Councillors

Whitfield Parish Council has 14 seats. There are no wards within the Parish so all Council Members serve the whole community and would be happy to assist with any issues you may have. If they cannot help they will know who to ask or where to go for further advice. Councillors can be contacted through the Parish Clerk by phone, email or post.

We currently have Vacancies for Councillors, so applications to the Parish Clerk to join the Council are invited. Details of the application and selection process is given in the Co-option and Selection of Councillors procedure that can be viewed on the Council Documents Page.

For details on individual Councillors please follow the below link which takes you to Dover District Councils website where this information is publicly available

https://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=199&LS=3

The main functions of the Parish Council are to;

• Provide a public forum whereby Members may ask questions on matters relevant to the Council’s functions and to bring forward matters for debate;
• Receive reports and to adopt or otherwise deal with the recommendations from all Committees, Sub-Committees, Working Groups and Members providing opportunity for questions and comments from Members;
• Determine the major policy decisions and objectives of the Parish Council and their priority;
• Deal with the various Highways and Transport issues as they arise.

Routine matters of the Recreation and Planning Committees are usually dealt with at the Monthly meetings of the Parish Council, with formal meetings of these Committees being held as necessary.

The Finance Committee meets twice a year, or more often if necessary.

All Councillors serve on at least one committee. The membership and area of responsibility for each committee is set out below: