Councillors, Democracy & Elections
The Council's Decision Making System
The Council
Full Council is made up of 56 Councillors. It sets the Budget (and Council
Tax) and the policy framework within which all decisions must sit.
It also chooses the Council Leader, who then chooses his (her) own
Cabinet.
Forward Plan
The Forward
Plan lists the key decisions to be taken by the Cabinet
coming up over the next four months. The Plan is updated
around the middle of each month to take effect from the 1st of the
following month.
Calendar and Notice of Council meetings
A formal public notice is published at
least five clear working days before a meeting takes place and will be displayed at the
Margate council offices. At the same time an agenda for the meeting
is published and can be inspected at the Thanet Gateway
Plus offices and all local libraries.
Planning Committee
In order to enable residents of Thanet to play an active part in
the planning process, Thanet residents are now able to speak at meetings of the Planning Committee on
any schedule applications which are to be considered.
National Politics
For national elections, Thanet forms part of two parliamentary
constituencies at Westminster and is represented in Parliament by
two MPs