Opening of new playground
Addington Parish Council welcomed Deputy Mayor Cllr. Roger Roud and Deputy Mayoress Mrs Pam Roud at the official opening of our new playground on Sunday 13 October. Read more about Opening of new playground
Addington Parish Council welcomed Deputy Mayor Cllr. Roger Roud and Deputy Mayoress Mrs Pam Roud at the official opening of our new playground on Sunday 13 October. Read more about Opening of new playground
Don’t forget the Saturday Freighter Service (Bulky) waste can no longer take garden waste since the introduction of the Council’s chargeable collection service on 30th September 2019. Read more about Changes to waste services
Please join us for this very special occasion from 12.30pm on Sunday 13 October 2019 in the Village Hall, Park Road for drinks and nibbles. Read more about Official opening of the new Addington playground
This is the proposed new playground for Addington recreation ground. The Parish Council has met with different suppliers and have come up with this design which falls within expected budgets. Read more about Addington Village recreational ground new playground
Graham Halliday-Saddler was presented with the KALC Community Award at our Annual Parish Meeting held on 3rd April 2019 for his services to the community.
Unfortunately there have been delays in getting this matter onto the Agenda for the KCC Committee to consider, but we understand this is now likely to take place on 28 November. Read more about Proposed West Malling Sandpit
As a Community Policing Volunteer (CPV) you’ll work closely with communities and businesses to promote community safety. You’ll also identify and support vulnerable people through local engagement and working with partner agencies. Read more about New role to Kent Police – Community Policing Volunteer
Message from TMBC:
As you will be aware, the Borough’s new waste and recycling collection service will commence next year, offering a much improved recycling collection service from the home.
Materials collected for recycling will include plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, glass bottles and jars, cans, tins, aerosols and aluminium foil. Paper and cardboard will be collected separately and additional items collected will include textiles, small electricals and household batteries. Also included is a separate weekly food waste collection and an ‘opt-in’ chargeable garden waste collection service
This means that usage of many of our recycling bring sites (47 in total) will fall once the new kerbside service starts. This reduction has been demonstrated in other boroughs when a comprehensive kerbside collection is introduced, and the numbers of bring sites have been reduced or removed completely.
Bring sites are expensive to maintain and are very often locations seen as convenient for fly-tippers, adding to the cost of cleansing. Many of our bring banks are also coming to the end of their life and would need replacing in the very near future.
With this in mind, the Borough Council has reviewed the level of provision required following the introduction of the new kerbside services and Members have approved a reduction. We are, however, aware that we need to retain some core sites in the Borough, for those people who live in flats or may have larger volumes of recycling at certain times of the year. The core sites identified to remain are as follows:
Aylesford | Bailey Bridge Car Park |
Borough Green | Station Approach |
Burham | Village Hall, Rochester Road |
Hadlow | Hadlow College, Tonbridge Road |
Kings Hill | Asda, Alexander Grove |
Larkfield | Morrisons Car Park, New Hythe Lane |
Larkfield | Tesco, Lunsford Park |
Snodland | Rocford Road Car Park |
Tonbridge | Sovereign Way Car Park |
West Malling | High Street Car Park |
Please be reassured that no bring sites will be removed until the new kerbside recycling services have been fully implemented and at the current time it is anticipated that this will not be until late Summer/early Autumn 2019.
The contractor will be providing new recycling banks for the remaining sites shown above and these banks will ‘mirror’ the kerbside collections so there will be banks for mixed dry recyclables – glass, plastics, tins, cans, cartons etc. Usage of the remaining sites will be monitored into 2020 to allow the Council to continue to assess public demand/need.
The Parish Council have funded and arranged for the installation of a new dog waste bin in St Vincents Lane following complaints about dog waste being left in the area. Read more about Replacement dog bin
Mr Brian Fissenden was presented with the Kent Association for Local Councils Community Award at the Parish Council Meeting held on the 4 April 2018. Read more about KALC Community Award 2018