Parish Council

Icklesham Parish Council includes the four villages of Winchelsea, Icklesham, Rye Harbour and Winchelsea Beach. Each village is a separate electoral ward. Winchelsea is represented by three councillors, Icklesham by four, Rye Harbour by two and Winchelsea Beach by four.

The Parish Council has a Clerk and Assistant Clerk. It runs four allotments, several playgrounds and the recreation ground in Icklesham. It owns the football field in Winchelsea Beach, the footlights in Winchelsea, Smeatons Lane in Winchelsea Beach, several bus stops, numerous public benches, various waste and dog bins, and four parish noticeboards.

The Council meets monthly, at 7:15pm, usually on the second Monday of the month, and stages an Annual Parish Assembly. In recent years, meetings have rotated between the wards.

The majority of residents in Winchelsea wish to have their own Parish Council. They view Icklesham Parish as too large and diverse to run efficiently or democratically, and the Council as largely irrelevant to the special needs of Winchelsea. Icklesham Parish Council also has a history of dysfunctional behaviour under incompetent chairmen and uninterested councillors, and its antagonism has alienated Winchelsea residents. Information on the proposal for an independent Parish of Winchelsea is available on another page.

Information on Icklesham Parish Council

Summary and analysis of Council budgets
Council budget 2009-10
The Council’s Publication Scheme which sets out your rights to information under the Freedom of Information Act. However, Icklesham Parish Council has decided to make available only the minimum ‘core classes’ of information required by the Act.
Standing Orders
Financial Regulations
Parish councils are subject to a Code of Conduct published by the Standards Board of England.

Council Minutes

District Council | County Council | Town Meeting

Would you like an allotment in Winchelsea?

There are spare plots on the Cricket Field allotments. These are located behind St Giles Close but are accessed across the Cricket Fields or down Hogtrough Lane. Each full plot is 2 rods (33 feet) wide by 5 rods (82.5 feet) long and the rent is £35 a year. Half plots are available. There is a water tap on the allotment. If you would like one of these allotment plots, contact the Parish Clerk directly or a Councillor.

Reports by Winchelsea ward councillors (as published in the Rye Observer)

27 February 2009

Contact your ward councillor

Ben Chishick	01797-223333	bc@winchelsea.net
Richard Comotto	01797-224446	rc@winchelsea.net
Mike Terry	07770-210102	mt@winchelsea.net

The Parish Clerk is:
Derek Rosewell
177c Priory Road
Hastings
TN34 3JD
Phone: 01424-200889
E-mail: ickleshampc@hotmail.co.uk

Meetings are held in the following locations:
Winchelsea --- New Hall (but may be at the school)
Icklesham --- Memorial Hall
Rye Harbour --- Village Hall
Winchelsea Beach --- Village Hall

All full Council meetings are held on Monday and start at 7:15pm. In the remainder of 2009, meetings are currently scheduled for:
14 April (Rye Harbour)
11 May (Icklesham) --- AGM
18 May (Winchelsea Beach) --- Annual Parish Assembly
8 June (Rye Harbour)
13 July (Winchelsea)
17 August (Winchelsea --- Court Hall) --- urgent payments only
14 September (Icklesham)
12 October (Winchelsea Beach)
9 November (Rye Harbour)
14 December (Winchelsea)

Parish Council election results

On 3 May 2007, the following candidates stood for election to Icklesham Parish Council for the ward of Winchelsea and received the following votes:

Dr Ben Chishick	185	elected
Richard Comotto	160	elected
Mike Terry	127	elected
Peta Cameron-Clarke JP	108
Robert Davis	100

The turnout was a record 65.75%.