Our Parish Council

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    OUR PARISH COUNCIL

    The parish of Rodmell and Northease has less than 200 dwellings, which makes it one of the smallest in the country, but it is still subject to all the legal regulations of a statutory body. We have seven elected Councillors, all volunteers, plus a Parish Clerk who is our Responsible Financial Officer and the only person who is paid. As a representative body we don’t have a very strong position: while we are constantly accessible to our parishioners we have a rather limited amount of influence and very little actual power. What we mainly do is to act as a filter and conduit for local needs and opinions, which we try to direct to those who do have the power – though nowadays not always the funds – to respond.

    Many people think of a parish – and by association its Council – as being to something do with the church, but in fact a parish is firstly an administrative region, and the Parish Council – not to be confused with the Parochial Church Council – is this country’s smallest building block of local government.

    With the new General Data Protection Regulations only the latest mountain of red tape threatening to smother even the smallest of public organisations, many people might be questioning whether it is worth the while of volunteers to be involved in something that enjoys so little power and so much regulation as a Parish Council.

    But if a community like ours wants to have at least token voice in choosing its destiny, the Parish Council needs to be a vital part of its life. If it fails to elect at least three Councillors, it risks being at the mercy of a much larger Town, District or County organisation which almost certainly knows and cares less about its needs and aspirations than those who live there. On this website (which is owned and operated by the Parish Council) we try to detail some of the ways that the Council works for the village, to give you access to our recent activities and documents, and to keep you up to date with what you need to know and in some cases can take part in deciding.

  • Rodmell Parish Councillors 2019/20

    John Gillies (Chairman)
    01273 476508
    07775 521883
    j.gillies@rodmell.net
    (Portfolio: Website, Highways contacts)

    Sarah Last
    01273 483523
    07961 424406
    s.last@rodmell.net
    sarahlast1@me.com
    (Portfolio: RPC rep. on Village Hall Committee, Rodmell Noticeboards, The Street)

    Lesley Prosser (Deputy Chair)
    01273 471614
    07941 791156
    l.prosser@rodmell.net
    (Portfolio:

    David Smart
    01273 478151
    d.smart@rodmell.net
    dsmart580@gmail.com
    (Portfolio: Allotments, Trees, Sports field management; Agriculture)

    Nikki Terry
    07816 480466
    n.terry@rodmell.net
    (Portfolio: Planning)

    Sue Carroll
    01273 474723
    07757 571941
    s.carroll@rodmell.net
    scarroll1@hotmail.co.uk
    (Portfolio: Northease, C7 and traffic management, Highways contacts, POLO)

    CLERK TO THE PARISH COUNCIL:
    Mrs Alison Stevens
    31 Banner Way,
    Stone Cross,
    Pevensey
    BN24 5FE
    07501 676569
    rodmellparishcouncil@aol.com

  • OUR MEETINGS

    Dates for forthcoming Rodmell Parish Council meetings:

    2021

    Tuesday January 19
    Tuesday March 16
    Friday April 23 (Parish Assembly)
    Thursday May 6 (note changed date)
    Tuesday July 20
    Tuesday September 21
    Tuesday November 16
    Tuesday January 18 (2022).

    An agenda for every meeting is published on this website a few days before each meeting. These, along with the Minutes of previous meetings and other Council records, are stored online and you can access them here.

    From July, we expect our meetings to be held face-to-face again, in the Village Hall, starting at 7 pm.

  • Website Privacy Notice

    Rodmell Parish Council takes the protection of your data seriously. Our aim is to provide a personalised and valuable service whilst safeguarding our users’ privacy. Collecting some personal information is necessary if we are to satisfy the expectations and requirements of our users. Our Privacy Policy, detailing what we will do with your personal information, can be viewed here

    Data Subject Access and the
    Data Protection Act

    If you wish to find out what information RPC holds about you please contact us providing your contact details, a brief description of the information you require and enclose proof of your identity. This could be a scanned copy of a household bill, passport or driving licence.
    You will receive a response to your request within 20 days.

    Please send your request to one of the following:
    Email address: rodmellparishclerk@aol.com
    Postal address: Rodmell Parish Clerk, 31 Banner Way,
    Stone Cross, Pevensey, BN24 5FE

     

     

     

     

     

Council Documents

The Rodmell Village Community Website

Our website aims to be a source of information for all areas of life in the village of Rodmell and neighbouring hamlet of Northease. It is for everyone who lives here, and for all ages and interests.

We also aim to show the world beyond our doorstep what's here for them - for visitors and tourist information click on About Rodmell on the menu at the top of the Home page.

Privacy Policy & Disclaimer:

All information on this website is provided in good faith, and the administrators cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.

To conform with the General Data Protection Regulations, any personal information such as name, postal address, telephone number and email address given via this website will only be used to provide a requested service, kept for as long as necessary to provide that service and will not be disclosed to any other third party without your prior permission or unless we are required to do so by law.

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