Tel/Fax

Email

Cllr A Eyre (Con)
Cllr R L Piper (Con)
Cllr R Parry (Con)

Tel      01732 464865

Cllr.Eyre@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel/Fax 01732 455355

Cllr.Piper@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel      01732 461392

Cllr.Parry@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Cllr J G Brigden (Lib Dem)
Cllr M Canet (Lib Dem)
Cllr P E Towell (Con)

Tel      01732 740216

Cllr.Brigden@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel      01732 461397

Cllr.Canet@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel      01732 459953 

Council@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Cllr R M C Hogarth (Con)
Cllr Mrs A E Dawson (Con)
Cllr S G Raikes (Con)

Tel        01732 760325

Cllr.Hogarth@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel/Fax  01732 457716

Cllr.Dawson@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel        01732 451707

Cllr.Raikes@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Cllr P Allen (Con)
Cllr J F London (Con)
Cllr M G Short (Con)

Tel      01732 459953

Council@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel/Fax 01732 456327

Cllr.London@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel      01732 760263

Cllr.Short@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Cllr Mrs M E Crabtree (Con)

Tel/Fax  01732 461511

Cllr.Crabtree@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Cllr A S Clayton (Lib Dem)
Cllr Mrs S Camp (Lib Dem)
Cllr Mrs P C Walshe (Lib Dem)

Tel/Fax  01732 451087

Cllr.Clayton@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel        01732 464674

Cllr.Camp@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Tel        01732 454769

Cllr.Walshe@Sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Town Clerk -  Linda Larter MBE

Email:council@sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Finance Officer - Christine Parvin

Email: council@sevenoakstown.gov.uk

Sevenoaks Town Council

The Town Council or its Committees meet on most Monday evenings at 7pm and members of the public are welcome to attend.  Click here for planned meetings.

1. The aim of the Council will be to offer community leadership to ensure Sevenoaks develops into the best market town in Kent, the objective will be realised in two ways. First, by engagement in local initiatives and forming relationships with other stakeholders. Secondly, by promoting the well-being of residents of the town through support for leisure, sporting and cultural activities, by improving the environment and infrastructure of the town and by fostering its commercial prosperity.

2. To achieve these objectives the Council will each year give priority to:

2.1 New leisure and sporting facilities or the expansion of existing facilities

2.2 Acquiring additional green open spaces

2.3 Increasing tourism, supporting live cultural events and initiatives to promote commercial activity.

2.4 Grant-aiding voluntary organisations undertaking community activities especially those targeted at lower income groups

2.5 Actively promoting environmentally friendly and 'green' procedures for all town council facilities and functions, subject to available resources.

3. Achieving our strategic aims

3.1 Leisure and Sporting Activities

3.2 The Council will provide additional or improved facilities for its existing sports and recreation grounds. It will also consider assuming responsibility for existing grounds from the District Council subject to available funding.

3.3 Open Spaces

3.4 The Council will endeavour to purchase land within the Town boundary or land adjacent or near to the boundary which might be used to promote its objectives, including the prevention of unwanted development and to improve public accessibility to Council owned land.


3.5 Commercial Development, Tourism and Cultural Events

3.6 The Council will increase its sponsorship and grants for cultural events and other initiatives which promote community and commercial activity and enhancing the image of the Town and for measures which combat anti-social behaviour.

3.7 Voluntary Activities

3.8 The Council will consider increasing the size and number of grants for voluntary organisations which meet its strategic objectives.

4. Resources

To achieve these ambitious aims the Council requires a matching financial strategy to raise additional income and capital. This strategy would combine the following elements, rather than treat the precept as a first recourse to funding :-

4.1 Raising rents, fees and charges within the limits set by the market

4.2 Using grants, in most cases, for pump-priming.

4.3 Contracting out facilities and services where appropriate.

4.4 Consider disposing of assets where appropriate which are not relevant to our strategic 
            Objectives

4.5 Borrowing for major capital projects or purchases
       
4.6 Applying where appropriate for external funding to underwrite town projects
       
4.7 Consider entering into agency agreements to carry out contracts on behalf of other organisations for the benefit of the town either through an improved service and / or cost saving.