A shortage of planning professionals is one of the reasons a council has overspent by almost a million pounds in the past year. Swale Borough Council has overspent by nearly £1 million due largely to ...

Council bosses have defended a decision to spend more than £21,000 on 60 new chairs. News of the purchase, which works out at £360 each, comes to light just days after Swale hiked its share of council ...

Taxi firms say “unfair” rules allowing Uber drivers to pick up jobs in areas where they do not have a licence need to change.

Trinity Road Water Tower is a fly-tipping hotspot that caught fire in 2022, Swale Borough Council says Discussions with the new owner of a derelict water tower about tidying up the site have been ...

People living next to houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) say a council is allowing landlords to “get away with” breaking ...

Councillors in Swale have called on Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to pay a visit to the sites that she has marked to build thousands of new homes ...

A shortage of planning professionals is one of the reasons a Kent council has overspent by £900,000 in the past year, a report has found. Swale Borough Council, covering Sheppey, Sittingbourne and ...

Swale Borough Council says Band D homes will have to pay an extra £3.97 a week Swale Borough Council (SBC) has approved plans to increase council tax by 2.96% as part of its budget. Councillors agreed ...

Voters in Swale have had their say in the 2025 local elections. Seats on Kent County Council were up for grabs across the district, including Swale West, Swale East, Sittingbourne North, Sittingbourne ...

Swale Borough Council took action after it found an infestation of mice, poor cleaning standards and an overall significant ...