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The latest images for how Southborough's new Hub have been released, just as the national experts on theatre provision called the decision not to include a cafe in the complex "a grave mistake." The statutory advisory group Theatres Trust said it did not have confidence in the long term viability of the Hub based on …
Continue reading New Hub Images Released as Theatre Experts Warn of “Grave Mistake”
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 …
Continue reading Southborough Hub: “Design is Great” says leading Conservative
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 …
Continue reading New Look for Southborough Hub to be Unveiled Tonight
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
New doubts have been placed on the Conservative Council's plans to take out a huge loan to build a new civic centre and theatre in Tunbridge Wells after two defeats for the Party in Thursday's Borough Council elections. While the Southborough votes followed usual trends, Nick Pope (pictured below) of the newly formed Tunbridge Wells …
Continue reading Voters Revolt Over Conservative Council’s Plans for £80 million Debt
In a new effort to increase use of bus transport and reduce pollution and congestion, Arriva have launched a new £1.50 single bus fare for travel in the Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells area after 7pm. The fare is an extension of a successful trial by Arriva in Maidstone, where the cheaper evening fare increased passenger …
Southborough's Member of Parliament, Greg Clark, was at the new Arriva Bus Depot in the North Farm Industrial Estate on Friday to declare the site officially open. Mr Clark (pictured below right) made a speech to bus workers and local councillors, telling them: "The new logo, the brightness of the new vehicles, the livery and …
Continue reading Greg Clark MP Sees “Sense of Optimism and Confidence” at Bus Depot Opening
At the 2018 annual Town Meeting, Southborough residents were told that a contractor to build the new Hub development would sign up to the job next month. The Town Council's representative on the Hub project, Ian Kinghorn (above), was asked about progress on the site which currently houses a large pile of rubble from the …
Continue reading Southborough Hub Community Facility Promised by Summer 2020
