Train fares are on track for record rise with commute nearing £6,000
If ticket prices are based on the same government metric as last year, fares are set to rise by around five per cent. Increases are usually linked to the previous July’s Retail Prices Index [RPI] measure of inflation, plus an added percentage point. The Office for National Statistics confirmed last week that the RPI for […]
Council stops sniping at rifle club and withdraws its plan for housing
Tunbridge Wells Target Shooting Club [TWTSC] in Warwick Park has been in the Borough Council’s sights as a location for new housing for the last 13 years. While Tunbridge Wells Borough Council [TWBC] had promised to relocate the club, which was founded just after the Boer War in 1903 by the then Lord Abergavenny, it […]
Plea for landlords to rehome families fleeing Taliban terror
Councils across the UK have been asked to take in refugees from the stricken state as part of the Government’s Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) was due to announce that they had found a home for an Afghan translator and their family under the previous Afghan Locally Employed Staff Relocation scheme. […]
Housing developer plots to bypass local plan for Crowborough project
Wellsbridge Estate has applied for permission to build up to 31 houses and flats on a field in London Road in the town. The plan for a mixture of 1-bedroom flats and 1-4-bed houses, which include 35 per cent ‘affordable housing’, has been submitted to Wealden District Council (WDC). The application in the High Weald […]
Tunbridge Wells is named among the top ‘chilled out’ destinations for travellers
Researchers identified the most stress-free locations across the UK for taking a break by analysing a number of factors including tourist figures, amount of green space, average rainfall, average temperatures and even recent Covid cases. The research by online camper van magazine PaulCamper was carried out to help people find the most tranquil locations they […]
Cinema site developers switch location for retirement village
Elysian Residences is part of a joint venture to build 89 apartments along with penthouses and hotel-style facilities in St John’s Road on the site of the former Aviva bus depot. It earlier had to abandon plans for a similar development on the cinema plot when, it is understood, financial backers expressed concerns about ongoing […]
Food festival served up a feast for hungry crowds
Like many of the town’s events, the Food Festival was cancelled last year due to the Covid crisis, but it returned on Saturday and Sunday August 14-15. Visitors were treated to more than 40 different food stalls showing off a range of delicacies, along with a host of live cooking demonstrations, activities and live music […]
Ground broken for new hospital student block despite objections
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council gave the green light to the medical student accommodation on June 23. The plans will see around 150 much-needed junior doctors trained at the site each year, but the proposal came under opposition from residents and the parish council in Pembury who tried to block the development. They argued that the […]
Council to rehome Afghan families
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And Tonbridge has vowed to take refugees from the stricken state too. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council [TWBC] was due to announce that they would be helping find a home for an Afghan translator and their family under the Afghan Locally Employed Staff Relocation scheme but given the worsening situation in the country the authority decided […]
House prices will rocket with rises of £1,000 every month
Property group Savills has upgraded its 2021 UK house price forecasts to reflect the extended stamp duty holiday and the impact of repeated lockdowns on what homebuyers want from their homes. Its analysis forecasts that house prices in Tunbridge Wells are set to increase by 19.10 per cent, with values increasing by £64,500, although the […]
