Council Updates
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Council Updates Kent County Council Launches Water Resilience Partnership After Repeated Supply Failures
KCC Leader Linden Kemkaran will chair a new county-wide strategic group bringing together water companies, councils and regulators to…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Sturry Link Road: £61 Million Canterbury Relief Scheme Begins Construction After Homes England Deal
Kent County Council secured a £48.5 million funding agreement with Homes England, confirmed in early 2026, unlocking construction of a new…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Ashford Borough Council Adopts New Four-Year Parking Strategy
Ashford Borough Council has formally adopted a Parking Strategy for 2026–2030 setting out how parking across the borough will be managed to…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council Launches Free Water Butt Scheme Projected to Save 300,000 Litres a Year
Around 1,000 free water butts are being offered to Maidstone households under an expanded rainwater harvesting scheme, with the council…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone Gets Its Library Back: New Town Centre Hub Opens on Sandgate Road
The new Folkestone Library and Community Learning Centre at 14 Sandgate Road opened on 26 May 2026, bringing together library services…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Renters’ Rights Act Deadline Passes: What Kent Tenants Should Do If They Never Received Their Letter
Landlords across England had until 31 May 2026 to hand every existing tenant a new government information sheet — and missing that deadline…
6 July 2026 -
Council Updates Ofsted and CQC Inspectors Arrive at County Hall Monday for Kent’s First Full SEND Inspection Since Improvement Notice
Joint Ofsted and CQC inspectors will be on site at Sessions House, Maidstone, from 6 to 10 July for a full SEND Local Area Partnership…
4 July 2026 -
Council Updates Canterbury Cycle Storage Expansion Reaches 79 Spaces Across City Car Parks
Canterbury City Council’s Connected Canterbury scheme has completed its second phase of secure bike storage, bringing the total number of…
3 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council Hosts European Partners to Advance Heritage Trees Research
An international visit from a Belgian heritage tree project is supporting Kent’s work to protect and propagate historically significant…
2 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Residents Asked to Rate Roads, Buses and Cycling in National Survey
Kent County Council has joined a UK-wide public satisfaction survey asking residents to share their views on transport and highways — with…
1 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council Opens Public Consultation on How to Spend £2.8 Billion Budget
More than 1.6 million Kent residents are being asked to help shape KCC’s annual spending priorities as the council faces hundreds of…
30 June 2026 -
Council Updates Voting on the unanswered: Kent approaches its 2027 reorganisation elections with the lawful-authority question still open
A resident asked five questions; fourteen councils and the Government were asked one. Kent heads for its 2027 reorganisation elections with…
30 June 2026