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…
Milton Keynes Gallery is planning a programme of major expansion over the next few years, which is planned to transform it into a community arts hub, double its exhibition space and attract visitors from across the country. The £10 million scheme includes three new cinemas for screening independent films, education and community facilities, a bar,…
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…
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,…
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,…
CMK Town Council is the parish council for the City Centre and Campbell Park. We are committed to listening to you, our residents, and working with you to help improve the quality of life in the area. To help us do this even more effectively we would like to know more about you and what you want so we can better plan for the future.
CMK Town Council has revealed that it tried to persuade Hermes, owners of the shopping centre, to adopt a far more imaginative development instead of their controversial proposal for a vast multi-storey car park next to John Lewis. The Town Council’s proposal, named ‘New Horizons’, combines a food supermarket, cultural and leisure activities, restaurants, and…
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…
CMK Town Council are pleased to announce the launch of our new website, www.cmktowncouncil.gov.uk. The website aims to help residents living in CMK and Campbell Park be better informed about the work of the Town Council and what’s happening in our city-centre ‘neighbourhood.’ The website has a number of new areas covering ‘news and views,’…
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…