Title: Deputy Leader of Council
Party: Conservative
Ward: South Hams Dartmouth and East Dart
Other councillors representing this Ward:
Parish: Dartmouth Town - South Hams ; Kingswear - South Hams ; Stoke Gabriel - South Hams
Home address:
15A Mount Boone
Dartmouth
Devon
TQ6 9PB.
Phone: 01803 835455
Email: Cllr.Hilary.Bastone@southhams.gov.uk
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Declaration of
Interests Summary
Employment: Clerk;
Treasurer/Visitor Centre Manager
Sponsorship: None
Securities: Port of
Dartmouth Royal Regatta Ltd; Dartmouth Visitor
Centre
Contracts: None
Land/Licences: None
Corporate
Tenancies:
None
Membership of Other
Bodies:
Director of the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta Ltd;
Director of Dartmouth Visitor centre CIC;
Devon Building Control Partnership;
St Petrox Trust Lands;
Conservative Association;
Dartmouth & Kingswear Society;
Rotary International;
Rotary Club of Dartmouth;
Chartered Institute of Bankers;
Institute of Financial Accountants/Institute of Public Accountants (Australia);
Chartered Institute of Management;
International Association of Bookkeepers;
Royal Society of Arts;
British Institute of Innkeepers;
Dartmouth Yacht Club;
Old Dartmothians Association;
Dartmouth Amateur Rowing Club;
West of England Amateur Rowing Association;
British Rowing;
South Coast Rowing Championships Council;
Dartmouth & District Conservative Club;
National Sweet Pea Society;
Dartmouth Caring;
National Trust;
Dartmouth Outdoor Pool Trust;
Director of the Plymouth & South Devon Freeport
Other Matters: None
Training and Development from May 2019
May and June 2019 - Induction Training: (NB - Re-elected Members are NOT required to attend the Induction programme)
Setting the Scene and How the Council Works including Code of Conduct
Governance - Introduction to the Role of the Executive, O and S Panel, DM Committee, Licensing Committee, Audit Committee and Salcombe Harbour Board, Safeguarding, General Data Protection Regulation, Equality and Diversity, Freedom of Information, Business Continuity and Health and Safety
The Planning Process (Part 1), The Planning Process (Part 2)
Media Skills (to include Social Media)
Council Procedure Rules
The Locality Service
DM Committee Mock Meeting
Good Governance
Environment Service Briefing
District Tour
IT Training
September 2019 to March 2020
Medium Term Financial Strategy Training
Community Safety Partnership Training
Climate Change Workshop
Audit Viewpoint Training
Community Infrastructure Levy Training
Budget Workshop
Webcasting Training
Community Safety Partnership Session
Gypsy and Traveller Session
Treasury Management Training
Health and Wellbeing Session
April to December 2020
Remote Development Management Committee Meeting Training
Recovery Planning Workshop - Business Theme
Recovery Planning Workshop - Place and Environment Theme
Recovery Planning Workshop - Residents and Community & Partnerships Themes
Recovery Planning Workshop - Recovery and Redesign Theme
Recovery Planning Workshop - Governance and Communication Themes
Budget Workshop
Waste and Recycling Briefing
Planning White Paper
Housing Strategy Workshop
Planning Training
Covid-19 Briefings
On leaving Colyton Grammar School, I worked for a few months in ground services at Exeter Airport for Westpoint Airlines. However, ambition led to twenty five years in banking and fifteen years as a Branch Manager. This was followed by twenty-seven years as a General Manager working in retail, holiday accommodation, catering and tourism based industries for employers JC & BR Holland based in Dartmouth. I also worked as a freelance correspondent and rowing reporter for the Herald Express for twenty years and I've been the Clerk/Treasurer to St Petrox Trust Lands for over thirty years.
My main hobbies include rowing (river, coastal, gig, seine boat, whaler and ocean rowing) and being a member of Rotary International for over thirty-five years, having held most of the offices in the Dartmouth Club. I have been President twice and was recently presented with a sapphire award.
I have also had a long association with the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, having joined the committee in 1975, including a 12-year spell as secretary and two terms as Chairman. I am now an Honorary Steward and President.
My interests include a special attachment to Dartmouth and Kingswear, numismatics (the study and collecting of coins and medals), at which I would like to spend more time!