General Information

Kent Chairman, Leader, Cabinet and Directors

Chairman and Leader

Chairman

Mr Graham Gibbens Civic Office on 03000 41 62 38 or 03000 41 60 75 Email: civic.office@.gov.uk.

Leader of the Council

Mr Roger Gough Leader Leader’s Office County Hall , Kent ME14 1XQ Phone: 03000 41 61 67 Email: [email protected]

Cabinet Members Responsibilities:

Clair Bell Cabinet Member for Brass Tacks Adult Social Care and Benenden Road Public Health Kent TN27 8BY Phone: 07976 809053 Email: [email protected]

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Susan Carey Cabinet Member for c/o Members’ Desk Environment Sessions House County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ Phone: 03000 41 10 09 Email: [email protected]

Sue Chandler Cabinet Member for Hadaways Integrated Children’s Cop Street Services Ash CT3 2DL Phone: 07989 134576 Email: [email protected]

Mike Hill OBE Cabinet Member for c/o Members’ Desk Community and Sessions House Regulatory Services County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ Phone: 03000 41 62 40 Email: [email protected]

Richard Long TD Cabinet Member for 15 St Lawrence Avenue Education and Skills Bidborough Tunbridge Wells TN4 0XA

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Peter Oakford Deputy Leader and Topsy Turvy Cabinet Member for Pennington Road Finance, Corporate Southborough and Traded Services Tunbridge Wells TN4 0SX Phone: 03000 41 65 21 Email: [email protected]

Michael Payne Cabinet Member for c/o Members’ Desk Highways and Sessions House Transport County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ Phone: 03000 41 10 09 Email: [email protected]

Shellina Prendergast Cabinet Member for c/o Members’ Desk Communications, Sessions House Engagement and County Hall People Maidstone ME14 1XQ Phone: 07970 461160 Email: [email protected]

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Mr Mike Whiting Cabinet Member for c/o Members’ Desk Economic Sessions House Development County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ Tel: 03000 41 10 09 Email: [email protected]

4 Corporate Directors of the

All Corporate Directors can be contacted via the Contact Centre at County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ – Tel: 03000 41 41 41.

Head of Paid Service/Corporate Director of Strategic and Corporate Services – David Cockburn

Corporate Director Children, Young People and Education – Matt Dunkley CBE

Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Health (Interim) – Richard Smith

Corporate Director Growth, Environment and Transport – Barbara Cooper

Corporate Director Finance – Zena Cooke

Corporate Director People and Communications – Amanda Beer

5 KCC Telephone Numbers

Kent County Council Tel: 03000 41 41 41 All Departments/ [email protected] General Enquiries All Directors and Councillors can be contacted via the above contact details

Adult Education Tel: 03000 41 22 22 Blue Badges Tel: 03000 41 62 62 Childcare and Free Childcare Places Tel: 03000 41 23 23

Concessionary Fares Tel: 03000 41 83 83 Country Parks Tel: 03000 41 72 72 Driver Education Tel: 03000 41 82 82 Education Tel: 03000 41 21 21 Highways Tel: 03000 41 81 81

Libraries and Archives For all Maidstone, Ashford and Branch libraries Tel: 03000 41 31 31

Public Rights of Way Tel: 03000 41 71 71

Registrations Tel: 03000 41 51 51

School Transport Tel: 03000 41 84 84

6 Social Services Adult Social Services and Health Tel: 03000 41 61 61 Children’s Social Services Tel: 03000 41 11 11

Waste and Recycling Tel: 03000 41 73 73 Ashford (Chart Leacon) Household Waste Recycling Centre Cobbs Wood Industrial Centre Brunswick Road Ashford, TN23 1EL

Useful websites:

Citizen’s Advice Consumer Service & Trading Standards

Advice & Information Line Tel: 03454 04 05 06

7 Kent District/Unitary Councils

Ashford Borough Council Civic Centre, Tannery Lane Military Road, Canterbury, Ashford TN23 1PL CT1 1YW Tel: (01233) 331111 Tel: (01227) 862000 Chief Executive: Chief Executive: Tracey Kerly Colin Carmichael www.ashford.gov.uk www.canterbury.gov.uk

Dartford Borough Council Civic Centre, Home Gardens, Dover Gateway Dartford DA1 1DR Castle Street, Dover Tel: (01322) 343434 CT16 1PD Managing Director: Tel: (01304) 821199 TBC Chief Executive: www.dartford.gov.uk Nadeem Aziz www.dover.gov.uk

Gravesham Borough Maidstone Borough Council Council Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Maidstone House, Gravesend DA12 1AU King Street, Tel: (01474) 337000 Maidstone ME15 6JQ Chief Executive: Tel: (01622) 602000 Stuart Bobby Chief Executive: www.gravesham.gov.uk Alison Broom www.maidstone.gov.uk

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Medway Council Sevenoaks District Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Council Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR Council Offices, Argyle Tel: (01634) 333333 Road, Sevenoaks, Kent Chief Executive: TN13 1HG Neil Davies Tel:(01732) 227000 www..gov.uk Chief Executive: Pav Ramewal www.sevenoaks.gov.uk

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Swale House, East Street Civic Centre Sittingbourne ME10 3HT Castle Hill Avenue Tel: (01795) 417850 CT20 2QY Chief Executive: Tel: (01303) 853000 TBC Chief Executive: www.swale.gov.uk Susan Priest www.shepway.gov.uk

Thanet District Council and Malling P O Box 9, Cecil Street Borough Council CT9 1XZ Gibson Building, Gibson Tel: (01843) 577000 Drive, Kings Hill, West Chief Executive & Chief Malling, ME19 4LZ Financial Officer: Tel: (01732) 844522 Madeline Homer Chief Executive: www.thanet.gov.uk Julie Beilby www.tmbc.gov.uk

9 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Town Hall, TN1 1RS Tel: (01892) 526121 Chief Executive: William Benson www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk

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Useful Telephone Numbers and Contact Details – - call our main switchboard on 01233 331111 or email [email protected]

Civic Centre (for Monday – Friday 8.30am - 5pm internal visitors) Call Centre (for all Monday – Friday 8.30am - 4pm Council enquiries) ABC Customer Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm Services We run an appointment only service Tuesday to Friday 9am to 4pm. You can also visit our website to find the answers to most of your enquiries. Copying/Scanning Our fast track desk is 9am - 4pm evidence and open from 9am - 4pm for documents copying and scanning evidence and documents. Visitor Information Monday - Friday 10am – 3.30pm Centre at Ashford Gateway Ashford Borough Monday - Friday 9am - 12:30 and Council @ 1:30pm - 4pm Town Hall (Appointments are available, please phone 01233 331111 option 4 to book an appointment)

Urgent Out of Hours

There is a Duty Officer rota in place to ensure all calls are answered in the event of an urgent issue or major incident. In such cases please phone the main switchboard on 01233 331111.

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Ashford Access Group 36 Turketel Road Folkestone, CT20 2NZ [email protected]

Ashford Clinical Commissioning Tel: 03000 42 48 15 Group Inca House, Trinity Road Ashford, TN25 4AB [email protected]

Ashford Community Wardens Tel: 07969 584172 Team Leader

Ashford & District Volunteer Tel: (01233) Bureau (Volunteering Ashford) 665535 Head Office Berwick House, 8 Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1PF

Ashford Indoor Bowls Club Tel: (01233) Victoria Park, Jemmett Road, 650760 Ashford, TN23 4QD

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Julie Rose Stadium Tel: (01233) Kennington Road, Willesborough 613131 Ashford, TN24 9QX

Stour Centre Tel: (01233) Station Approach, 663503 Ashford TN23 1ET

Ashford Mediation Service Office: Ashford Police Station 01233 896237 Tufton Street Ashford TN23 1BT [email protected]

Carers’ Support Tel: (01233) (Adult & Young Carers) 664393/664400 Norman House Beaver Business Park Ashford, TN23 7SH [email protected]

Citizens’ Advice Bureau Tel: (01233) 626185 Ashford Office Seabrooke House, Church Road, Ashford, TN23 1RD [email protected]

Tenterden Office Tel: (01233) 626185 Town Hall, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AN

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Crimestoppers Tel: 0800 555 111 to give information about a crime or criminals

Department for Environment Tel: 03459 33 55 77 Food and Rural Affairs [email protected]

Environment Agency General enquiries: Tel: 03708 506 506 Floodline: 0345 988 1188 (24 hours) Incident Hotline: 0800 807060 (24 hours) [email protected]

Kent Invicta Chamber of Tel: (01233) 503838 Commerce Ashford Business Point Waterbrook Avenue, , Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LH [email protected]

Hospital William Harvey, Kennington Road Tel: (01233) 633331 Willesborough, TN24 0LZ

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Canterbury Tel: (01227) 819200 Combined Court The Law Courts, Chaucer Road Canterbury, CT1 1ZA DX 99710 Canterbury 3

Crown Court: [email protected]. uk

County Court: admin.canterbury.countycourt@just ice.gov.uk

Divorce: [email protected]

Local Government Association Tel: 020 7664 3000 Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ [email protected]

Local Government & Tel: 0300 061 0614 Social Care Ombudsman www.lgo.org.uk

Kent Police Tel: 999 (emergency (Ashford & Shepway) only) Tufton Street Tel: 101 (non- Ashford, TN23 1BT emergency) If calling from outside UK call on +44 1622 690690 690690

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Kent Police Headquarters Tel: 101 Sutton Road, Maidstone Kent, ME15 9BZ

Anti Terrorist Hotline Tel: 0800 789 321

Singleton Environment Centre Tel: 07951343885 John Alexander Centre Manager Wesley School Road (Off Cuckoo Lane) Singleton Ashford, TN23 5LW centremanager@singletonenviron mentcentre.org.uk

Sheltered Housing Scheme (ABC)

Askes Court, Hoxton Close, 01233 645305 Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5UU

Baxendale Court, Newtown, 01233 646707 Ashford, TN24 0PT

Cotton Hill House, Cotton Hill 01233732962 Walk, Hamstreet, TN26 2NL

Danemore, Beechy Path, 012580 764273 Tenterden, TN30 6RT

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Farrow Court, Stanhope Road, 01233 647081 Ashford, TN23 2RF

Gerlach House, 01233 638514 Beecholme Drive, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9RG

Luckley House, Wye 01233 812665 TN25 5DY

Monypenny, , 01580 241526 Cranbrook, TN17 4NF

Oakleigh House, Ashford, TN23 01233 629048 5EL

Pym House, Pett Lane, Charing 01233 713120 TN27 0DW

Tenterden & District Chamber Tel: (01580) 767104 Of Commerce 82 High St, Tenterden TN30 6JG www.tenterdenchamber.org [email protected]

Tenterden Leisure Centre Recreation Ground Road Tenterden TN30 6RA Tel: (01580) 765987 www.tenterdenleisure.com

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Tenterden Town Council Tel: (01580) 762271 Town Hall, 24 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AN www.tenterdentowncouncil. gov.uk townhall@tenterdentown council.gov.uk

Victim Support Tel: 0808 168 9111 www.victimsupport.org.uk 0808 168 9276 (Kent team)

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