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Contacting Southam Town Council Southam Town Council Aims Council Responsibilities Open Spaces Responsibility What is a Town Councillor? Councillor
Keeping Residents Informed Planning Applications Meeting Dates Grants Grange Hall

Contacting Southam Town Council top

Address:

Southam Town Council
The Grange Hall
Coventry Road
Southam, CV47 1QA

Telephone: 01926 814004
Fax 01926 811414

Grange Hall 01926 813933

Opening Hours:

 9:00am-1:00pm Monday to Friday

 

Town Mayor:

Cllr Linda Tasker 

 linda@priority-people.co.uk

Deputy Mayor:

Revd Cllr Wayne Hawkins

  whawkins@hotmail.co.uk 

Town Clerk:

Debbie Carro

 clerk@southamcouncil-warks.gov.uk

Deputy Clerk/Financial Officer:

Denise Sanders

 

deputy@southamcouncil-warks.gov.uk

Grange Hall Administrator:

Carole Gwillam

 carole@thegrangehall.co.uk

 

Southam Town Council Aims top

  1. To improve the service it provides whilst ensuring best value.
  2. To work with others to improve safety, the environment and quality of life in the town, paying particular attention to the needs of vulnerable members of our community.
  3. To regularly and effectively consult the community.
  4. To promote the local economy.

 

Southam Town Council Responsibilities top

  • Play areas, recreation areas and other public open spaces
  • Street Lighting
  • Grants
  • Grange Hall as joint owners with Stratford District Council
  • Seats
  • Local footpaths
  • Keeping residents informed through the newsletter and website
  • Distribution of travel tokens to eligible citizens

As well as their statutory responsibilities the Town Council also:

  • Contributes to initiatives that improve the quality of life for local people, e.g. installation of CCTV
  • Makes known its views to the planning authorities (Stratford District Council is the Planning Authority in Southam). In addition the Town Council initiated and worked alongside many willing Southam volunteers to produce the Millennium Design Statement which is used as supplementary planning guidance by the planning authority.
  • Seeks to encourage partnerships which will lead to improvements for Southam people, e.g. Vision 4 Southam.
  • By being in touch with residents, is able to inform the relevant authorities of action that needs to be taken.

Open Spaces for which Southam Town Council is Responsible top

  • Park Lane Recreation Ground
  • Tollgate Road Recreation Ground (owned by WCC and leased to the Town Council)
  • Sycamore Grove Open Space
  • Merestone Park
  • The Furrows Under 8 Play Facility
  • Riverside Walk (adjacent to Welsh Road East)
  • Shepherd's Hill Play Area
  • Hodnell Drive Play Area
  • Priors Meadow Play Area and Open Space
  • Stowe Drive Open Space
  • Additional areas:
    • Millennium Garden (Library Grounds)
    • Holywell

 

What is a Town Councillor? top

A Town Councillor is a person who has been elected by local people to represent them on the Town Council. Elections are held every four years.

 

Southam Town Councillors 2007-2008 top

 

COUNCILLORS FOR SOUTHAM TOWN COUNCIL

2007/2008

 

 

BROWNS BRIDGE WARD

 

Cllr A Crump               1 Hurst Road ,            Southam, CV47 1HY

                                    andycrump@btinternet.com                  Home: 815745

 

Cllr L Hewer                10 Warwick Road, Southam,             CV47 OHN              

                                 council@thestoneythorpehotel.co.uk            Home: 812365 (hotel)

 

Cllr J Griffin                36 Orchard Way, Southam,             CV47 1EX              

                                 jimgriff@aol.com            Home: 813508

 

Cllr P Caruana              12 Hillyard Road, Southam

CV47 0LA                                                Home: 817833

                                   

Cllr S Rowlands            1d The Flat, Daventry St, Southam. CV47 1PH                              

steve.rowlands@yahoo.co.uk                        Mobile: 07870 729759

 

           

MILL HILL WARD  

         

Cllr D Smith                 20 Springs Crescent, Southam, CV47 0JU                                          

                                                            Home: 814430

 

Cllr J Soni                    26 Springs Crescent, Southam, CV47  0JU

                                    ridiough@hotmail.com              Home: 812966           

                                   

                                   

Cllr G Thomas            9 St Mary's Close, Southam, CV47 1EW

                                    glesnithomas@btinternet.com  Home:            812607

 

 

Cllr C Pratt                   10 Flying Fields, Southam, CV47 1GA

                                        carolannpratt@yahoo.co.uk                 Home: 812533 

 

Cllr C Worsh                 62 Stowe Drive, Southam, CV47 1NP

                                       cllr.chrisworsh@tiscali.co.uk                 Home:01926 817122

 

MERESTONE WARD

 

Rvd Cllr W Hawkins     20 Pine Tree Crescent, Southam, CV471EH 

 (Deputy Mayor)            whawkins@hotmail.co.uk                       Home: 810520

