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Your Local
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Hello digitalservices@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
Here is your weekly update from Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
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Trees need water too!The Council is backing the call from the Association of Tree Officers encouraging people to water their trees. Read the full article on our website. | | |
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Our Own Exhibition at the Amelia ScottHave you ever wondered how exhibitions are put together?
Would you like to learn about exhibiting and the work that goes into creating an exhibition?
Then join us for 'Our Own Exhibition', a twelve-week course at The Amelia.
This course is free, starts Wednesday 28 June from 1-2:30pm, and open to anyone over 55 or living with a long-term health condition.
For more information or to sign up, email
daniel.huckfield@tunbridgewells.gov.uk or call 01892 554146 | | | |
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Wanted: Personal Trainer for outdoor training sessionsWe are looking for instructors to help provide a 10-week series of Personal Trainer (PT) led sessions at three of our outdoor gyms. There will be 10 sessions at each outdoor gym, and the three sites we are proposing to use are:
Sherwood, TN2 3BL
Showfields, TN2 5PX
Calverley Grounds, TN1 1SJ
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council needs either one instructor for all 30 sessions or one instructor per location. There is flexibility over days/times for these sessions to run. The project runs until September so in order to fulfil our requirements, these sessions will need to run concurrently.
More information is available on our website. | | |
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Traffic Regulation Order for one-way routing in High Street, Royal Tunbridge WellsKent County Council is undertaking a public consultation for a permanent Traffic Regulation Order for the northbound one-way routing in the High Street, which has operated on a temporary basis for the last three years.
The consultation will commence on Friday 9 June and run until noon on Monday 3 July. Details of the proposed Traffic Regulation Order can be found on the Kent County Council (KCC) website at the link below. Notices have also been posted on site in the roads concerned.
www.kent.gov.uk/highwaysconsultations
Please note that residents in the local area will also receive a letter with further details about this consultation.
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BOOK NOW: Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman at The Amelia Scott on Saturday 10 June! Pouring their joint obsessions with comedy, magic and horror into their first novel, Ghost Stories' authors Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman take the reader into a realm of secrets and betrayal. They'll give a peek behind the curtain of a world that, though long lost, resonates with contemporary fears about identity and the malignant manipulation of our minds. 'Two great masters join forces to explosive effect' - Richard Osman Join Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman for this insightful and unique look at their new novel, The Warlock Effect! Find out more online. | | |
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Your local information
For Town Hall Mount Pleasant Road , Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1RS
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Bin Collections
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Household waste
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Garden waste
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Recycling
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Your food waste is collected weekly on the same day as your recycling or household waste collection and it may be collected by a separate lorry at a different time of the day. Got an awkward or bulky item to dispose of? Our bulky waste collection service will remove heavy or large items too big to fit in your bin. Book your collection online. To visit the household waste recycling centre at North Farm you must book a slot in advance using the Kent County Council (KCC) booking system. | | | |
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Remember you can put old batteries out during your recycling collection week and small electrical items and textiles on your refuse collection week.
Check our waste and recycling pages for more information.
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Planning
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Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan 'Call for Sites'
TWBC is carrying out a 'Call for Sites' to identify available and suitable development sites to deliver the strategy and vision for Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre over the next 15 years until 2040.
We are therefore inviting landowners, developers and other parties to submit potential development sites within the defined town centre boundary to the Council for consideration (please click on the link below to see the boundary map and further details).
The 'Call for Sites' will run for 6 weeks from Tuesday 6 June to midnight on Friday 21 July 2023.
Sites can be submitted online, via email or by post. To obtain a site submission form and further details please visit our website. To ask any questions or find out more about the Call for Sites or the Town Centre Plan, email here: RTWTownCentrePlan@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
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Up to three recent planning applications within 200 metres of your property are listed below.
38-40 Monson Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1LU
Renewal of shop frontage including new signage and alterations to extraction location at rear of property.
View online 22/03229/FULL
Validated: 09/11/2022
38-40 Monson Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1LU
Listed Building Consent: Renewal of shop frontage including new signage and alterations to extraction location at rear of property.
View online 22/03230/LBC
Validated: 03/11/2022
Black Sheep Coffee 27 Mount Pleasant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1PN
Advertisement - 2 sets of internally illuminated fascia text, 2 internally illuminated projection signs
View online 22/03097/ADV
Validated: 27/10/2022
There are more than 3 recent planning applications within 200 metres of your property.
You can search all new and historical planning applications in the borough on our website. Information about how to receive an email alert for any planning application in the borough can be found on our website.
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Events
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The Tunbridge Wells Poetry festival boasts events for all ages, take a look at their website to find out what's on at the festival, which runs until 18 June. | | |
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A race will be taking place in Hawkhurst on Sunday 25 June 2023. There will be a 5k and a 10k race to take part in, with medals for all and trophies and prizes for winners. Find out more on the Hawkhurst Parish Council website. | | |
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Would you like to let thousands of people across the borough know about your event? Tell us about it and we'll do our best to include it in a future update.
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Your Councillors Park
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Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward.
View your ward councillor's details on our website.
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Local elections took place on 4th May 2023 and this newsletter will be updated with new councillor's information after formalaties have been completed. | | | |
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Council Meetings
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General Purposes Committee: Monday, 5th December, 2022 6.30 pm
Planning Committee: Wednesday, 7th December, 2022 6.30 pm
Cabinet: Thursday, 8th December, 2022 6.30 pm
Full Council: Wednesday, 14th December, 2022 6.30 pm
Full Council: Wednesday, 14th December, 2022 6.30 pm
Full Council: Wednesday, 14th December, 2022 7.00 pm
The full calendar of meetings and how to attend can be found on our website.
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council publish a full list of the decisions taken at Council meetings along with the Forward Plan, a list of forthcoming decisions to be taken.
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Consultations and Engagement
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Vacancies
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Report it
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Roadworks
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Kent County Council look after the county's highways and roads and are responsible for issuing permits and licences for road closures. Kent County Council publish an online map of planned roadworks in the area.
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Find out the latest business news, funding, tips, services offered and business events from Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and its partners via our website, quarterly newsletters, #TWBiz for all and #TWTourismBiz for the tourism sector. | | | |
The Assembly Hall Theatre send out a monthly email with announcements about the latest shows, offers and discounts. | | | |
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