Council Meetings

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Town Council Meetings 2026-2027

Town Council Committees 2026-2027

April 2026

Full Council Members Meeting Monday 13^th April 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting 20^th April 2026

May 2026

Town & Parish Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 19^th May 2026

Annual General Meeting – 6.30pm Monday 19th May 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 18^th May 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Tuesday 26^th May 2026

June 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 1^st June 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 15^th June 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 22^nd June 2026

July 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday  6^th July 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 20^th July 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 27^th July 2026

August 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 17^th August 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 24^th August 2026

September 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday  7^th September 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 21^st  September 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 28^th September 2026

October 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 5^th October 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 19th October 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 26th October 2026

November 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 2^nd November 2026

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 65.30pm Monday 16^th November 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 23^rd November 2026

December 2026

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 7^th December 2026

Finance & General  Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 21^st December 2026

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 28^th December 2026

January 2027

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 4^th January 2027

Finance & General  Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 18^th January 2027

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 25^th January 2027

February 2027

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 1^st February 2027

Finance & General-Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 15^th February 2027

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 22^nd February 2027

March 2027

Full Council Members Meeting – 6.00pm Monday 1^st March 2027

Finance & General Purpose Committee Meeting – 5.30pm Monday 15th March 2027

Planning & Environment Committee Meeting – 5.00pm Monday 22^nd March 2027

Meetings Calendar 2025/2026 

Town Council Committees 2025-2026

Finance, Amenities and General Purposes Committee

This meeting is to be held the third Monday of each month at 6.00 p.m.

1. Lee Siddall
2.  Tom Melville
3. Rachel Waterman
4. Catherine Fox
5. Julie MacDonald
6. Kate Cernik
7. Sam Naylor
8. Bob Cernik
9. Catriona Stewart
10.  Andy Kent

    Planning & Environment Committee

This meeting will be held every fourth Monday of the month at 5.00 p.m.

1. Bob Cernik
2.  Patricia Parkes
3. Jo Risley
4. Janet Illidge
5. Catherine Fox
6. Andy Stott
7. Stephen Harcombe
8. Graham Emmett
9. Emma Guy
10. Olwyn Dean

Grants Committee

Meetings will be held on the following dates at 5.30 p.m.

Dates to be confirmed (2 meetings each year)

1. Andy Kent
2. Rachel Waterman
3. Tom Melville
4. Kate Cernik
5. Catriona Stewart
6.  Olwyn Dean
7. Julie MacDonald
8.  Janet Illidge
9. Patricia Parkes
10.  Lee Siddall

 Policy & Operations Committee

Chair & Vice from all the above Committees, meetings as requested.

1. Town Mayor
2. Deputy Town Mayor
3. Chair of Planning & Environment
4.  Vice Chair of Planning & Environment
5. Chair of Grants
6. Vice Chair of Grants
7. Chair of Finance & Amenities
8. Vice Chair of Finance & Amenities

Personnel Committee to be agreed at first meeting of Policy & Operations

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Chairs and Vice Chairs of all Committees to be elected at their first Committee meetings.

 Information

Full Council meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at 6.00 pm, with the exception of Bank Holidays when the meeting will be held the following  Monday.

The Amenities Committee, Grants Committee and Policy and Operations Committee meet on an ad hoc basis as required.

Meeting times for all committees will be shown in agendas posted on the Council  website 3 days beforehand.

Members of the public can attend all meetings, but will be unable to make any comments.

If a member of  the public wishes to bring an issue to the Town Council this must be put in writing to the Chief Officer at least 7 working days before the meeting and may speak in the ‘Open Forum’, for a maximum of 5 minutes and 5 minutes for questions.    No discussion will take place, but the member of the public will be responded to in writing as necessary.