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The School Streets initiative, which sees timed road closures during peak school hours, has been recommended for expansion across part of Kent.
Council officers say drastic cuts to all non-essential services may be required to avoid bankruptcy.
Nearly 3,000 fines have been issued since a grace period ended on a controversial scheme banning motorists from entering roads near schools.
A pub is facing a review of its licence following concerns the landlord has failed to report two violent assaults and cooperate with police.
A neighbourhood plan, introducing new planning rules, received overwhelming support at a referendum.
The application for a business campus on an industrial estate, which will “triple the number of jobs on the site” has been officially approved.
Three single-sex grammar schools will now start accepting both boys and girls after the government approved the change.
Plans to scale back a scheme giving disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs have been approved.
A dock for boat tours on the River Medway has been given approval.
A budget retailer has withdrawn its bid to sell booze from its new store after it met opposition over concerns it could lead to alcohol-related crime.
A community group has proved successful in its effort to get an historic 125-year-old fountain returned to its original location.
The government has decided not to intervene in a controversial planning bid to convert an industrial docks site.
Police were nearly called after members of the public repeatedly interrupted a planning meeting called to decide a controversial bid for new homes.
Plans have been submitted for new allotments and a community garden at a disused former plant nursery as demand continues to soar.
The cost of swim sessions at a new council-run leisure centre is “scaring” some families away this half-term who claim it’s too much.
The supermarket is looking to open a store in the ground floor of an under construction housing development next to a railway station.
A scheme giving disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs could be scaled back as demand puts too much pressure on council coffers.
Government plans to give housebuilding a shot in the arm have seen of the largest parts of Kent receive a smaller funding allocation.
A new co-working space with its own podcasting facilities hopes to provide a space for small businesses and entrepreneurs to thrive.
Health bosses have been accused of wasting councillors’ time after failing to answer questions posed to them over NHS contracts they wanted renewing.
