Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm. No appointment needed: just turn up.
Children and parents at Folkestone St Martin's Primary School in Horn Street, Folkestone have today been sent home with the news that St Martin's has been assessed as OUTSTANDING in every one of the five assessment categories in their recent Ofsted evaluation.
Guidance from Kent Highways where vegetation from gardens is obstructing footpaths, lamp columns, reducing the width of the carriageway and affecting visibility splays.
Folkestone's Forrester Way car park was recently resurfaced by Shepway District Council: really welcomed and not before time.
A streetlight repainting project in Sandgate High Street broke local tradition by starting the day AFTER election day.
The Chairman and Parish Councillors invite you to attend two annual meetings that will take place next Tuesday: Sandgate's Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parish Council Meeting - both in the Sandgate Library/Council Office. At the end of the second meeting, there will be drinks and a light finger buffet.
Local restaurant owner Kishore Sapkota is organising a Curry buffet dinner at his restaurant the Gurkha Palace in Sandgate Valley this Monday to raise funds to support Nepal earthquake victims. The Gurkha Palace will provide food and all the money raised will go towards the cause.
