A shortage of planning professionals is one of the reasons a council has overspent by almost a million pounds in the past year. Swale Borough Council has overspent by nearly £1 million due largely to ...

Council bosses have defended a decision to spend more than £21,000 on 60 new chairs. News of the purchase, which works out at £360 each, comes to light just days after Swale hiked its share of council ...

New rules to control the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) have been formally adopted by a local authority. In a ...

Plans to create holiday accommodation in a converted barn are among the latest applications submitted to Swale council.

Swale Borough Council says it has overspent its planning budget for the past year by £900,000 A shortage of planning professionals is one of the reasons a Kent council has overspent by £900,000 in the ...

Trinity Road Water Tower is a fly-tipping hotspot that caught fire in 2022, Swale Borough Council says Discussions with the new owner of a derelict water tower about tidying up the site have been ...

Councillors in Swale have called on Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to pay a visit to the sites that she has marked to build thousands of new homes ...

19:17, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Updated: 19:17, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Mindless thugs wearing balaclavas invaded a local council meeting and spat at members and pelted them with eggs during a debate on asylum ...

A shortage of planning professionals is one of the reasons a Kent council has overspent by £900,000 in the past year, a report has found. Swale Borough Council, covering Sheppey, Sittingbourne and ...