Council Updates
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Council Updates Medway fostering service faces £290,000 budget overspend as placement costs rise above forecast
Medway’s fostering service is projected to overspend its in-house placement budget by around £290,000 in 2026/27, according to an annual…
26 August 2026 -
Council Updates Medway Cabinet considers £8.1m of school capital funding as Danecourt project takes centre stage
Medway Cabinet met on 25 August 2026 to consider a package of education capital proposals totalling more than £7.6 million, with the…
26 August 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge and Malling’s draft Local Plan published ahead of council vote
Councillors will decide on 3 September 2026 whether to release the borough’s development blueprint for formal public consultation, with the…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates Ramsgate port applies to store 50 containers and install temporary hangar on harbour land
Thanet District Council’s own port and harbour service asked for permission to store 50 containers and install a temporary hangar on…
25 August 2026 -
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