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Showing posts with label Horton Kirby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horton Kirby. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Franks Lane bridge vandalised again

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For a second time, repairs to the bridge in Franks Lane have been subject to vandalism. Following the severe damage done before Christmas, t...
Sunday, 5 January 2025

Franks Lane repairs

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Kent Highways have notified an urgent road closure on Franks Lane, starting tomorrow for 2 days. The road will be closed at the bridge betwe...
Sunday, 22 December 2024

Franks Lane bridge works vandalised

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Many Horton Kirby residents will have seen that the works on the Franks Lane bridge, running through the week commencing 16 December, have b...
Thursday, 12 December 2024

Franks Lane: closure for bridge repairs next week

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Repairs will take place to the Franks Lane bridge in Horton Kirby at the start of next week.  KCC officers attended the bridge on 29 Novembe...
Sunday, 10 November 2024

Remembrance in Horton Kirby

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  With a large number of parishes in my Division, it makes sense to attend a different one for Remembrance Sunday service each year. Last ye...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Vital safety works to start on the A20

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As many residents have seen from the Start of Works Notice (SOWN) issued a couple of weeks ago, KCC/ Kent Highways will be carrying out sign...
Friday, 12 January 2024

Pedham Place and the Sevenoaks Local Plan

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Yesterday I submitted my response to Sevenoaks District Council’s Regulation 18 consultation on the Local Plan (Plan 2040). This is copied b...
Tuesday, 13 September 2022

New bollards (and replacements) for Lombard Street

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Ten days ago, Kent County Council installed twenty nine new wooden bollards in Lombard Street, running up the hill from the end of the exist...
Thursday, 23 December 2021

Lombard Street measures

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As in my previous post in mid-November regarding the situation in Lombard Street and in particular around the stud farm, a number of measur...
Friday, 19 November 2021

Lombard Street parking: markers to be installed from Monday

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Works are about to get under way in the first stage of efforts to address the parking problems in Lombard Street, Horton Kirby, near the for...
Monday, 12 April 2021

Franks Lane: finishing the job

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Following the closure of Franks Lane, Horton Kirby, for resurfacing and carriageway markings (now carried out) on 9 and 10 April, there will...
Wednesday, 7 April 2021

Franks Lane works to start on Friday

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Kent Highways will start resurfacing work in Franks Lane, Horton Kirby, on Friday (9 April); this is expected to take two days, requiring a ...
Thursday, 6 September 2018

Reduced speed limits in Farningham and Horton Kirby

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I have written before about the troubling crash history on the A20 as it passes through the edges of Farningham. A particularly horrific acc...
Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Buses for Wilmington schools

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In the last fortnight or so, constituents have been raising concerns with me over the prospects for children travelling to school in Wilming...
Thursday, 2 March 2017

Keep Kent Clean

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The Great British Spring Clean - a national effort to clean and tidy up the country, hopefully set to become an annual event - is due...
Tuesday, 17 March 2015

More encouraging news from local schools

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In the latter part of last year, I visited six of the seven schools (all primary schools) in Darent Valley. At that time , High Firs had rec...
Sunday, 5 October 2014

Road issues in Horton Kirby and South Darenth

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I recently joined a meeting of the Parish Council, District Council, Kent Highways officers, The Mill management company and others to discu...
Monday, 9 December 2013

Works in progress

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A number of projects are now being taken forward in different parts of Darent Valley. As mentioned before (post of 21 October), safety mea...
Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Take part in the Darent River survey

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As its name implies, my Darent Valley Division includes much of the course of the River Darent and many of the villages that sit on it: Sho...
Monday, 21 October 2013

Dartford Road improvements due in weeks

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Just before Christmas, I organised a site meeting on the A225 Dartford Road - right on the Horton Kirby-Farningham border - with local resid...