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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council says that upgrades to its shopping centre will mean higher revenues from parking fees and "new retailers paying higher rents than the current occupiers of the space." The council has revealed that it expects parking charges in the newly refurbished Royal Victoria Place (RVP) shopping centre car park to rise by …
Continue reading Tunbridge Wells Council Explains £ 23 million Loan for Shopping Centre Revamp
The Tunbridge Wells Town Forum has condemned a lack of consultation by the Liberal Democrat-controlled Borough Council after news that the Borough plans to abruptly stop work on forming the Town Council. A motion will be put before a meeting of the Borough Council next week to order a pause to the process. The Town …
Continue reading Shock as Lib Dems Halt Tunbridge Wells Town Council
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has given more details of the case for its £ 27 million project to update the Palm Court area of the Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre ahead of a scrutiny meeting on Monday. But concerns remain that the council will not get the returns it expects, creating a risk that council …
Continue reading First Half of Huge Council Shopping Centre Loan Nears Approval
Local Liberal Democrats were cheered this week by their victory by 107 votes in a council by-election for Cranbrook, Sissinghurst and Frittenden. The Lib Dems got 37% of the votes, increasing their overall majority on the recently reprieved Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. The Lib Dems now have 26 seats against a combined opposition on the …
Continue reading Lib Dems Win Cranbrook By-Election to Cement Control of Borough Council
