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The most prominent Conservative on Southborough Town Council has described the latest hub plans issued on Friday as "great" and perfectly meeting the design brief. Councillor Peter Oakford (pictured below) who sits on Kent County Council, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Southborough Town Council also confirmed that space has been left for a retail unit …
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The Southborough Hub is to built with a rectangular footprint according to new plans issued to the public on Friday, with the previous "circle and two blocks" layout having been abandoned. The new plans were outlined at a Southborough Town Council meeting on Thursday, although no artist impressions as to how the building will actually …
Southborough Town Council will meet tonight to be shown revised plans for the Southborough Hub development by Cllr Ian Kinghorn, who has told Southborough News that "these are exciting times for Southborough and we can at long last see the regeneration of Southborough". But Cllr Kinghorn (pictured below) confirmed that the revised designs must go …
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Around 60 people attended two days of group tours explaining the history of Victorian Southborough's most famous family, the Salomons, as part of this year's Heritage Open Days. The Salomon Estate is now privately owned by the Markerstudy Group but under the terms of the donation of the house (originally to Kent County Council) by …
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Brian Dury, who led a successful campaign against a major supermarket development on playing fields in Southborough ten years ago, has issued his first message as the new Chairman of the Southborough Society. Mr Dury (pictured below) said he wanted the Society to influence change in Southborough and attract new members. He set out his …
Continue reading Campaigner Brian Dury Takes on Role as Southborough Society Chairman
