Tonbridge News
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Council Updates Tonbridge & Malling cabinet considers Article 4 Direction to require planning permission for new HMOs in parts of Tonbridge, Snodland and East Malling
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Cabinet considered a proposal on 6 October 2026 to restrict the conversion of family homes into…
7 October 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge and Malling Council writes to Home Secretary over Walderslade asylum property
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has asked the Home Secretary to investigate whether a Walderslade property used as asylum dispersal…
1 October 2026 -
Kent Football Preview: Tonbridge Angels vs Torquay — FA Cup, 3rd Round Qualifying
Tonbridge Angels host Torquay on Saturday 3 October. Form, H2H, prediction.
1 October 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Wednesday, 30 September 2026 8 stories · 4-minute read 1938: Britain, France, Germany and Italy signed the Munich…
30 September 2026 - Council Updates
£42m flood scheme opens to protect Tonbridge and Hildenborough
An expanded Leigh Flood Storage Area and new Hildenborough defences, costing £42 million in total, are designed to cut flood risk for 1,870…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates Benches on Tonbridge’s Woodland Walk restored after bolts and plaques stolen
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has repaired and returned benches to Woodland Walk after thieves stripped them of bolts and…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates External auditors make three improvement recommendations to Tonbridge & Malling but find no significant weaknesses
Grant Thornton’s annual audit report for 2025/26, considered by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Audit Committee on 28 September 2026…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge & Malling’s local plan remains sole ‘red’ risk after government intervention overrides council vote
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Audit Committee considered a risk register update on 28 September 2026 showing that failure to adopt…
29 September 2026 -
Kent Football Ebbsfleet United 2-1 Tonbridge Angels: National League – South match report
Ebbsfleet United won 2-1 away to Tonbridge Angels in the National League – South.
26 September 2026 -
Investigations Have Britons given up on voting? A century of turnout, and what the people who stay at home say
In 1950, 84 in every 100 registered voters cast a ballot. In July 2024 it was fewer than 60, and in Sittingbourne and Sheppey barely half…
26 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Thursday, 24 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Thursday, 24 September 2026 9 stories · 4-minute read 1911: Britain’s first rigid airship, HM Airship No. 1, was…
24 September 2026 -
Council Updates Lights coming to Tonbridge riverside path after contractor delay
A £100,000 scheme will illuminate the 380-metre route between Town Lock and the retail parks at Vale Road and Cannon Lane, with work due to…
23 September 2026