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Welcome to the website of Frindsbury Extra Parish Council.
We look after the parishioners' interests in the villages of Frindsbury, Upnor and Wainscott, plus other outlying settlements along with Medway City Estate where many businesses are located. The important and historic Upnor Castle is within our Parish.
Frindsbury Extra is a civil parish divided into commercial, suburban residential and rural parts on the Hoo Peninsula in Medway, a ceremonial part of Kent. It is contiguous with the fully urbanised Frindsbury part of Strood and is bounded by Cliffe and Cliffe Woods to the north, Hoo to the east, and the River Medway to the south-east at Upnor (or Upnor-on-Medway) and a long, narrow meander of the river in the far south. On Medway Council it has councillors representing the Strood Rural ward currently on almost identical boundaries.
History
On 30 September 1894, the Local Government Board confirmed an order of Kent County Council, and Frindsbury civil parish was divided into Frindsbury Intra, and Frindsbury Extra. Intra joined the municipal borough of Rochester, while part of Frindsbury Extra joined Strood Rural District. The remaining part of Frindsbury Extra joined Rochester in 1934.
What is a Parish Council?
Parish or Town Councils are an important tier of Government within the UK; a Parish/Town Council is the smallest and most localised tier of local government in the UK and is a properly constituted local authority.
The powers and duties, and the manner in which a Parish Council operates are laid out in local government statute and regulations; Parish Councils operate at a level below national government and also below district and borough councils. Parish & Town Councils are elected and can help on a number of local issues, like planning applications or running local sports grounds and community halls.
The Parish Council is elected every four years (the last was in 2023, the next in May 2027). Up to 12 Councillors are elected for the north, east, south and west ward. If there are vacancies and not enough nominations, the parish can co-opt additional councillors to make up the numbers.
The Parish Council has legal responsibilities as an employer, and sometimes as an owner of public land and buildings.
Parish Councils are Statutory Bodies, having powers under a number of different Acts (the Local Government Act 1972, the Public Health Act 1936, etc.). Only a few Councils need to use all their available powers. It is up to each Council to choose what is appropriate for the community they serve.
The Council raises funds by the annual Precept which is set in January of each year. The amount required is guided by the setting of the annual budget in the November Finance Meeting. The Parish Council precept is added to the Council Tax bill every year.
All Frindsbury Extra Memorial Hall enquiries to Fatima Mitchell, the Memorial Hall Booking Clerk, on 07442160704
All Parish Council documents as at the 1st April 2022 comply as much as possible with the disability legislation. Any material supplied to us by other parties may not be compliant.