A project which aims to refresh the area around Milton Keynes Gallery and the Theatre has won a £750,000 grant from Arts Council England. The City Club project will create a series of three welcoming public spaces, a piazza, a playground and a garden, drawing influence from the original visions for the city. The project…
People are being asked to submit their ideas for how Milton Keynes should look in 35 years’ time, as part of the newly established MK Futures 2050 Commission. The project, which was launched at the Transport Systems Catapult in CMK’s Pinnacle building in December, will publish a report detailing different options for how the city…
Unsightly decked car parking could line the edges of CMK’s roads in plans put forward In Milton Keynes Council’s new CMK Transport & Parking Strategy. The document proposes to address CMK’s parking issues with the creation of several areas of two-story parking, similar to that found at local railway stations such as Bletchley. The decked…
Plans by retail giant Intu to build over the public space in Midsummer Place against the principles of the CMK Business Neighbourhood Plan have been called in by the Secretary of State. The proposals were green-lit by Milton Keynes Council in September despite their failure to comply with the adopted Neighbourhood Plan which 89,000 Milton…
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…
An area of CMK that suffers from litter problems is set to benefit from four new bins, thanks to Town Council funding. The new bins will be installed in Petersfield Green, the area of housing approaching the underpass into Oldbrook at the bottom of South Fifth Street. This area experiences problems with litter being dropped…
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…
Anyone who lives or works in CMK is invited to take part in the ‘Love Where You Live’ Spring Clean, taking place this Thursday. Activities will include litter picking and repainting street furniture, such as benches and bollards. The group will meet at the McDonalds Xscape branch, ready to leave at 12pm. Drinks will be…
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…
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.