Council Updates
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Council Updates Kent County Council did not approve Oaken Wood quarrying, leader clarifies
Kent County Council did not approve Oaken Wood quarrying, leader clarifies View tweet from @LeaderofKCC The July 2025 full council vote…
19 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council asks residents to help shape £2.8bn budget
Kent County Council has opened a public consultation on how it should spend more than £2.8 billion on county services in 2027-28, with…
18 July 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells water supply problems: what South East Water customers need to know
South East Water has reported fresh supply problems affecting some Tunbridge Wells customers, the latest disruption in a run of failures…
18 July 2026 -
Council Updates Four new councils to replace Kent’s current structure by 2028
Government ministers have confirmed that Kent and Medway’s 14 existing councils will be abolished and replaced by four single-tier…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to join new West Kent council from 2028
The Government has confirmed Maidstone will merge with Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells into a single West Kent unitary…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent and Medway to be split into four new councils by 2028
The government has confirmed it will replace Kent and Medway’s 14 existing councils with four new unitary authorities, with the change due…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Sevenoaks to lose its council as Kent moves to four new authorities by 2028
Sevenoaks District Council has confirmed the Government will replace Kent’s existing councils with four new unitary authorities from 1…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to merge into new West Kent council by April 2028
Maidstone Borough Council has confirmed the government wants to fold the borough into a new West Kent unitary authority alongside…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Dover District Council to be abolished as Kent splits into four new councils by 2028
Government ministers have confirmed that Dover District Council will cease to exist by April 2028, replaced by four new single-tier…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Ashford to join new mid Kent council with Swale and Folkestone & Hythe
Ministers are expected to confirm that Ashford, Swale and Folkestone & Hythe will merge into a single mid Kent unitary council, scrapping…
16 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Mineral Sites Plan to go before independent examiner
Kent County Council has approved sending its Pre-Submission Mineral Sites Plan to a Government-appointed Planning Inspector for independent…
16 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent and Medway councils to be replaced by new unitary authorities after government decision
Ministers have confirmed the future shape of local government across Kent and Medway, ending the current two-tier system and replacing…
16 July 2026