OUR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – SOUNDS GREAT…BUT FOR HOW LONG? Tunbridge Wells Alliance27th February 2018 The Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra (TWSO) has been playing for 89 seasons with a regular audience of 900. It is a community orchestra ma... Civic Complex0 Comments
WHY THE CIVIC COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT SUCCEED Tunbridge Wells Alliance9th December 2017 On 6 December our Council took one step closer to making the largest investment ever made by the Council since the end of the last World War... Civic Complex0 Comments
GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON COUNCILS PLAYING PROPERTY MARKET Tunbridge Wells Alliance29th October 2017 Whitehall officials fear that councils, like our very own, who bolster their income by ploughing borrowed millions into offices and other de... Civic Complex0 Comments
DOCTORS SURGERY WILL STRUGGLE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT. Tunbridge Wells Alliance15th March 2018 As the infrastructure of our Borough continues to creak, a plan to build a 68 bed care home and day centre has been approved by the Council,... GeneralInfrastructure0 Comments
INDUCTION CHARGING: ROADS TO CHARGE ELECTRIC CARS. Tunbridge Wells Alliance10th November 2017 It is predicted that in the next 10 years we will see roads ‘topping-up” electric cars on the move. Called the ‘electric road of the future’... Infrastructure0 Comments
NO LAND. NO PARK AND RIDE. Tunbridge Wells Alliance4th November 2017 The council claim that they cannot offer a Park and Ride in Tunbridge Wells, as they do not have the land. This is just one of many reasons ... Infrastructure19 Comments
Clean Roads. New Materials To Remove Pollution. Tunbridge Wells Alliance21st October 2017 The design, construction and maintenance of roads will face a number of challenges in the coming decades. Photocatalytic air cleaning is ... Pollution1 Comment
Street Lamps That Charge Electric Car Tunbridge Wells Alliance12th October 2017 A number of London’s street lamps are being adapted so they can charge electric cars, offering a solution to the challenges of installing de... Pollution7 Comments
Phone Case That Measures Air Quality Tunbridge Wells Alliance12th October 2017 With pollution levels above EU acceptable limits in some part of the borough, could this be the ultimate must-have for residents living in o... Pollution0 Comments
PLANNING SYSTEMS IN NEED OF A REFRESH Tunbridge Wells Alliance28th February 2018 According to David Knight, director of the architecture practice DK-CM “Planning has become unpopular, disconnected from the public and incr... Development2 Comments
HOW TO TACKLE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. Tunbridge Wells Alliance11th November 2017 An innovative council has partnered with contractors to build low-cost homes on council owned land. The homes are for first-time buyers and ... Development0 Comments
THE EFFECTS OF OVER DEVELOPMENT – NOT ALL GROWTH IS GOOD GROWTH Tunbridge Wells Alliance30th October 2017 Both Bath and Oxford are experiencing a significant increase in retail footprint. Great for the ringing cash tills – not so great for the al... Development0 Comments
RECORD NUMBER OF POLITICAL PARTIES LAUNCHED Tunbridge Wells Alliance15th March 2018 It has been reported that a record number of political parties have been created in the past year in an effort to challenge the big three na... CommunityGeneral0 Comments
COUNCIL CHIEF AWARDED OBSCENE PAY RISE Tunbridge Wells Alliance5th March 2018 With Community Grants at risk, cuts to local services, and significant child poverty in some areas of the Borough, it is obscene that Willia... Community2 Comments
NOURISH. PROVIDING FOOD FOR FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED HOUSEHOLDS. Tunbridge Wells Alliance12th December 2017 Tunbridge Wells is a wealthy borough but there are areas suffering poverty: for example 17% of children live in poverty* (where the level of... Community0 Comments
