Council Updates
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Council Updates First council-owned children’s home opens under Kent care shake-up
Kent County Council has completed the first of four small residential homes it is buying and converting under Project Athena, with children…
30 July 2026 -
Council Updates Canterbury MP warns hospitality industry is in ‘dire state’ as costs pile up
Canterbury MP warns hospitality industry is in ‘dire state’ as costs pile up Rosie Duffield MP has written to the Chancellor calling for a…
30 July 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council warns residents to watch for Asian hornets that prey on bees
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is urging residents to report sightings of the yellow-legged Asian hornet after one was captured in…
30 July 2026 -
Council Updates River Medway group sets out plan to restore water quality and give river legal rights
Friends of the River Medway has launched a three-part programme combining practical restoration work, legal advocacy and what it calls…
30 July 2026 -
Council Updates Asked at every level, answered at none: the Kent reorganisation question still without a reply
A resident asked her county council five questions about the reorganisation that will abolish it. A year on, the same question – by what…
29 July 2026 -
Council Updates Children aged 15 and under to travel free on Kent buses throughout August
Kent County Council is backing a Government-funded scheme giving free bus travel to children and teenagers across the county from 1 to 31…
29 July 2026 -
Council Updates Dover gets £20m to cut Operation Brock by up to 80%
Kent County Council has secured £20 million from the government to reconfigure the Port of Dover’s eastern docks, with the work expected to…
29 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council opens budget consultation for 2027-28
Kent County Council is asking residents and businesses across the county to share their views on spending priorities, potential savings and…
27 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to get three new pocket parks with six weeks of road closures ahead
Maidstone Borough Council has announced work is starting on small green spaces in St Faith’s Street, Brewer Street and Union Street, but…
26 July 2026 -
Council Updates Gravesham residents get extra time to comment on borough’s long-term planning blueprint
Gravesham Borough Council has extended its Draft Local Plan 2042 consultation to 17 August 2026, giving residents, businesses and parish…
24 July 2026 -
Council Updates A299 Thanet Way resurfacing complete as overnight closures continue
Kent County Council has finished resurfacing 3.1 miles of the Thanet Way, smoothing out the worst bumps caused by shifting clay beneath the…
24 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent asks residents to hold off disposing of old fridges and freezers for now
Kent County Council is asking households to delay getting rid of unwanted fridges and freezers while a national shortage of specialist…
24 July 2026