Representing the community of Southerness
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The Southerness Community Council will reconvene their bimonthly meetings since the Covid 19 Lockdown
The Next meeting shall take place on Thursday 29th Sept 2022 @ 7:30 at the Tea Caddy (adjoining the 19th Hole).
Your input and support is greatly valued and very much welcomed, so please come along.
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Welcome to Southerness Community Council
Our next meeting
Thursday Sept 29th 2022
7:30pm @ The Tea Caddy
What's on the agenda?
Southerness Community Council is set up by statute and run by local residents to act on behalf their community. Community councils in Scotland are the most local tier of statutory representation and are intended to bridge the gap between local authorities and communities and help to make public bodies aware of the opinions and needs of the communities they represent.
March 2022 Newsletter
Southerness has a maximum of nine community councillors representing around 210 residents together with 3 ex-officio members who are local Dumfries and Galloway councillors. Their role is to offer advice and support, but they have no voting rights.
Community Council meetings are held on the last Thursday of every second month (January, March, May, July, September & November) our Annual General Meeting will be held in May. Members of the public are welcome and, indeed encouraged, to attend our meetings held at The John Paul Jones Hotel starting at 7.30pm.
Members of Southerness Community Council
The elected members of Southerness Community Council are:
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Office Bearers
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Chairperson: David Thomson
Manx View Lodge, Gillfoot Farm Road , Southerness, DG2 8AY
Tel: 01387 880368
Community Councillors
(elected with voting rights)
Wilma Graham
Solway Lodge, Shore Road West
, Southerness, DG2 8AZ
Home tel: 01387 880451
Office tel: 01387 880205
Peter O'Malley
Clubhouse Cottage, Southerness, DG2 8AZ
Tel: 01387 880689
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Kathleen Gemmell
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The Shieling, Sandy Lane
, Southerness
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DG2 8BB
Tel: 01387 880588
Local Councillors
(ex-officio with non-voting rights)Ian Blake
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Upper Hallburn,
Burn Street,
Dalbeattie
, DG5 4AE
Mobile: 07825 633159
Davie Stitt
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16 Glenshalloch Road,
Dalbeattie
, DG5 4DB
Mobile: 07825 633162
Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every second month from January 7.30pm at the John Paul Jones Hotel.
Planning Applications in Southerness
Southerness Community Council is a statutory consultee on all planning applications within the Southerness Community Council area submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council for determination. The Community Council represents the views of its residents which then form part of the planning process.
There are currently no planning applications in the Southerness area.
Contact Southerness Community Council
Email Southerness Community Council by using the contact form below. We will be in touch with you shortly.
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