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Showing posts with label Swanley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swanley. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 August 2023

SEND schools for Swanley and Whitstable

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Some excellent news for the delivery of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) education in Kent. The Education Secretary has appro...
Tuesday, 27 September 2022

New Southeastern timetable - and good news for Otford

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The new Southeastern timetable, published today, includes the excellent news of an hourly service (twice hourly in rush hour) from Maidstone...
Friday, 17 September 2021

Road works in Crockenhill and Swanley

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A brief update on the utility works that have been contributing to huge traffic disruption in Crockenhill and Swanley. Thames Water's pe...
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...
Monday, 12 September 2016

Downsview keeps its Good rating

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Downsview Primary School in Swanley has been rated Good by OFSTED since March 2012. The school had a short inspection (under OFSTED's ne...
Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Launching the new 429 service

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I was in Swanley earlier today to attend the launch of Go-Coach 's new and improved 429 bus service.   Councillors and officers from ...
Friday, 5 August 2016

Councillor Robert Brookbank

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I was very sad to hear earlier this week of the death of my colleague and neighbouring County Councillor, Robert Brookbank. Robert was ele...
Thursday, 21 July 2016

Swanley verges and Kent Highways

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Many constituents from Swaney have contacted me since early summer about the state of grass verges in the town. There is widespread concern ...
Friday, 21 August 2015

United House

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Over the last ten days, Swanley residents have been very much affected by the unauthorised encampment of a traveller group on the United H...
Friday, 20 February 2015

Visit to the Swanley Gateway site

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(L-R): Sue Meads (KCC); Cllr. Tony Searles, Swanley TC; me; Gavin Ernest  (gdm Architects);  Paul Kemp (Mears) This week I had a chan...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Oasis Academy Hextable to close

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Oasis Academy in Hextable has announced that it is due to close. Current Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students will be offered places at alter...
Thursday, 5 February 2015

Pinks Hill bund to be installed

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As part of the interim measures to ease the flooding risks to Pinks Hill, it was agreed last autumn that Kent Highways would install a bund...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

Pinks Hill: update with the Highways Agency

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Accompanied by Kent Highways officers, I met recently with representatives of Connect Plus and the Highways Agency.  We reviewed the follow ...
Thursday, 19 June 2014

Pinks Hill: the next steps

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This week I met on site in Pinks Hill with local residents, our Kent Highways drainage engineer for the area and representatives from Conn...
Saturday, 15 February 2014

Swanley Sitrep

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With further heavy rainfall and flooding taking place, I went to look at the situation in Pinks Hill, Waylands and adjoining roads both la...
Saturday, 8 February 2014

Pinks Hill flooding: the misery continues

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Water running onto Pinks Hill at about 3PM Yet again, heavy rainfall in the latter part of the week has caused severe flooding in Pinks ...
Saturday, 1 February 2014

Update on Swanley flooding

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Residents in Pinks Hill and other neighbouring roads such as Waylands were once more affected by flooding overnight and into today. I visite...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Broom Hill: Inspector's decision goes against residents

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Last year saw an appeal by the developers ProVision against Sevenoaks District Council's refusal of permission for four applications for...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Site meeting to tackle Pinks Hill flooding

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In the latter part of last week, I had a phone call from a senior manager at the Highways Agency to discuss the problems on the High Firs ...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Salt bins in Swanley and South Darenth

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I continue to fund a number of salt bins across the Darent Valley Division from my Member Highway Fund. Late last week, accompanied by a K...