A 100-berth marina will form part of a recently announced housing development at the south east corner of the Campbell Park grid square. The scheme, to be developed by house builder Crest Nicholson, will provide restaurant facilities, a convenience store, nursery and pub, on a vacant site that has been earmarked for development since the…
Does CMK need more parking? What should the charges be? These and other questions will be the subject of a panel discussion at a public meeting on parking and transport in CMK this Monday, October 26th. The panel includes representatives from Milton Keynes City Centre Management, CMK Town Council, Milton Keynes Council and Age UK…
Public Inquiry for Intu Development? Despite objections from the Town Council, the Parks Trust and Historic England, the planning committee at MK Council has given Intu planning permission for their controversial expansion over Midsummer Boulevard. Unless the decision is overturned, nearly half the public open space in the concourse, which was set aside for community…
Residents on North Tenth Street had cause for celebration after plans to regenerate Lloyds Court, the first building to be built in CMK, were changed to address the controversial issue of noise. The plans initially featured a new service entrance on the residential road, which would have brought fully laden lorries down the quiet side…
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…
Landslide Vote Approves CMK Neighbourhood Plan On 7 May the people of Milton Keynes made history when they voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting the country’s first ever Business Neighbourhood Plan. This pioneering plan, produced by local people and businesses under the leadership of Central Milton Keynes Town Council, will guide development throughout Central Milton…
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 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,…
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…