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Cabinet backs a 2027 parking freeze paid for by £5 weekend charges at Gordon Road and the end of cash, but older residents' groups will be consulted first.
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Community
Swanley Park café owners retire after 15 years
The family who have run the Park Café at Swanley Park for 15 years are retiring. The café stays open under new management, Swanley Town Council says.
Community
Marsh Green's new £70,000 playground opens near Edenbridge
Marsh Green has a new children's playground, opened on 7 October. Edenbridge Town Council put up to £70,000 of developer levy money into replacing the old one.
Data
Sevenoaks unemployment claims rise to 1,685 in September
September's claimant count of 1,685 is the district's highest since January 2022. Men account for 125 of the 135 extra claimants on a year ago.
Planning
Westerham Hosey Hill: up to 9 homes sought on Green Belt
Up to nine homes are proposed on a Green Belt field off Hosey Hill, Westerham, with a decision due by 28 October. Plus all 38 new Sevenoaks applications.
Business
Companies Registered at Sevenoaks Addresses, 6 to 18 October
Forty companies were registered at Sevenoaks district addresses between 6 and 18 October, from the Companies House register. A registration is not an opening: the list, and the firms in liquidation or facing petitions.
Community
Swanley's Hilda May 'Blue Park' reopens after £23,510 refit
Swanley's Hilda May playground, known locally as Blue Park, has reopened. It is the fourth refit this year in a record £337,686 spend on play.
Planning
Troy Lane traveller pitches refused against officers' advice
Councillors refused three Gypsy and Traveller pitches off Troy Lane, Edenbridge, overturning a recommendation to approve. The Cock Inn garden in Halstead was granted.
Sport
Sevenoaks RFC beat Farnham 28-7; Sevenoaks Town win 3-2
Sevenoaks RFC beat Farnham 28-7 for four league wins from four, and a Jeche hat-trick gave Sevenoaks Town a 3-2 home win over Broadbridge Heath on Saturday.
Business
Tesco and Oliver Bonas to open at Chandlers Place, Sevenoaks
Tesco and Oliver Bonas will take the shop units at Chandlers Place on Sevenoaks High Street. Oliver Bonas's sign plans are open for comment until 30 October.
Health
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells A&E: 12-hour waits hit 686
686 patients at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals waited over 12 hours for a bed in September, up from 96 a year ago. Darent Valley and King's too.
Crime
Swanley Asda knife robbery bid: man, 46, charged
A 46-year-old Maidstone man has been charged after an 86-year-old was threatened with a 4-inch knife in Swanley Asda car park and told to hand over his bank card and PIN.
Licensing
Rising Sun, Twitton: licence review on 27 October
Council noise officers want outdoor music banned at the Rising Sun and its beer garden shut at 9pm. Kent Police backs the review; the pub says it goes too far.
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