Council Updates
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Council Updates West Kent “super council” plans on hold after Government pause
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council leader Ben Chapelard has called the Government’s decision to pause Local Government Reorganisation in Kent…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Officers recommend against securing Swale House undercroft despite councillors’ earlier call for fencing
Officers at Swale Borough Council recommended against installing physical security measures at the undercroft of Swale House in…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Swale Borough Council moves to formalise new parish councils ahead of local government reorganisation
Swale Borough Council’s Policy and Resources Committee considered a recommendation to delegate authority to senior officers to complete the…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council leader speaks out after government halts reorganisation plans
Maidstone Borough Council leader Stuart Jeffery has responded publicly to the government’s decision to pause its national Local Government…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates KCC steps in to save two Thanet bus routes cut by Stagecoach
Kent County Council has secured replacements for the Ramsgate–Minster–Monkton and Minnis Bay–Margate services for an initial six-month…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Cliff works on Folkestone’s Road of Remembrance to reopen route by spring 2027
A £5 million engineering scheme is stabilising the cliff above the historic Road of Remembrance after a January 2024 landslip buried the…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells to join West Kent joint committee as councils prepare for 2028 unitary merger
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s cabinet advisory board considered proposals on 8 September 2026 for the borough to join a new joint…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone cabinet rejects catapult PSPO and commits £1.7m to replace Vinters Park cremators
Maidstone Borough Council’s cabinet met on 22 July 2026 and decided against introducing a Public Space Protection Order for catapult…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Government U-turns on the cross-party devolution plan — the story KLN broke in April
Ministers have halted the biggest reshaping of local government in fifty years because they need to satisfy themselves the process…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Free skills sessions launch in Tonbridge and Malling for young people out of work or training
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council has partnered with Runway Training to run 21 free, half-day taster sessions in agri-tech, construction…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dover’s new Bench Street hub opens with education, arts and business space under one roof
Dover District Council has officially opened The Bench, a four-storey building on Bench Street designed to house a college campus, creative…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council sets out what happens to land submitted through Call for Sites
Maidstone Borough Council has clarified that land submitted through its Call for Sites process is assessed as planning evidence only — not…
8 September 2026