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Free winter parking in the coastal towns
Canterbury district residents will be able to take advantage of more than 20 free parking days in the coastal towns in early 2026, to support shops and businesses during the off-season.
Latest news
- Keeping your home warm and our air clean
Low temperatures mean many people across the district will be firing up their wood-burning stoves or enjoying an open fire at home. - Work starts on city wall lighting improvements
Our Levelling Up project along the city wall is progressing well and we have now completed all the planting of the new beds. - Ninety per cent of food businesses at 4* and 5* hygiene standards
Fifteen years ago, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched its Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme. - Guilty plea after containers of waste dumped in Canterbury
A Sittingbourne man has pleaded guilty in court to dumping large bulkers of controlled waste on land in Canterbury and been fined a total of £365. - Visions for city and town centres to go under the microscope
Our city centre and town centres are constantly evolving to keep up with our ever-changing lifestyles. - Kent’s council leaders issue “devolution desert” warning
All 14 of Kent and Medway’s council leaders have put their political differences to one side to urge the government to deliver devolution for the county and avoid it becoming a ‘devolution desert’.
Latest consultations
- Annual Parking Review 2025
We are consulting residents on a number of proposed changes to parking restrictions across the district. - Draft Housing Strategy
We are asking residents, organisations and local partners for their views on our draft Housing Strategy, which will help shape the future of housing across the district over the next five years.
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.