Contacts
Contact details including for elected representatives (updated October 2025)*
Hook Action Against Over-development: hookdevaction [at] gmail.com
Elected representatives and council officials
Make sure your elected representatives know how you feel about development plans for Hook.
Member of Parliament – Alex Brewer MP
You must include your full address so that she can be sure you are a constituent. Lobby Alex Brewer to have the planning system immediately fixed to protect areas where, for purely technical reasons, a new Local Plan has failed to be approved. In these cases Local Authorities must be allowed to retain control over local settlement boundaries. It must not be up to developers to decide where housing can be placed.
Secretary of State Housing, Communities and Local Government: The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
angela.rayner.mp@parliament.uk
District Council – with responsibility for all planning matters
- Elected District Councillors
| Name | Position/notes | |
| Cllr Dermot Smith | dermot.smith [at] hart.gov.uk | Hook Ward Councillor, Development Mgmt Committee Member (ie. planning) |
| Cllr Selena Coburn | selena.coburn [at] hart.gov.uk | Hook Ward Councillor |
| Cllr Ann Baty | ann.baty [at] hart.gov.uk | Hook Ward Councillor |
| Cllr Graham Cockarill | graham.cockarill [at] hart.gov.uk | Portfolio Holder – Planning Policy |
| Cllr Alan Oliver | alan.oliver [at] hart.gov.uk | Chair of Development Management Committee (ie. planning) |
Non elected District Council Officers – for matters of planning process
| Name | Position/notes | |
| Mark Berry | mark.berry [at] hart.gov.uk | Development Manager |
| planningadmin [at] hart.gov.uk | Planning admin |
Hook Parish Council – able to comment on planning matters but no powers
| Name | Position/notes | |
| Rob Cowell |
rob.cowell [at] hook.gov.uk | Chair of Parish Council |
| Martin Whittaker | martin.whittaker [at] hook.gov.uk | Chair of Planning Committee |
| planning [at] hook.gov.uk | Planning admin |
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