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City wall wildflower meadow providing biodiversity boost
If you’ve been past the city wall in the last few weeks, you may have noticed our new wildflower meadow is coming on a treat.
Latest news
- Cathedral stonemasons in painstaking clocktower engraving work
Canterbury Cathedral stonemasons are continuing their fantastic and painstaking engraving work as part of our project to revamp the area around St George’s Clocktower. - Dane John Gardens reopens!
We are pleased to say the Dane John Gardens has fully reopened today (Friday 1 May) – and the park is looking sensational in the spring sunshine! - Thousands of trees to be planted and hedges restored in 10-year project
The £200,000 Canterbury Hedge project to connect the woodland between the city of Canterbury and the coast got underway today (Thursday 23 April). - Families with babies and young children invited into The Garden
Families with babies and young children are invited to step into The Garden, a gentle and imaginative installation coming to The Beaney this week. - Summer kick off for £2 million King’s Hall revamp
Ensuring Herne Bay’s King’s Hall is fit for an exciting future is the key aim behind the city council’s £2 million revamp of the venue. - Council shake-up set to spark review of democracy in the district
Making sure democracy in the district is fit for purpose is at the heart of a review being launched by Canterbury City Council next month.
Latest consultations
- Community Governance Review: have your say on local representation
We are asking residents, organisations and partners for their views as part of a Community Governance Review (CGR), which looks at how communities across the district are represented and whether current arrangements remain appropriate. - Chestfield Neighbourhood Plan
Chestfield Parish Council has prepared a draft Neighbourhood Plan, which sets out a vision for the future of Chestfield and planning policies which, if adopted, will be used to determine planning applications locally. - Canterbury District Local Plan – Regulation 19 consultation
Full Council approved the Regulation 19 stage consultation on the new Local Plan at its meeting on Wednesday 18 March. - Canterbury District Transport Strategy
The council’s Cabinet has approved a consultation on the Draft Canterbury District Transport Strategy.
Latest campaigns
- The Purple Partnership
The Purple Partnership is a partnership of sports providers and businesses, led by Canterbury City Council and Kent Police. - Clean air for schools
Canterbury City Council and the MIDKENT Environmental Health Partnership were awarded DEFRA air quality grant funding in March 2021 to develop a digital resource for primary schools to educate children aged 5 to 11 years and their parents about air pollution. - Keeping Canterbury Clean
When Tom and his family moved from London to Canterbury last year they couldn’t wait to call the city’s beautiful gardens and charming cobbled streets ‘home’. - Air Quality
Air is polluted by the presence of certain harmful substances which, in high enough concentrations, can affect our health and environment.