Working Groups

May 2025

Flower Contracts Working Group – A small group delegated via the Clerk to make decisions on items such as new plants, colours and locations of planting.

Business Plan Working Group – Formulate a draft Business Plan to present to Full Council for discussion, revision and approval.

Internal Audit and Internal Control Working Group – A small group who carry out reviews of current procedures and internal control and the robustness of Internal Audit.

Website Working Group – A small group with delegation through the Clerk for matters relating to the improvement of the website not already delegated direct to the Town Clerk.

Neighbourhood Plan Working Group – A small group currently assessing the need/requirement for a Neighbourhood Plan which complies with the Wealden Local Plan.

Devolution Working Group – A group currently assessing how devolution will affect Polegate Town Council

New Land Working Group – A small group who will go through ideas of what can be put on the New Land Polegate Town Council may acquire.

Library Working Group – A small group overseeing and facilitating the support of re-opening of a local library in Polegate.

Risk Management Working Group – A small group reviewing the corporate risk management process.

CIL Working Group – A small group discussing the use of the funding in respect of items in the Business Plan and Windfall Projects in compliance with the CIL Legislation.

Jubilee Nature Reserve – A small group discussing the Jubilee Nature Reserve and bringing ideas to Buildings and Land.

NB working groups meet in informal non public meetings to discuss proposals to report back to full council. Reports are presented at full council meetings in the background papers. A small number of groups are able to make decisions (pre-agreed by council) through a delegation to the clerk in liaison with the working group members. These are reported back to full council periodically as updates to original decisions either via the group or via the clerks report.