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…
There will be a chance to meet your Town Councillors, hear about local developments and find out about the Town Council’s upcoming projects at the Annual Parish Meeting on Thursday 13 June 2019. Residents will also be able to feed back on what they like and don’t like about living in CMK, and what improvements…
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…
The analysis of the results from the residents’ questionnaire is now well underway, and clear priorities have begun to emerge. One priority is the poor maintenance of paving, kerbstones, and covered walkways (porte cocheres), which the CMK Street Warden can help to address. We strongly encourage people to contact him with details of any specific…
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…
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 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…
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…