Liz is the Parish Council Clerk and Proper Officer (Finance), which is a salaried position.
She attends Parish Council and Planning meetings, takes minutes and writes letters on behalf of the council to the District and County Council, other agencies and individuals.
Liz liaises with councillors on issues concerning the Parish Council, and prepares a monthly article for the parish magazine.
She represents the council on occasions at meetings with the District and County Council.
Liz is responsible for the accounting of the council (including collection of allotment rents), Village Hall and Playing Field, and prepares the audit.
She is responsible for ensuring that Councillors adhere to the Code of Conduct, and keeps Councillors up to date with policy changes in many areas.

Richard has overall responsibility for decisions made on behalf of the council.
He is also Chairman of the Village Hall Committee and is on the Finance Committee.

Kelvin chairs meetings and makes decisions on the behalf of the council when the Chairman is away.
He is also Chairman of the Playing Field Committee, Chairman of the Public Transport Committee and is on the Finance Committee.
Kelvin is responsible for highway issues within the village and reports to the council on these.

Brenda is the Chairman of the Planning Committee, and responsible for receiving planning applications, arranging planning meetings and reporting to the council on planning issues.
Brenda is also on the Finance Committee and is the Parish Council's representative for the Travers Trust.

Sue is the Chairman of the Village Care Committee and reports to the council on issues concerning: allotments; refuse collection; dog bin emptying; litter; verge cutting; overhanging hedges; and areas such as the Bevernside and Village Green - in fact anything which needs attention to improve and maintain the environment of the village.
Sue also represents the Parish Council and residents of West Gate on the Village Hall Committee.

Shirley is the Parish Council Representative for Neighbourhood Watch, and reports on any issues concerning this within the village.
She liaises with the police, Police Community Support Officers, who patrol the village regularly, and with Mr and Mrs Young, Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators.

Terry is on the Village Hall and Playing Field Committees.

Carole is Joint Chairman of the Footpaths Committee; she reports to the council on footpaths and any problems concerning them, and liaises with the ESCC Rights of Way Officer.
She is also on the Village Care Committee and reports to the council on the Novington Sandpit, and Village Action Plan.

Clare is Joint Chairman of the Footpaths Committee; she reports to the council on footpaths and
any problems concerning them, and liaises with the ESCC Rights of Way Officer.
She is also on the Playing Field Committee.

Katie is the Parish Council's Representative on the Village Action Plan, Vale of Sussex Initiative, Rural Voices Rural Choices and Lewes District Association of Local Councils and reports to the council on issues concerning these.
She is also on the Village Care Committee.

Tom is the Lewes District Councillor (LDC) for Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St John (without).
LDC have responsibility for a range of services including recycling & refuse collection, planning & building control, environmental health, homelessness and leisure facilities.
Tom is the LDC Representative on the South Downs Joint Committee and Action in Rural Sussex. He is chairman of the Plumpton Village Action Plan Committee and LDC Rural Voices Rural Choices, he sits on the LDC Crime Reduction Partnership and manages the Speed Indicator Device (SID) Project in rural areas.