More Food and Money “Desperately Needed” to Keep People Safely Fed
Demand for food donations is beginning to outstrip supply, and more food and money is desperately needed to keep people safely fed. People in urgent need of food because of a dramatic drop in their...
First 'Virtual' Planning meeting
Planning Committee: tonight we will be holding our first 'virtual' meeting at 7pm. Agenda details can be found here: https://moderngov.microshadeapplications.co.uk/Tenterden/ieListDocuments.a...
Town Council Hails 'Tremendous' Response to COVID-19 Campaign, but Calls for More Volunteers
‘Helping in Tenterden’, the community ‘umbrella’ organisation helping alleviate the impact of Covid-19 in and around the town, has got off to a tremendous start. Within the first week of th...
Information Regarding Council Tax Payments
Here is up to date information from Ashford Borough Council regarding Council Tax payments. https://www.ashford.gov.uk/your-community/emergency-planning/health-and-pandemics/coronavirus-covid-19/coron...
Advice & Guidance for Businesses from Kent Police
Please find here advice and guidance for Businesses from Kent Police during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Call For Volunteers and a Contact for those in Need
A flyer is being delivered from today to as many houses as possible in Tenterden & St. Michaels. Unfortunately it is not possible to get this to every resident covered by Tenterden Town Council, but...
Homewood's Game On Efforts Raise Thousands for Sports Relief
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre in Tenterden has raised over £2,500 for Sport Relief, with a week of activities involving students, staff, parents and the local community. The fundraising fun i...
Tenterden Social Hub Appeals for Community Support
Tenterden Social Hub is appealing for help to continue their wide range of services which they deliver to the town’s old, frail and lonely residents and adults with a disability. The Hub, in Chur...
Town Hall Closes, but Council Continues to Provide Information and Advice Services
Although the Town Hall will be closed as from Thursday, 19 March, Tenterden Town Council has pledged to continue providing its information and advice services via email and telephone. During the pe...
Town Hall & Pavilion Closed until further notice
Tenterden Town Hall and the Sports Pavilion have been closed to the public as of 5pm today until further notice. More information from the Town Council to follow soon.
Council Agrees to Fund Planning Expert’s Fees in Support of Tenterden Selective Neighbourhood Plan
Tenterden Town Council is to fund specialist advice from a town planning expert in support of the town’s Selective Neighbourhood Plan. The council’s planning committee received a proposal from ...
Council Delighted With Exhibtion Response – Still Time For Residents To Make Their Comments
Tenterden Town Council has expressed “absolute delight” at the public’s response to the recent exhibition updating residents on the progress of the three town regeneration scheme projects – th...
Specialists Consultants Hire to Access New Grants for Recreation Ground and Youth Projects
Tenterden Town Council is to hire a specialist consultancy to identify grant funding for the Recreation Ground development and local youth projects. Craigmyle Consultants will be hired to research ...
Reported Crime Increases Police Resources in Our Area
If you see something suspicious or spot a crime being committed, Tenterden residents are reminded that there is a phone line to call – 101 - and a website to access, www.kent.police.uk Explains ...
Work Presses Ahead at Kiln Field Wildlife Reserve
Significant work is continuing at Kiln Field, Tenterden’s first wildlife reserve. The Town Council’s external committee heard at its meeting on Monday, 9 March that….. A meeting has been h...
Pavilion Ready to Act as Coronavirus Isolation Unit
Tenterden Town Council is to provide the Pavilion as a temporary isolation unit for anyone who presents at Ivy Court Surgery with coronavirus symptoms. Patients who have screened positive for the v...
Council Disappointed at Limes Land Legal Advice, but Pursues Robust Arguments Against the Application
Tenterden Town Council’s planning committee expressed “disappointment” at its meeting on Monday, 2 March at the legal advice outlining the precise definition of ‘windfall’ development. Th...
New Arguments Against 'Unwelcome, Unneeded, Unsustainable and Unabsorbable' Limes Land Housing Development
Controversial plans to build 250 new homes and a country park at Limes Land were unanimously rejected at the Town Council’s planning committee on Monday, 17 February, with chairman John Crawford des...
Exhibition of Regeneration Projects
The public exhibition of the three regeneration projects will take place on Friday, 21st and Saturday, 22nd February in the Town Hall. We hope as many residents as possible can pop along to one of t...
Kiln Field Dog Walkers Urged to Clean Up After Their Pets
A plea has gone out to Tenterden dog-owners who walk their pets in Kiln Field – please clean up after your dog. The town council has earmarked a considerable amount to convert Kiln Field into the...