Council Updates
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Council Updates Dover District Council Sets Out New Rules for Affordable Housing on Developments
A draft planning document proposes that sites of 15 homes or more contribute 30% affordable housing, while smaller schemes face a new cash…
28 June 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council Buys Eight New Flats in Central Folkestone to House Homeless Families
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has purchased a block of eight two-bedroom flats in central Folkestone as part of a £5 million plan to…
27 June 2026 -
Council Updates Planning Application Submitted for Palm Court Transformation at Royal Victoria Place
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has submitted a Phase One planning application covering Palm Court and Ely Court at Royal Victoria Place…
26 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council: Flags Can Stay on Lamp Posts — But Safety Comes First
Kent County Council says its Highways teams won’t routinely remove St George’s or Union flags from lamp posts and buildings across the…
26 June 2026 -
Council Updates Swale Borough Council Plans Free Tennis, Adventure Play Upgrade and New Housing Rules for Sheerness
Swale Borough Council is pushing forward with a package of changes covering planning policy, public sport access and children’s play…
24 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Councils Move Bin Collections to Dawn Hours During Heatwave
Waste crews across Kent are starting rounds markedly earlier during the current heatwave, with residents asked to have bins out the night…
24 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Leads National Effort to Restore Historic Ponds and Revive Wildlife Habitats
A county-wide programme of pond mapping and restoration in Kent is targeting “ghost ponds” and degraded farmland water bodies to bring back…
24 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s SEND Services: From Nine Identified Weaknesses to Lifted Improvement Notice
Kent County Council and NHS Kent and Medway moved out of formal government intervention in August 2024 after a five-year scrutiny process…
23 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Training & Apprenticeships to Become KAE Future Pathways Under Kent Adult Education
Kent County Council is merging its in-house youth training service into Kent Adult Education from the 2026/27 academic year, creating a…
23 June 2026 -
Council Updates KCC Approves Expansion of Specialist SEND Provision at Dover Christ Church Academy
Kent County Council has approved capital investment to expand Aspen 2, the Dover district’s specialist unit for pupils aged 11–18 with…
22 June 2026 - Council Updates
Biggest KSENT Games Yet Brings Inclusive Sport to 127 SEND Pupils Across Kent and Medway
Active Kent & Medway brought together pupils from 18 special schools for a day of adapted sport at what organisers called the largest KSENT…
19 June 2026 - Council Updates
Canterbury’s 800-Year-Old Poor Priests’ Hospital Opens Its Doors as a Living Gallery
Canterbury City Council has launched the Clocktower Gallery inside the restored medieval Poor Priests’ Hospital, with its first exhibition…
18 June 2026