Sturminster Newton Town Council

Address

Old Market Hill,
Sturminster Newton,
Dorset,
DT10 1FH

Opening Times

mon	09:30 - 12:30
tue	09:30 - 12:30
wed	09:30 - 12:30
thu	09:30 - 12:30
fri	09:30 - 12:30
sat	closed
sun	closed

Overview

Sturminster Newton Town Council
Sturminster Newton Town Council exists to manage local facilities and services and to represent local people in decisions by government which affect them. The Council comprises eleven members all of whom are unpaid volunteers. Town Councillors are subject to re-election every four years. Elections are next due in May 2019. The work of the Councillors is supported by the paid staff employed by the Council and led by the Town Clerk.

The Council maintains an office in the town centre to act as both the main point of public access to services provided by the Council and as a “gateway” to as many other government services (central and local) as possible.

We welcome members of the public to contact us or visit us during our opening hours of 9.30am-12.30pm.

Among its many functions, the Town Council:

is consulted and invited to comment on every planning application made within the town
owns and manages the town’s Cemetery
owns and manages the Railway Gardens
owns and manages two Recreation Grounds and two other play areas
manages the public toilets at Station Road, Ricketts Lane and The Mill
provides a town centre street-cleaning and Town Orderly service
leases the local popular tourist attraction Sturminster Mill from the Hinton St. Mary Estate and supervises its management by Sturminster Newton Museum & Mill Society
maintains many footpaths, verges, amenity areas and other public open spaces around the town
has responsibility for the allotments at Filbridge Rise and kitchen garden plots behind Chinnocks
owns Butts Pond Local Nature Reserve and facilitates its management by the Open Spaces Group and the Dorset Countryside Rangers Service

Town Clerk: Mrs Emma Lindsay

Tel: 01258 475136

Email: [email protected]

For more detailed information please click here for the Town Council website

http://www.sturminsternewton-tc.gov.uk/sn-Town-Council/Default.aspx

Councillors Information

Councillor Pauline Batstone

Elvlyn Cottage, Glue Hill, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2DJ

Tel: 472583

[email protected]

Councillor Lee Cooper

9 Quarry Close, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1ET