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All Council meetings are open to the public. Council meetings are always held on a Tuesday at 7.30pm in the Council Chambers (Room 6) at Leigh Community Centre, 71-73 Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 1SP.
The Council has various standing Committees and Sub-Committees which all report back to Full Council Meetings. Committee meetings are held bi-monthly and sub-committees only meet when called. To view this years timetable of meetings, please click on the following link: Committee Meetings Timetable 2020/21
To develop, monitor and review Council policies and functions and review the Council’s accounts and finances.
To make observations where appropriate on all planning applications within the Council area and Government and Borough Council planning consultations and to make site visits where necessary. To make observations on any Licensing application within the Council area the Committee thinks appropriate. To make observations on any relevant Highway issue referred from or being discussed by the Highway Authority.
To consider and deal with all matters affecting staffing issues except where the overall staffing budget will be exceeded. In such cases the Committee will make a recommendation to the Finance & Governance Committee
As well as official Council and Committee meetings there are several other Policy Discussion Groups that meet as required to discuss and manage services within the town. Town residents can be co-opted members of these meetings alongside our councillors. A variety of outside organisations are also represented by members of the Leigh-on-Sea Town Council.
Co-opted Artist in Residence
Co-opted Malcolm Blake-Lawson
Co-opted Vivien Rosier
Co-opted Julie Curtis
Co-opted Sarah Choudray
Co-opted Sacha Edwards
Co-opted Alison Garner
This group is comprised of representatives from the Allotment Associations and members of the Community & Culture Committee.
Public & Passenger Transport Group |
Cllr. Jill Healey (Reserve Cllr. Anita Forde) |
Leigh Port Partnership |
Cllr. Paul Gilson |
Southend Airport Consultative Committee |
Cllr. Damian O'Boyle (Reserve Cllrs Anita Forde & Alan Hart) |
EALC Larger Local Councils Forum/AGM |
All Councillors able to attend |
EALC Executive Committee |
Town Clerk |
Southend Business Partnership |
All Councillors able to attend |
Southend Standards Committee |
Cllrs Vinice Cowell & Jill Healey |
SBC Environment & Planning Group (when formed) |
Cllr Paul Gilson |
SAVS |
Cllrs Anita Forde, Emma Smith & David Bowry |
Leigh Coastal Communities Team |
Cllrs Carole Mulroney & Paul Gilson |
Police & Fire Conference |
Cllrs Paul Gilson & Doug Cracknell |
Veolia Community Group |
Cllrs Anita Forde and Alan Hart |
Local Community Police Meeting |
Cllrs Paul Gilson & Doug Cracknell |