Milton Keynes Council, the main council for the borough of Milton Keynes, have announced that they need to cut costs by £22 million in order to deliver their 2015/16 budget. In their recent budget roadshow events, MKC explained that they get their funding from three main sources: Council Tax, a share of business rates and…
Recently we reported on plans by Milton Keynes Council to create three new areas of temporary car parking around Central Milton Keynes. Designed to create 2,000 new spaces on future development land, the plans also include increasing the parking charges around CMK and reducing the discount for local businesses. More detail about the plans can…
The proposed new multi-storey car park next to John Lewis was given the green light by Milton Keynes Council at their planning committee meeting on 8th January. The scheme, which CMK Town Council has opposed throughout, will see a 1,400 space multi-storey car park built on the present surface car park next to John Lewis,…
Milton Keynes Council’s planning officers have recommended approval of the application for the proposed 1,450 space mutli-storey car park next to John Lewis. This recommendation comes despite the strong opposition these plans have encountered from CMK Town Council, local residents and stakeholders. The application will be considered by Milton Keynes’ Council’s Development Control Committee in…
The public is being invited to comment on plans to create three new areas of temporary parking around the city centre. Milton Keynes Council, who are proposing the new spaces, are also proposing to increase parking charges to 50p an hour for the purple standard bays, and £2 an hour for the red premium bays,…
Create your own lanterns to take part in the Midwinter Fire Festival and Lantern Parade taking place on Saturday, 20th December in Campbell Park. Two lantern-making workshops will be run, one on Thursday 11th December from 13:30 to 15:30, and another on Friday 12th from 15:00 to 17:00. These free workshops will be led by…
An exhibition of photography by international artists Boyd & Evans is on display at the CMK Campus of Milton Keynes College on Silbury Boulevard.
Recently we asked residents for their views on the proposed multi-storey car park next to John Lewis. MK Web recently ran an article on our objections to this scheme, which can be seen here: MK Web article. Here are extracts from just some of the many comments we have received from local residents, giving various…
UPDATED 8 Sept 2014 The owners of the shopping building, trading as The Centre:MK, have lodged a planning application to build a very large Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP) next to John Lewis over the existing car park. It is the Town Council’s considered view that the proposed development:- The proposed MSCP would provide 1,412 parking…
The much publicised driverless pods will be coming to Central Milton Keynes shortly, allowing people to ride in one from the train station to the shops of their choice. The Pinnacle building in CMK houses one of 7 Catapult innovation centres set up to encourage business, government, academics and research to work together to find…