Useful Information and Advice - including which Council does which services

Gravesham Borough Council

Contact Gravesham Borough Council for issues such as:

  • Rubbish (including waste/refuse collection), Litter and Recycling
  • Environmental Enforcement and Flytipping
  • Housing
  • Parking
  • Planning
  • Licensing
  • Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits
  • Sports and Leisure
  • Arts and Culture 
  • Tourism and Heritage 
  • Youth Council
  • Borough Market and Food Hall
  • Environmental Health
  • Elections
  • Community Safety
  • Burials
  • Local Parks, Allotments and Play Areas
  • Business and Economic Development
Contact them by:

Phone: 01474 337000 

Address:
Gravesham Borough Council
Civic Centre
Windmill Street
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1AU


All of GBC's policies and strategies including the Corporate Plan can be found at https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/policies-strategies-open-data 


For more information of Envrionmental Enforcement and flytipping please visit: https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/home/street-care-and-cleaning/fly-tipping/overview

For Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) - information on what classifies as ASB and how to report to GBC or partners such as Kent Police can be found here: https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/home/community-and-leisure/safety-and-crime/anti-social-behaviour

Kent County Council

Contact Kent County Council for issues such as:

  • Education (schools and adult education) including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP's)
  • School Admissions
  • Highways Issues - including roadworks, potholes and footpath issues and repairs and many of the grass verges along the highway
  • Waste Disposal and Household Waste and Recycling Centres (known as the local tip or dump) (including the booking and charging policies)
  • Social Services (Adult and Children) and Social Care
  • Blue Badges and Bus Passes
  • Libraries and Archives
  • Registration - Births, Marriages and Deaths
  • Early Help and Preventative Services
  • Youth Services
  • Environment, Public Rights of Way and Flooding and Drainage
  • Trading Standards
  • Country Parks
Contact them by:

Phone: 03000 41 41 41

Address:

Kent County Council
Sessions House
County Hall
County Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XQ

Emergency Contacts for public services and utilities


I placed some emergency lines here on this website over Christmas and New Year that some found useful so I am keeping them here,


As your local councillor I was still contactable over the Christmas period as I have been each and every year so please reach out if you need to using the details found at the bottom of the page or via the Contact and Surgery Details page.


Gravesham Borough Council  -  Out of hours and switchboard - 01474 337000


If you are a council tenant and


- Need an emergency repair then call 01474 337777 - you can call this number 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

- Have no heating or hot water call SureServe Compliance on 01795 509651


Kent County Council  - 03000 41 91 91 - emergency number


Electricity - 0800 783 8866 or 0333 202 2023 - (UK Power Networks)


Gas.- 0800 111 999 (Southern Gas Networks)


Southern Water - 0330 303 0368 or 0845 278 0845


Kent Police  - 101 (non emergency) or 999 (emergency)

Useful Contacts - from Gravesham Borough Council Website 

 Gravesham Borough Council have created a list of useful contacts which are here below to help:

Advocacy – 0300 343 5714

Supporting people to make sure their views and rights are respected. Helping you speak up at meetings deal with difficult issues and help understand important decisions.

Alzheimer and Dementia Support Services – 01474 533990.

Dementia Friendly Kent – 07825 712701

Advice and signpost individuals with dementia or those caring.

DGS Community Mental Health Service for older people – 01322 421289

Care for people over 65 with a functional mental health difficulty or with dementia including early onset for under 65 in the community. Support and advice to professionals, care homes and carers.

Rethink Sahayak – 01474 364837

Listening and information service for the Asian community for people affected by mental health issues.

Kent Friendz – 01732 838183

Providing help and support to those with learning/physical disabilities

Mencap – 0808 808 111

For people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team – 01322 622 023

Safe and effective community based treatment for individuals 18 and above experiencing mental ill health crisis.

Kent and Medway Mental Health Services – 0300 222 0123

Provide mental health, learning disability and substance misuse service as well as other specialist services.

MIND – 01322 291380

Release the pressure – 0800 107 0160

SANE – 0300 304 7000 (nationwide)

Think Action – 0300 012 0012

Skills to nurture wellbeing

Befriending – Age UK – 01474 564 898

For people over 60

Contact the Elderly – 0208 150 3754


Mobile Apps

Gravesham Borough Council have arranged a list of mobile apps that support and aid your mental health and wellbeing.


Useful links

https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/


Telephone befriending service for the elderly


www.llttf.com


Online cognitive behavioural therapy site


www.youngminds.org.uk


Children and adolescent mental health support resource


https://www.headspace.com


Meditation/ relaxation and sleep resources


https://www.mind.org.uk


Wellbeing advice


https://www.cruse.org.uk


Bereavement counselling


https://www.samaritans.org/


Samaritans


https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au


Self help resources for mental health issues


https://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk


Online resource for all mental health issues, including bereavement


(C) Gravesham Borough Council 2020-2022


https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/home/environmental-health/coronavirus-guidance/health-advice/overview

Petition Response - Letter from KCC Highways and Transport

Below is the response received by the Kent County Council Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport County Councillor Peter Osborne as KCC is the Highways Authority. This is in response to the petition submitted and signed by many residents regarding having additional local parking on the public highway within the Shears Green part of the ward taking into account some of the local objections as well.

Planning Enforcement Letter


Planning Enforcement Letter to the developers for the parking regarding the new care home can be found here

Parking Enforcement for Shears Green School


Proposal from Kent County Council working with your local Gravesham Borough Councillors to create additional enforcement measures around Shears Green School including protecting the ambulance bays and introducing a no waiting restriction. Plan can be found here.

Kedbull Leisure - Punjab United New Plans


New plans are being submitted to Gravesham Borough Council to edit the planning permission for Kedbull Leisure (former Fleet Leisure and former Bowaters) plan can be found here.

Letter from Kent County Council - new NHS Pharmacy



Please see the link below to access the letter from KCC regarding the request from residents for a new NHS Pharmacy in the ward.


Letter from Kent County Council - August 2023