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The first tier of Local Government is the Kent County Council, the second the Borough Council and, except for the town of Tonbridge, all the Borough has a Town or Parish Council as a third tier. While part of Kent was hived off to form the Medway unitary authority during the nineties, in this area local government was last reorganised with new District Council areas in 1974. Tonbridge and Malling (which became a Borough in 1983) was formed primarily from the previous Tonbridge Urban and Malling Rural District Council areas. Hildenborough and Hadlow moved, separately from the rest of Tonbridge Rural, to join them. Set out below is a brief outline of 'who does what' in Local Government as it affects Hildenborough, but both the County and Borough have web sites which, amongst other things, provide a detailed alphabetical guide on responsibilities with the County site showing both their own and, in less detail, those of the Borough/District Council. The County is responsible for:- * EDUCATION & CAREER GUIDANCE * SOCIAL SERVICES * STRATEGIC PLANNING covering Structure and Land Use Planning * EMERGENCY SERVICES - Fire, Police etc * HIGHWAYS and TRANSPORTATION - Public Transport, Traffic Management, the planning, design and structure of Roads,Highways (including Lighting) and Traffic Management * WASTE DISPOSAL& RECYCLING (including Refuse Tips) * LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES * ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Cllr V Dagger is our County Councillor Martins, Reeds Lane, Shipbourne Kent TN11 9RR Tel: (01732) 811080 Email Cllr Dagger : valerie.dagger@kent.gov.uk Click here to visit the Kent County Council website. The Borough looks after:- * PLANNING - covering the Local Plan and Building and Development Control, Car parking and local Land Searches * ENGINEERING - Car Parking, Street Cleansing, Highways and Traffic Management * ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Refuse Collection and Recycling, Dogs, Food Hygeine, Health and Safety, Pollution Control, Street Cleansing * HOUSING - Strategy, Homelessness and Grants and Benefit (the Council has no council houses, they were sold to Russet Homes (previously the Tonbridge & Malling Housing Association) * LICENCING- including temporary street markets, alcohol and entertainments, taxis and street trading * LEISURE - Indoor and Outdoor Facilities, Parks, Tourism, Sport and Arts Development * MISCELLANEOUS- Collection of Council Tax, Electoral Registration, co-ordination of sundry Joint bodies etc We have two Borough Councillors: Mr M J Dobson 98 Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough TN11 9BT Tel: (01732) 833759 Email Cllr Dobson : michael.dobson@tmbc.gov.uk Mr M R Rhodes 27 Hawden Close, Hildenborough TN11 9BP Tel: (01732) 833125 Email Cllr Rhodes : click mark.rhodes@tmbc.gov.uk Click here to visit the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council website. Our Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling is Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP Tel: 01732 842794 House of Commons London SW1A 0AA For detail of what the Parish Council does click here. Many of the web sites of the County's Parishes are shown on the County Council site but additionally the Kent Association of Parish Councils maintains a website which complements that data. Click here to visit the K.A.P.C. website and Click here to visit relevant page on County site. |
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