Edenbridge Town Council

We are aware that an application has been submitted relating to new fencing and a new entrance at land at Hever Road (west of Burnt Oak Farm). This is the application Sevenoaks District Council was expecting to the made following conversations with the occupier of the land. Regardless of the Article 4 restrictions now on the land, that person still has the right to apply for planning permission on the land and it will be dealt with by an officer in the normal way and should be determined within 8 weeks of being validated. Kent County Council Highways will be consulted on the application due to the fact that a new access from the highway is being proposed.

The application can be viewed on SDC planning portal application number 20/02217/FUL (click application no for link) and all comments regarding this application should be made via the SDC planning portal.

Edenbridge Town Council Planning and Transportation Committee will consider this at its next meeting on 7 September, and make its recommendation to SDC.

Details are available on the website click here 

A copy of the Guidance and Procedures for CIL are on the above link.

Bids can be submitted by the Town Council Councillors, community groups and infrastructure providers for projects that will benefit Edenbridge and meet the requirements in the guidance notes and CIL regulations.

Contact the Town Council for any questions: townclerk@edenbridgetowncouncil.gov.uk  or call 01732 865368

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Remember to follow the government’s latest advice for social distancing and to remain aware!

Stay safe and well

The Town Council is inviting tenders to create a modern, inclusive and exciting outside gym and fitness area incorporating a Street Snooker™ multi-use games activity wall at Stangrove Park. The outdoor gym equipment will cover a range of fitness components, provide variety and suitable for different age groups and physical abilities. Details are available on the Contractfinder website (closing date 3 August).

Meetings for the full Council and its Committees will be called as needed and held remotely. For information and guidelines how these will be managed, please click here.

Agendas will continue to published on the Council’s website with the minimum three clear days notice given. Meetings will be published on the Council’s calendar and on the Council or appropriate Committee page.

Members of the public and press are welcome to attend the remote meeting. To obtain details about how to attend the meeting remotely, and
if you wish to comment on an agenda item please e-mail the Town Clerk by 9.00 am of the day of the meeting.

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The current COVID-19 crisis and the Government measures that have been in place since 23 March, has meant that we have all had to adapt and change the way in which we work. As a result the Town Council took the decision to suspend all meetings whilst it swung in to action to co-ordinated the response for Care for our Community and continue with necessary operational business only.

On 2 April, the Government published changes for Council meetings and the way that can be held, as well as removing the requirement to hold an annual council meeting (The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020). Under regulation 4, it says that Councils may alter the frequency, move or cancel such meetings.

This provides that where an appointment would otherwise be made or is required to be made at an annual meeting of a local authority, the appointment continues until the next annual meeting of the authority or until such time as that authority may determine (Regulation 4 (2). This would apply to the election of the chairman, the first business at the annual council meeting. Therefore the current chairman will remain in place until an annual meeting is held (possibly next year) unless the council decide to elect a replacement earlier.

Regulation 5 allows local councils to hold remote meetings using its preferred form of electronic communications.  Edenbridge Town Council will call ‘remote’ meeting(s) when it considers it to be necessary and will publish notice of any public meetings in the usual way under the Local Government Act 1972 sch 12 (10).

All current calendar meetings are cancelled until further notice. The Council will call remote meetings for the full Council and Open Spaces Committee in due course.

The Planning Committee will call a remote meeting where there are potential contentious applications. In the meantime, where it is not viable to hold a meeting applications will continue to be considered under executive powers set out in the Planning Committee Terms of Reference. Responses to consultations are submitted to Sevenoaks District Council.

High street shops and stores are set to reopen once they are Coronavirus secure and can show customers they will be kept safe. The High Street will have signage to remind residents to maintain social distancing. Edenbridge Town Council has been liaising with Sevenoaks District Council (SDC) to ensure that the appropriate measures are in place in Edenbridge. SDC has also prepared information packs and will be delivering these to local retailers, or they can be viewed on its website- https://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/info/20069142/coronavirus_covid-19/526/coronavirus_-_guidance_for_businesses_reopening