Councillors

Welcome to Benenden Parish Council

Benenden Parish Council is made up of nine members, elected every four years.

Parish Councillors are all volunteers, local people, elected by local residents to represent the community, and give their time freely and willingly for the benefit of the whole village, working with other parishioners involved in numerous groups and projects across the parish.

The Parish Council is supported by the Parish Clerk, who is also the Parish Council's Responsible Financial Officer.

Of the councillors, one is elected Chair and one is elected Vice-Chair.  The current parish council members are : 

• Graham Beveridge       
  • graham.beveridge@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
    • BPC Resourcing and Finance Committee Member
    • BPC Planning Group Member
    • BPC Highways Representative
• Stephen Cochrane      
  • stephen.cochrane@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
    • BPC Resourcing and Finance Committee Chair
    • Wildflower Meadow
    • Village Tidy
• Peta Grant
  • peta.grant@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
    • BPC Vice Chair
    • BPC Planning Group Chair
• Debbie Ham
  • debbie.ham@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
    • Asset Maintenance
• Julie Lewis
  • julie.lewis@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
• Phil McMillan
  • phil.mcmillan@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
• Mike Taylor
  • michael.taylor@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
• Nicola Thomas
  • nicola.thomas@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk
    • BPC Chair
    • BPC Resourcing and Finance Committee Member
    • BPC Planning Group Member

 

• Caroline Levett - Parish Clerk
  • clerk@benendenparishcouncil.gov.uk

The Parish Council meets in public eleven times a year and meetings are normally held on the 3rd Monday of every month (except August) and start at 7pm.

To view notifications of interest on the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council website click here