Council Updates
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Council Updates Government pauses Kent and Medway council shake-up
The UK government has put plans to reorganise local government in Kent and Medway on hold pending a review, with Kent County Council saying…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent pushes free blood pressure checks during Know Your Numbers Week
Kent County Council is urging residents to get a blood pressure check during Know Your Numbers Week, 7 to 13 September 2026, warning that…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Mobile signal black hole targeted as small cells go up across Canterbury city centre
Kent County Council has installed mobile signal-boosting equipment on lampposts and other street assets across Canterbury city centre…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells faces £525,000 budget overspend as leisure centre collapse costs council £630,000
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s finances were under pressure at the end of the first quarter of 2026/27, with the collapse of leisure…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dover District Council receives C2 housing rating after regulator finds weaknesses in tenant engagement and complaints handling
The Regulator of Social Housing graded Dover District Council’s consumer standards performance as C2 in July 2026, identifying weaknesses…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Five months of asking under what law. Then the Government stopped to check.
The Government has paused local government reorganisation across England, including Kent and Medway, saying it must satisfy itself that the…
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council asks residents and landowners to put forward sites for its new borough plan
Maidstone Borough Council has opened a formal process asking anyone with an interest in land across the borough to suggest sites for…
7 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone residents asked to have their say on future of Lockmeadow market and riverside site
Maidstone Borough Council is consulting residents on how Lockmeadow — the riverside entertainment, market and community site on Barker Road…
7 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dover cabinet to consider affordable housing purchases and heating contract behind closed doors
Dover District Council’s cabinet is due to meet in private on 5 October to consider four affordable housing schemes and a heating contract…
5 September 2026 -
Council Updates Told it was mandatory. Told it was not. Kent’s councils and the Government gave residents opposite answers
A Kent resident asked her district council whether reorganisation was mandatory. Dover District Council answered in one word: “Yes.” The…
5 September 2026 -
Council Updates Gravesham hands out dozens of fly-tipping fines and warns more cases are coming
Gravesham Borough Council issued 18 fines of £1,000 each for fly-tipping and more than 70 warnings in just two months, as it steps up…
4 September 2026 -
Council Updates Government directs Tonbridge and Malling to press ahead with housing plan consultation
The council, which voted on 3 September 2026 not to approve the next stage of its Local Plan, has been directed by the Government to open a…
4 September 2026