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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…