An exciting 1970s plan for a leisure complex in CMK is to be revisited at a talk at the MK Gallery on Thursday 17 September. Artists Gareth Jones and Nils Norman are proposing to take the ideals represented by the unbuilt City Club scheme as a starting point to consider future use of the public…
A new document that will decide how much parking should be built for future developments in CMK is out for public consultation. The “Parking Standards SPD” (supplementary planning document) will cover all forms of development, including residential, retail and offices. The document, if adopted, will form part of the planning policy against which new developments…
CMK’s iconic Central Library, one of the most identifiable defining buildings of the city centre, has been awarded Grade II listed building status. The library, described by Historic England as having ‘a commanding façade’, was built and opened by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation in 1981. Among its features are the gigantic painting by Boyd…
A planning application has been submitted to make substantial changes to the environment around Ashton House and Norfolk House, on Silbury Boulevard. The plans include building a new car park between Norfolk House and the YMCA, on existing green space. They also include removing the pool around the ‘Octo’ figure of eight infinity sculpture at…
Milton Keynes Council have introduced a new system called ‘Report It’, to allow residents to quickly and easily report environmental issues, such as graffiti and broken paving.
MK Dons Chairman Pete Winkelman is urging voters to get involved with the referendum. “It’s brilliant everyone in MK gets to vote” he says…
Milton Keynes Council will be making several changes to the parking areas and charges in Central Milton Keynes from the 18th of May. The main changes are as follows: These changes will be followed later in the year by the introduction of new temporary parking spaces in CMK on three sites across the city centre,…
Representatives from dozens of businesses, including Paul Hunt, MD of John Lewis MK and John Cove, Chief Exec of MKDons SET, gathered…
The Government Minister for Planning, the Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, visited Milton Keynes on Thursday to mark the launch of the CMK Business Neighbourhood Plan referendums. The event, held in the Catapult Transport Innovation Centre inside CMK’s ‘Pinnacle’ building, was attended by a range of local media, including BBC Look East television, along with…
The CMK Street Warden, Rob Harriman, has been hard at work across the city centre over recent weeks, addressing important issues such as graffiti, antisocial behaviour, maintenance and community engagement. In January 2015 alone, the Warden logged 62 highways/maintenance issues and 40 graffiti issues, with the majority of these being actioned shortly after. When funding…