• Would YOU pay more council tax to keep free parking in Cranbrook?

  By ClaudiaTW

  I live in Tunbridge Wells, but often head out to Cranbrook as I have family nearby, and I love the...

            

   

  By Rebecca_H at 10:08 on 30/12/11

  

  That's the million dollar question many residents are being asked to consider in the New Year, when a public consultation will seek opinion from home and business owners in the town. Tempers flared last week when the parish council found out Tunbridge Wells Borough Council was planning to consult on charges for the three car parks in Cranbrook, despite ongoing talks about the parish council running them to keep parking free. Just...

• Your input is URGENTLY needed to help get broadband for the area

  By ian_tester

  Can't see your email through this site, but you need to go into the survey, then Collect... Edit...

            

   

  By CraneBrooke at 14:43 on 22/03/11

  

  Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council are working with the Weald Business Association to apply for a grant from Kent County Council to get high speed broadband available to the houses and businesses in the area. As a rural area it is unlikely that a commercial broadband provider would consider the area viable for investment, but with the KCC grant all this would change. A   key part of the grant application process is a...

• Cranbrook needs a new supermarket and more shops according to a new council report

  By MargaretF2010

  What utter rubbish - we're already struggling to fill the shops we have already, and there are...

            

   

  By Rebecca_H at 20:57 on 03/02/11

  

  Cranbrook needs a new supermarket, and to vastly increase the number of shops it has according to a new report. The town has been highlighted in the Tunbridge Wells Retail and Leisure study – used by planners when drawing up future policy – as having the most potential for development in the outlying areas of the borough. As well as a second supermarket, the borough council-commissioned report – drawn up by...

• Decision on new TWBC Leader to be announced later tonight

  By Rebecca_H

  The motion to suspend Cranbrook Councillor Sean Holden for allegedly breaching group rules has been...

            

   

  By Rebecca_H at 18:09 on 13/01/11

  

  The announcement of the new leader of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is imminent. A decision on which of the three hopefuls - Bob Atwood, Roy Bullock and John Cunningham - will take control of the Town Hall is expected at around 10.30pm. Log onto www.thisiskent.co.uk for the result.

• Respected Cranbrook resident and ex-MP blasts Roy Bullock

  By Rebecca_H

  Correct me if I am wrong, but regarding the Community Centre specifically that you allude to, my...

            

   

  By Rebecca_H at 11:45 on 13/09/10

  

  Many people in Cranbrook are already fed up with TWBC leader Roy Bullock over various issues that have been well documented here, including car parking, care homes and redevelopment proposals for the area. Now, long-standing former Conservative MP and respected Cranbrook resident Sir Kenneth Warren has openly called for his resignation. In a bold and outspoken attack, Kenneth branded fellow Tory Mr Bullock "arrogant"...

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