We know this is a challenging time with increasing costs for everyone. Kingston Council is working closely with a range of community organisations to provide as much support as we can. ...
Join our Kingston Let’s Talk Residents’ Panel and share your views and experiences to help improve our services and continue to make Kingston a great place to live, work or study. A residents'...
In 2025 Kingston will mark the 1100th anniversary of the crowning of King Athelstan, the first King of England, with a borough-wide celebration. The six month programme of cultural events and...
We know this is a challenging time with increasing costs for everyone. Kingston Council is working closely with a range of community organisations to provide as much support as we can. ...
Local and RHS Gold Medal award winning landscape architects, Davies White Ltd have been appointed to lead the next phase of designs for Memorial Gardens. This work will build on the in person and...
As part of our ongoing work to improve and enhance our green spaces, we're investing £1.3million in our borough's parks. So far, through our Community Parks Programme we have delivered a range of...
We are proud to be working in partnership with Kingston First, the town centre’s business improvement district, to transform Eagle Brewery Wharf on Kingston’s riverside into a place where everyone...
Thames Water are holding a public consultation on proposed sites for Teddington Direct River Abstraction (DRA). They have evaluated potential sites for the new structures, pipelines and shafts...
Over the last few years Government legislation has been published with the aim of banning or restricting a variety of single-use plastic products, in order to help protect the environment and promote...
Kingston’s Draft Tall Buildings Strategy is an evidence base document that supports the preparation of Kingston’s new Local Plan and its policies, which will be used to guide all future development...
South of the Borough Neighbourhood Community Grants of up to £3,000 per application, are available to fund projects/ activities/ services to benefit communities in South of the Borough. £20,000...
Surbiton Neighbourhood Community Grants of up to £3,000 per application, are available to fund projects/ activities/ services to benefit communities in Surbiton. £20,000 in total is available...
Kingston Council wants to understand the barriers and motivators to older people being physically active and socially connected in Kingston. We also want to gather insights into the age friendliness of our community. This is a preliminary survey that will help to inform work to make Kingston...
Closed 27 November 2023
Kingston Council is passionate about listening to your voices and making positive changes in our borough. We believe in the power of your ideas, experiences, and suggestions to create a safer and more vibrant community for everyone. Kingston is one of the safest boroughs. Last year, we reached...
Closed 19 November 2023
Draft Validation Checklist As a local planning authority Kingston Council is required to regularly review the validation checklist which sets out all the information required for a planning application to be processed. The draft validation list contains details of all the supporting...
Closed 19 November 2023
Kingston Council has been working with community stakeholders, internal colleagues and a design team to bring forward initial proposals to redevelop the former care home on Acre Road, Murray House, to provide genuinely affordable housing, at council rent levels, for Kingston’s older residents and...
Closed 12 November 2023
In July 2023 Hayatsu Architects, Hortus Collective and 121 Collective won the 'A Gateway to New Malden’ design competition. The competition asked for designs to address challenges and opportunities at the site of the Fountain Roundabout and adjacent land in front of Kingston Environment Centre....
Closed 10 November 2023
Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about.
What do you think of the plans for a shared use pedestrian and cycle path in Canbury Gardens?
Over 130 people responded to the survey. Those in favour of the trial commented:
Existing cycle route is in a poor condition
Conflict already exists between pedestrians and cyclists accessing the riverside
Lack of clarity and signage
Support for rewilding and improving the path beside the river and pedestrianising this
Some respondents expressed concern about the trial. The comments raised included:
Concern about potential increase in conflict between pedestrians and cyclists and particular concern about the impact of the trail shared use path on blind and partially sighted people, wheelchair users, children, dogs, elderly and less mobile people.
Prefer to have segregated paths for pedestrians and cyclists.
Prefer cycling to be banned from Canbury Gardens altogether and for cyclists to use Lower Ham Road.
Concern about the speed of cyclists using the trial shared path.
As part of the engagement and in response to the feedback received we've taken a number of steps to address many of the issues raised:
Held a site meeting with representatives of local groups for people with visual impairments to discuss the proposal and what could be done to address their concerns. We will hold regular meetings together during the trial in order to capture any additional works that may be needed.
Added more tactile paving to the plan at entrance points and meeting points with other internal pathways.
Updated the plan to include additional signage to support the trial scheme, that will encourage cyclists to slow down as they enter the shared use area.
Updated the plan to include encouraging those who wish to cycle via a faster route to be encouraged to use Lower Ham Road as an alternative.
This updated plan will be taken to Kingston and North Kingston Neighbourhood Committee for approval on 28 November 2023.