Council Updates
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Council Updates Listed building consent sought to transform Margate’s Winter Gardens into mixed-use venue
Officers recommended approval of listed building consent to convert Margate’s Grade II listed Winter Gardens, closed since August 2022…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates System-wide review of Kent and Medway maternity services launched after three of four hospital trusts placed under enhanced oversight
NHS Kent and Medway ICB has begun a first-ever system-wide review of maternity, neonatal and women’s health services across the region…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates NHS halts routine autism and ADHD assessments in Kent and Medway until at least April 2027
The NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has capped assessment activity for autism and ADHD services, meaning patients assessed as…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates What to do if your child with an EHCP has no school place as term starts
Kent schools return on Tuesday 1 September. What the law requires if your child’s EHCP names no setting, the appeal deadlines that matter…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates By-election set for Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe on 27 August
Voters in the coastal and rural ward east of Dover will choose a new District Councillor on Thursday 27 August 2026, with six candidates on…
24 August 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council moves to block automatic office-to-flat conversions in town centre
Maidstone Borough Council has begun the formal process to require full planning permission for office-to-residential conversions at named…
22 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council backs Government crackdown on illegal waste dumping
Kent County Council has welcomed new Government plans for tougher enforcement against serious and organised waste crime, pointing to the…
20 August 2026 -
Council Updates Government takes control of East Malling 1,300-home planning decision
The Secretary of State has called in a planning application for up to 1,300 homes on land west of Hermitage Lane in East Malling, meaning…
20 August 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge and Malling approves retrospective planning change for Ditton demolition
A Section 73 application varying four planning conditions at Park Farm Cottage, Bradbourne Lane, Ditton, has been approved by Tonbridge and…
20 August 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council puts £250,000 behind resident-led plan to tackle violence against women and girls
Maidstone Borough Council has approved a £250,000 action plan shaped by 36 local residents, targeting safer streets, youth support, and…
19 August 2026 -
Council Updates Gravesham council acts against unlicensed HMO in Cross Lane East over fire safety failures
Gravesham Borough Council’s Private Sector Housing team has taken enforcement action against an unlicensed house in multiple occupation in…
19 August 2026 -
Council Updates Voter photo ID: what Dartford’s 2023 election figures show
Dartford Borough Council has published data showing that 94 voters were turned away at polling stations during the 4 May 2023 local…
18 August 2026