 

 

Cllr B Thomas              9 St Mary's Close, Southam, CV47 1EW

                                    bransbythomas@btinternet.com            Home: 812607

 

 

Cllr L Tasker                25 Abbey Lane, Southam, CV47 1HR

  ( Mayor)                        linda@priority-people.co.uk                Home: 817426

 

Cllr R Waller                4 Millholme Close, Southam, CV47 1FQ

                                    richard.stc.@btinternet.com                  Mobile 05602 427609

 

Cllr P Thomas              24 Hurst Road, Southam CV47 1HY    

                                    pgthomas7@yahoo.co.uk                 Home 814391

 

Keeping Residents Informed top

The Town Council aims to have effective communication with the residents of Southam:

  • The Town Council Newsletter is published bi-monthly and distributed to every household in the town. It is also available in large print on request.
  • The Town Council is currently carrying out consultation with residents of the town to assist with the creation of a Town Plan.
  • Opportunity is given at the start of each Town Council meeting for the public to bring their representations to the Town Council.
  • Contact details for the Town Council are widely distributed to enable people to contact their Town Councillors.
  • It is proposed that there will a trial of 'councillor surgeries this year. See meeting Dates below. 
  • The public can examine the Town Council's financial statement and books after they have been audited.

Minutes of Town Council meetings are available from the Town Council offices and the Library.

Planning Applications top

  • Southam Town Council is consulted on all planning applications within the parish and views are invited from the public.
  • Southam Town Council is not a decision maker in planning issues but passes on its observations, and those received from the public, to the District Planning Officers.
  • Stratford District Council is the planning authority and we come under the Dassett Area Planning Committee who meet monthly at Southam College.
  • Planning surgeries are held at the Southam offices of the District Council on a Thursday afternoon. Appointments can be made through the Area Office on 01926 812881.
  • Other Planning enquiries can be made direct with Stratford District Council Dassett Area Planning Department, telephone 01789 267575.

Southam Town Council Meeting Dates top

The Town Council meets at 7.30pm on the last Thursday in the month (apart from August and December when it is in recess) in the Council Chamber (the Foyer) of the Grange Hall, Coventry Road, Southam.

  • Note: There are also regular Town Councillor surgeries held in Southam Library on the second Saturday of each month.

 

Grants top

Grants for local organisations are considered in February and September each year and awarded in April and October respectively. The guidelines for consideration of these grants are as follows:

  1. Grants will be primarily awarded to voluntary organisations. Applications for specific projects will be considered in preference to general running costs of an organisation.
  2. Grants will not be considered for statutory services provided by either another precepting authority or central government.
  3. Grants to voluntary organisations will be conditional upon the following:
    1. The organisation is based in Southam. If not based in Southam the organisation provides a service that is used by, and is normally available to, residents of Southam.
    2. National charitable appeals will only be considered when organised on a local basis by Southam residents and only in exceptional circumstances. Annual appeals will not be considered.
    3. Applications from Southam's churches will be considered on their merits.
    4. Applicants will normally be required to provide a statement of their accounts and to complete a standard questionnaire before their application is considered. Successful applicants will normally be required to provide proof that the grant has been used for the purpose requested.
    5. Organisations will be informed that they need to re-apply in order to qualify for a subsequent grant.
Application forms are available from the Town Clerk and must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the meeting at which they will be considered

Stratford District Council also has the power to make community grants. For further information please telephone the Grants Officer on 01789 260694 or speak to one of your District Councillors.

Lists of Local Stratford District Councillors

Grange Hall top

The Grange Hall, owned jointly by the Town Council and Stratford District Council is set in a beautiful wooded garden and has its own fully licensed bar, stage, fully equipped kitchen and syndicate rooms. The main hall is approximately 56 ft x 34 ft and can accommodate around 200 people. Having been recently refurbished, it is an ideal venue for hire by individuals and organisations for entertainment, dances, celebrations and meetings. It also has ample parking space. Jointly owned and maintained by Southam Town Council and Stratford-on-avon District Council, this Hall is a facility for all the communities of the "Dassett" area. A wide range of entertainment is arranged by the hall's Management Committee on a regular basis, including visits by: Theatre Companies (such as Pentabus, WildWood, Horse and Bamboo) and classical musicians (such as the Orchestra of the Swan, Scirroco Wind Ensemble). Local choirs, silver bands and folk entertainers also appear regularly.
The Grange Hall can be booked through the Grange Hall Administrator, Mrs Carole Gwillam, The Grange Hall, Coventry Road, Southam (01926 813933). Click here to access The Grange Hall Website

The Grange Hall now houses the Southam Embroideries, for details on when these can be viewed please contact Val Steele on 01926 813577.

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Last Updated: 15/8/2008