Archive for Month: March 2014

Delighted to meet Gold medal winner, Lizzy Yarnold, at the beginning of her open bus top tour of the district. Many people have been out to cheer her – she is such an inspiration to us all.

At the Housing & Community Safety (HACS) meeting held on Tuesday 11 February the meeting discussed two housing schemes were already established to assist people onto the housing ladder.

Nigel Farage, Leader of UKIP, has called for a move to the French marriage system, where the legal act of marriage is separated from religious ceremonies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2583636/Ukip-not-oppose-gay-marriage-Farage-reveals-calls-French-style-separate-legal-religious-services.html

The SDC Gypsy & Traveller Site Plan has been made public today. First, SDC councillors will give their views on the various site options and then it will be opened to public consultation in May/June of this year. Nothing in the document is definitely going ahead, some sites will come out and others will go…

People who suffer from health problems that are made worse by air pollution can now sign up to the free ‘airAlert’ service giving advanced warning of poor air quality. Click here for more details: http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/news/news-for-2014/march/free-air-quality-alert-service-goes-live

On Friday 21 March, our local Winter Olympic Champion, will be touring the District from the centre of Sevenoaks town, to Otford and St. Michael’s School (where she went) through Eynsford and back to her home village of West Kingsdown. Click here for more information: http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/services/leisure-and-culture/lizzy-yarnold-victory-parade

A new survey has been launched by the Commissioner’s Office and the University of Kent. (Take part here and have your say: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Kent_police_survey). The survey aims to explore what Kent residents expect from their police service.

A parent consultation has begun at the Weald of Kent Grammar (WOK) School in Tonbridge to see if parents would be happy for the school to go co-educational (mixed). If parents agree this will remove the major legal obstacle in setting up the Sevenoaks annexe. Their responses are requested by 21 March 2014.

The Government has announced a number of schemes to help businesses and homeowners recover from flooding since 1 December 2013.  For more information click here: http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/services/housing/flood-support-schemes

Kerry Boyd, from Margate, has been appointed as the new Youth Commissioner. Kerry, aged 19, will start part-time as of the 5th March 2014, taking up the role full-time as of the beginning of April.