Council Updates
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Council Updates Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Opens Call for Sites for Local Plan Review
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council invites landowners and developers to submit sites suitable for homes, jobs or community uses as part of its…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Warns Residents of Fake Parking Services Phishing Email Scam
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has alerted residents to delete a fraudulent phishing email pretending to be from its Parking Services and…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Borough Council Warns Residents of Fake Phishing Email Posing as Parking Services
Maidstone Borough Council has issued an urgent alert about a phishing scam email falsely claiming to be from its Parking Services team…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s housing-capacity gap: the documented numbers
South East Water has formally told Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council that of the 19,620 homes the council is mandated to deliver by 2040…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe District Council Increases Ward Budgets to £5,000 Per Councillor for Community Projects
Each of Folkestone & Hythe’s 30 councillors will receive £5,000 under the enhanced Ward Budget Scheme to support local activities and…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates Liberal Democrats Secure Both Sherwood Ward Seats in Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Election
Courtney Leigh Souper and Andrew Clark Wallace elected as Liberal Democrat councillors for Sherwood ward, marking a shift in representation…
8 May 2026 -
Council Updates Liberal Democrats hold Tunbridge Wells with 11-seat sweep — Reform UK’s first borough slate yields no councillors
Liberal Democrats retained outright control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council on Friday, sweeping 11 of 15 seats. Reform UK contested…
8 May 2026 -
Council Updates Medway Cabinet Confirms HMO Restrictions Across Seven Wards
Medway Council’s Cabinet has ratified Article 4 Directions removing automatic conversion rights for small HMOs in seven wards, including…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Medway Cabinet Greenlights £120m Innovation Park North Procurement
Medway Council’s Cabinet has authorised the procurement of a development partner for Innovation Park Medway North, opening the…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Canterbury City Council launches eight-week review to reshape local democracy ahead of government merger
Residents in Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable asked whether they want new town councils as part of biggest council shake-up in 50…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates What’s Really Happening to Kent’s Rivers, Beaches and Water Bills
Almost every monitored river in the Medway and the Stour now fails the legal environmental tests. Eleven Kent sewage treatment works are…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Broken Down Lorry Causes Traffic Disruption on Berwick Way Roundabout in Strood
Medway Council alerts drivers to exercise caution following vehicle breakdown on slip road at busy Strood junction. A broken-down lorry has…
6 May 2026