Council Updates
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Council Updates Kent County Council asks residents to shape next year’s budget before Monday deadline
Kent County Council wants to hear from residents on where to cut spending and whether Council Tax should rise — but the clock is ticking…
1 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s council shake-up is going to court: what the case is actually about
Residents have gone to court over Kent’s council reorganisation. Nobody has won or lost anything yet. Here is what has actually happened…
31 August 2026 -
Council Updates 127 days. Twelve articles. One question. Still no answer.
Four months ago Kent Local News reported that the Government held no legal rationale, no consultation records and no impact assessments…
30 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s reorganisation reaches the High Court: residents file judicial review over the missing lawful authority
A resident-led group has filed a judicial review claim challenging the legal basis for work done on Kent’s local government reorganisation…
29 August 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford Council launches online tool to check bin collection dates
Dartford Borough Council’s postcode-based “Check Bin Collections” tool lets households across the borough find their next refuse and…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Thanet Cabinet approved £1.26m Ramsgate dredging contract and £425,000 lift replacement in July, minutes show
Thanet District Council’s Cabinet, meeting on 27 August 2026, approved two significant spending decisions: a five-year hydrodynamic…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Poverty strategy put before Thanet Cabinet as district ranks among England’s most deprived
Thanet District Council’s Cabinet approved a new Tackling Poverty Strategy at its meeting on 27 August 2026, responding to data showing the…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Green Party’s Ingrid Dodd wins Dover district by-election by 34 votes
Ingrid Dodd took the Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe seat for the Green Party by 34 votes from Reform UK’s James Defriend, in…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Southern Water holding public meeting in Elham over recent works
Southern Water holding public meeting in Elham over recent works Residents in Elham can put questions directly to Southern Water at a…
27 August 2026 -
Council Updates Sevenoaks residents have until September to comment on plan for 17,460 new homes
Sevenoaks District Council is asking residents for final views on its new Local Plan, which sets out where 17,460 homes could be built…
27 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent council urges residents to fill in survey to bring back Eurostar stops at Ashford and Ebbsfleet
Kent County Council is backing a three-minute public survey designed to show rail operators there is enough demand to restore international…
27 August 2026 -
Council Updates Gillingham HMO bid recommended for refusal as house deemed too small and rooms fall below national space standards
Medway Council’s planning committee considered and refused an application to convert a Barnsole Road terraced house into a six-bedroom…
27 August 2026