The charges and the contract and conditions of hire for the Museum art gallery for 2015/16 are currently being reviewed by Kingston Council. The consultation on the proposed changes closes on 21st March 2015 and comments can be made to tove.bellingham@kingston.gov.uk.

The results of the Borough wide survey which was undertaken by Kingston Council late last year have been released. 9,277 usable responses to the survey were received, which is approximately 7% of the adult population of the Royal Borough, and the full report includes a breakdown by ward. Overall satisfaction with the local area was 84% (the […]

Via our website we’ve been trying to keep residents up to date on the debacle that has become introducing 20mph in Surbiton Town Centre, but it’s been going on so long with so many twists and turns we thought it useful to summarize them in one place. Back in July, we let residents know that […]

Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee agreed to a compromise on 20mph on Surbiton town centre roads.  Tory Councillors had used their majority on Kingston Council stop a decision for a comprehensive 20mph limit scheme in Surbiton town centre, insisting that it should only be up to 100m from school entrances. This proved to be unworkable. For example, a […]

Kingston Council has announced plans for the first of the mini-hollands projects.  Mini-holland is the name given to the improvements to the cycle infrastructure using £32m given by Mayor for London, Boris Johnson, to transform our cycling network and encourage more people to use bikes instead of cars. This first scheme incorporates the whole of […]

Last year Kingston Council bid and won for over £30m of Mayor of London’s mini-holland project money. The projects are supposed to create a dutch style environment to encourage more residents to cycle. The first scheme to come before the Councillors has been labeled as ‘hugely disappointing’ by the borough’s cycling community. Portsmouth Road from […]

Kingston Council are consulting on the proposed admission arrangements for 2016 to 2017 for: community schools in-year admissions coordinated primary and secondary admissions schemes The proposed changes to the existing arrangements for community schools are: Sibling priority will only be given where an applicant has a sibling attending Reception to Year 6 at the same or linked infant and […]

The expected planning application for the Old Post Office in Kingston town centre has now been received by Kingston Council. The application is for: Demolition of non-listed buildings. Erection of new buildings of 4 to 21 storeys in height and part demolition, alterations and change of use of Former Post Office and Former Telephone Exchange […]

Kingston Council will be writing to every resident on the electoral register during January 2015.  National changes to the registration process mean if you have moved house or turned 18 recently you may not be on the electoral register. If the details in your ‘Confirmation of Voter Registration 2015’ letter are correct you do not […]

In October 2014, Conservative controlled Kingston Council launched their all-in-one survey.  Advertising on buses (and still there despite the survey closing in November), in newspapers, through social media and sending a survey to every household in the borough, at an estimated cost of £95,000. In December 2014, the initial results were announced – 9,746 survey […]