145 KING STREET RAMSGATE CT118PN
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/09/1044
71 FITZROY AVENUE BROADSTAIRS CT103LT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0009
COURTSTAIRS LODGE, PEGWELL ROAD, RAMSGATE, CT11 0JE
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0014
5 UPCHURCH WALK MARGATE CT93NT
current
18 Jan 2010
F/TH/10/0016
THANET EARTH SEAMARK ROAD BIRCHINGTON CT70JL
current
18 Jan 2010
L/TH/09/0989
EAST COURT SCHOOL BROCKENHURST ROAD RAMSGATE CT118ED
current
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