Council Updates
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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 Maidstone council’s external auditor finds no significant weaknesses but flags homelessness finance controls
Grant Thornton’s annual report on Maidstone Borough Council’s use of resources for 2025-26 found no significant weaknesses but made one…
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 -
Council Updates Maidstone’s three town-centre pocket parks open after a summer of roadworks
Three pocket parks in St Faith’s Street, Brewer Street and Union Street have been completed, two months after the road closures that built…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford cabinet asked to back public survey on town centre masterplan
Dartford Borough Council’s cabinet considered proposals to launch an online public survey on the future of the town centre, with the…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford cabinet asked to approve £85-an-hour fees for work on major infrastructure schemes
Dartford Borough Council’s cabinet considered proposals to introduce cost-recovery fees of £85 an hour for council services provided in…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dover repaid £770,000 to government over Right to Buy receipts error, then found it was not owed
Dover District Council paid £505,000 plus £265,000 interest to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in August 2026…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council bulletin covers quarry concerns, pocket parks and pothole trial
Maidstone Borough Council’s fortnightly update, issued on 25 September 2026, covers everything from a sustainable pothole-repair trial to…
25 September 2026 -
Council Updates Free public toilets available across Ashford town centre without spending a penny
Ashford Borough Council’s Community Toilet Scheme lets residents and visitors use facilities at local businesses for free — no purchase…
25 September 2026 -
Council Updates Five-council joint committee proposed to manage West Kent transition to unitary authority
A report going to Tunbridge Wells cabinet in October 2026 will seek approval to establish a joint committee with four other councils to…
25 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council tests pothole repairs made from old clothes at Mote Park and Penenden Heath
Maidstone Borough Council is trialling a pothole repair material made partly from recycled textile waste at two of its parks, in a pilot…
24 September 2026