News in brief 4 Maidstone Borough Council
Get composting More than a third of household waste can be composted. Visit
www.getcomposting.com or call 0844 571 4444 for great value compost bins.
Uprockin — save the date! The Uprockin BMX and skateboarding competition will take place on Saturday 6 July, 12pm to 6pm, at the Skates and Bruises skate park in South Park, Armstrong Road, Maidstone. For more information call 01622 602222.
Spring market A mini farm, creepy crawly roadshow and birds of prey are some of the attractions on offer at this year’s Spring Market, Barker Road, Maidstone, on Tuesday 9 April from 7:30am-1:30pm.
Facebook and Twitter Did you know that the council has its own Facebook and Twitter pages? Like us at
facebook.com/maidstoneboroughc ouncil and follow us on Twitter @maidstonebc for news, photos and service updates.
Captain Nolan A new statue is soon to be unveiled outside Trinity Foyer in Maidstone commemorating Captain Nolan, a cavalry officer of the 15th King’s Royal Hussars and riding master at Maidstone Cavalry Depot from 1841 to 1854. He is famous for his role in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
If U need training The U has launched in Maidstone, offering residents free training sessions in practical areas like first aid and defusing conflict. Visit
www.the-u.org.uk/maidstone for more information.
Garden Waste The council’s new garden bin subscription service has proved very popular. More than 2,500 residents have signed up in the past few months since the changes were introduced. Thank you to everyone who has joined the service.
Don’t forget if you still have some old compostable garden sacks you need to use them by 28 June 2013. The garden bin subscription service costs £30 per year for a standard size bin or £27 per year for a small bin. To order a bin phone 01622 602600.
We’ve got a new website. Tell us what you think!
We’re launching a new website soon and we need your help with testing how it works and checking that it does what you want it to do.
We want to make sure that our website is easy to use and provides all of the information our customers need. The new homepage features the main tasks that people come to our website for, so that you can do what you want to do quickly and easily, and all of the content has been rewritten to make sure it’s jargon free and understandable by all of our customers.
You can try out the new website at
http://www.beta.maidstone.gov.uk
Take a look around the site and let us know how you find your experience, if there’s anything we need to tweak, or if there are any problems you encounter along the way.
You can use the ‘Site Feedback’ form which you’ll see on the right hand side of each content page or you can email
customerserviceswebteam@maidstone.gov.uk
Planning advice service
Maidstone council’s pre application advice service will help anyone thinking of applying for planning permission.
Householders can find out the issues and sort out any problems before an application is submitted.
Developers can obtain planning advice and make sure they have all the relevant studies and assessments before
submitting schemes.
Written advice starts at £36 for
householders and £120 for developers. For more information visit the planning pages
www.maidstone.gov.uk email
preapps@maidstone.gov.uk or call 01622 602736.
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