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08 March 2023 Council committed to leisure centre Kingston Council remains committed to building a new swimming and leisure centre in Kingston town centre.
17 February 2023 A broken toaster, calculator and teddy bear take a trip to the library… A community Repair Café has opened at Kingston Library, helping residents save money, reduce waste and tackle climate change.
14 February 2023 Council cuts herbicide use by almost 80% to help protect Kingston’s biodiversity Kingston Council has achieved a 76% reduction in herbicide use since 2019 by shifting to manual weed management in the borough’s parks and green spaces, and by reducing the amount used on streets.
29 November 2022 Shaping the future of Kingston - planning the next 20 years Kingston’s communities have an important opportunity to shape the appearance and character of where they live and work by giving their views on a vision for the borough.
15 November 2022 Climate Emergency Centre opens in town centre The space, run by Kingston Hive, will help educate and empower residents to tackle climate change.
27 October 2022 Court supports Kingston’s demands for maintenance of Seething Wells site Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court has ordered Cascina Limited, owner of Seething Wells Filter Beds, to carry out overdue maintenance work to the site and contribute £12,000 to the council’s legal fees.
01 September 2022 Kingston Council launches Sustainable September to tackle climate change and increase environmental awareness Today sees the start of Sustainable September, a month of activities hosted, supported and promoted by Kingston Council to get people talking about climate change and inspire them to take action.
28 July 2022 Kingston strengthens its protection of shops More extensive planning controls to protect shops from being converted into housing has been confirmed and will take effect from 1 August 2022.
11 March 2022 Council agrees Climate Action Plan to help Kingston become carbon neutral by 2038 Kingston’s Climate Action Plan, setting out the council’s plans to help move the borough to becoming carbon neutral by 2038, has been approved at Place Committee (10 March).
14 February 2022 Transform Kingston programme reaches major milestone as planning application for new leisure complex submitted Residents are a major step closer to seeing a new community leisure facility in the heart of Kingston as Kingston Council gives the scheme committee approval and the planning application is submitted.
