Lymington and Pennington Town Council The first tier of local government, which works towards improving community well being and providing better services, at a local level. A local Council is the first of the three tiers of local government.  It is made up of an elected Chairman and a minimum of four other Councillors. If the local Council agrees, it can call itself a Town Council and the Chairman is then entitled to be called Town Mayor. The aim of every Town Council is to work towards improving community well being and providing better services at a local level. Their activities fall into three main categories: representing the local community; delivering services to meet local needs; striving to improve quality of life and community well being. Lymington and Pennington Town Council serves approximately 15,000 local residents across both Lymington and Pennington.  Through an extensive range of discretionary powers it provides and maintains a variety of important and visible local services including open spaces, play areas, sports and other facilities, allotments and some events. The Councillors of Lymington and Pennington Town Council are democratically elected to